5 Movies To Watch After The Black Phone
One of the reasons The Black Phone stands out among horror movies today is because it blends a couple of different horror genres into one. Other films have managed to mash up what would have been a typical slasher flick with supernatural elements. However, as well-reviewed as the Ethan Hawke flick is, some of the ideas behind the story draw from other media.
That doesn't mean that The Black Phone wasn't quite enjoyable. It just means that audience goers that enjoyed what the movie had to offer have some other films they can also sink their teeth into from the safety and security of their homes. As it turns out, it's not even all that new for a horror movie that centers around child abduction to include an intriguing supernatural twist like The Black Phone does.
Underappreciated 2010s Horror Villains
It has long been one of the most beloved horror books around, thanks to Stephen King's unabashed willingness to put children right in the center of danger. Pennywise the clown has scarred generations of readers with the depiction of the monster that first likes to torment its victims with horrible visions before eventually gobbling them up. While there was a TV miniseries in the 1980s based on It, two new movies launched in the last couple of years have updated the horror tale with better special effects and an even creepier Pennywise.
While It isn't, strictly speaking, about child abduction so much about the murder and dismemberment of a town's population by a monstrous entity, this movie has a lot in common with The Black Phone. One such link is the fact that the authors of the stories the films were based on are related. The Black Phone's Joe Hill is the son of It's Stephen King. The fact that kids are the eventual heroes of
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