as "Black Phone 2" comes to theaters this October, relive the original on Digital • Finney Shaw is a shy but clever 13-year-old boy who's being held in a soundproof basement by a sadistic, masked killer. When a disconnected phone on the wall starts to ring, he soon discovers that he can hear the voices of the murderer's previous victims -- and they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn't happen to Finney. a Fantastic Fest '21 official selection. • Scott Derrickson directs from the screenplay by Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill; Based on the 2004 short story 'The Black Phone' by Joe Hill, originally published for The Third Alternative magazine. from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions. N.A. 6/23/22 Approved [No. 53351]/rated R (violence; bloody images; language; some drug use).