The Black Phone

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feature film horror fiction short story

The Black Phone is a horror short story by Joe Hill about a kidnapped boy who receives ghostly phone calls from the killer’s previous victims.

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Label	Occurrences
The Black Phone canonical	5
The Black Phone (2021 film)	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	feature film ⓘ horror fiction ⓘ short story ⓘ
adaptedAs	The Black Phone (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
antagonist	The Grabber NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Joe Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	The Black Phone NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTheme	child abduction ⓘ revenge ⓘ supernatural communication ⓘ survival ⓘ trauma ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Scott Derrickson NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCharacter	The Grabber NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublication	20th Century Ghosts NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	horror ⓘ
hasAdaptation	The Black Phone (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConflict	child vs serial killer ⓘ
hasDevice	ghostly phone calls as a means of guidance ⓘ
hasSupernaturalElement	a mysterious black telephone ⓘ ghosts of murdered children ⓘ
hasTone	dark ⓘ suspenseful ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	John Finney NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person narration ⓘ
partOf	Joe Hill bibliography ⓘ
periodOfSetting	late 20th century ⓘ
plotSummary	A kidnapped boy receives phone calls from the killer’s previous victims on a disconnected black phone. ⓘ
protagonist	John Finney NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationType	collection inclusion ⓘ
publishedIn	20th Century Ghosts NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisher	HarperCollins NERFINISHED ⓘ PS Publishing NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseYear	2021 ⓘ
screenwriter	C. Robert Cargill NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Derrickson NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	a basement where the boy is imprisoned ⓘ
targetAudience	adult readers ⓘ

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20th Century Ghosts → containsWork → The Black Phone ⓘ

20th Century Ghosts → notableStory → The Black Phone ⓘ

20th Century Ghosts → hasAdaptation → The Black Phone ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Black Phone (2021 film)

Ethan Hawke → notableWork → The Black Phone ⓘ

Full Throttle → hasShortStory → The Black Phone ⓘ

Blumhouse Productions → notableFor → The Black Phone ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Black Phone (2021 film)

Karen Kehela Sherwood → notableWork → The Black Phone ⓘ