![]() ![]() ![]() There are people who will help you get through this.” Even the title itself sets the movie up as a call to those who would pick up the phone to say, “Hey, you’re not alone. What happens in the movie is just a metaphor for the process of confronting your pain and fears and opening up to others who have experienced the same. Despite the darkness of his past, his future is bright.Īnd that’s the ultimate statement The Black Phone makes: there’s hope. ![]() ![]() When he returns to school, it’s with a confidence that had previously been stripped from him by his father’s actions. Instead, as we see at the end of the movie, through the experience, Finney finds connection with other victims, learns from them, takes comfort from them, and ultimately succeeds because of them, choosing to survive and thrive in their honor. What Finney escapes isn’t just The Grabber but a potential future where his victimization becomes, like it did with The Grabber, the major influence on his life. The Grabber isn’t just a child abductor but a victim himself who has grown up to victimize others, continuing the cycle. But the film’s thematic subtext is about abuse and explores several sub-topics like the impact of abuse on children, why a parent would do such a thing, and the potential end-result of living in such a household. The overall story is about Finney Blake’s attempts to escape The Grabber, a child abductor in a Denver suburb. The Black Phone adapts a short story by Joe Hill. ![]()
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