Director Scott Derrickson notices a new fan poster for The Black Phone, which features Ethan Hawke as the psychotic Grabber.
The Phone in Black
Grabber Fan Poster of Ethan Hawke
Director Scott Derrickson of The Black Phone lauds an original fan creation for his scary film.
In the film The Black Phone, based on a short tale by Stephen King's son Joe Hill, Ethan Hawks plays The Grabber, a vicious psychopath who abducts and murders young boys in Colorado.
Since its debut at the end of June, Derrickson's film has received overwhelmingly positive reviews, with many praising the film's plot and Hawke's unsettling portrayal of a crazed serial murderer.
The Black Phone may not have had as many horrors as Sinister or The Exorcism of Emily Rose, but Hawke's performance as the Grabber kept viewers on the edge of their seats without resorting to supervillain clichés.
While the Grabber may have just been a disturbed man in a scary mask, the film's paranormal elements were introduced by the mysterious black phone.
Finney (Mason Thames) was unable to use the wall-mounted phone in the Grabber's muffled basement.
On the other hand, Finney was given invaluable guidance for escaping the Grabber's clutches by the spirits of the Grabber's previous six victims.
A creative piece of fan art has gotten the attention of filmmaker Scott Derrickson, whose 2022 horror picture is one of the most awaited of all time.
In a recent Twitter, Derrickson shared the work of artist Thomas Riegler, who reimagined the movie's poster by adding a screaming face over a black phone.
You can check out both of Derrickson's tweets and Riegler's poster down below:
The phone itself seems to be at the core of the controversy that The Black Phone's open-mindedness has sparked.
The Grabber's remorse and humiliation are represented by the black phone and the masks he wears to hide his identity.
It's not clear if Finney's phone is genuinely ringing or if he's using his imagination to communicate with the dead.
Because of his own guilt, the Grabber can hear the phone ring, and this is one reason why he becomes so enraged when Finney answers it and they have a conversation.
Derrickson's exact motives for using the black phone are moot because it served as a fantastic story device for the growth of both the Grabber and Finney.
It's hard to conceive a sequel to The Black Phone when Finney breaks the Grabber's neck at the end of the film.
If The Black Phone does well at the box office, though, Derrickson has plans to make a sequel based on a pitch from Hill.
Seeing brilliant painters go to such measures to produce their own artwork based on the horror film is a sure sign that it has done well with reviewers and fans.
Even while Derrickson's current film did not receive nearly as much fan art as Star Wars or the MCU, it is apparent that his film left an impression on audiences thanks to posters like the one seen above, which might lead to a sequel.
