The Black Phone comes to Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital later this month

We have two reviews of director Scott Derrickson’s adaptation of the Joe Hill story The Black Phone here on the JoBlo Network. News editior Gaius Bolling got to see the movie last October and gave it a 9/10 review. And when managing editor Chris Bumbray watched it earlier this year, he also gave it a 9/10 review. I would probably have given the movie an 8 or 9 myself, and would gladly add a copy to my collection – so it’s good to hear that The Black Phone will be released on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital in less than two weeks. The Digital release is scheduled for August 12th, and the Blu-ray and DVD release will follow on August 16th. Copies can be pre-ordered at THIS LINK.

If you’d like to read the short story that The Black Phone is based on, it can be found in Hill’s collection 20th Century Ghosts, which you can buy HERE. The movie stars Mason Thames as 

Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, who is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

Jeremy Davies plays Finney’s father, Madeleine McGraw is Finney’s sister, and James Ransone is in there as a character named Max.

Derrickson wrote the screenplay adaptation with his Sinister and Doctor Strange co-writer C. Robert Cargill. Derrickson and Cargill also produced The Black Phone with Blumhouse’s Jason Blum. Hill serves as executive producer.

The Black Phone comes to Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital with the following bonus features:

• DELETED SCENES
  • Is This America Now?
  • No Dreams
• ETHAN HAWKE’S EVIL TURN – Dive deeper into the character of The Grabber and how Ethan Hawke was able to transform into this unnerving villain.
• ANSWERING THE CALL: BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE BLACK PHONE – Take a behind-the-scenes look into the most pivotal elements of THE BLACK PHONE production, including adapting the story and achieving the vision of director Scott Derrickson.
• DEVIL IN THE DESIGN – Explore how the intricacies of production design helped bring this film to life, from the set design, to costumes, to hair and makeup.
• SUPER 8 SET – Cast and crew break down the decision to shoot the dream sequences on Super 8 film, and how that helped capture the aesthetic of the time period.
• SHADOWPROWLER – A short film by Scott Derrickson
• FEATURE COMMENTARY BY PRODUCER/CO-WRITER/DIRECTOR SCOTT DERRICKSON

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