Finney Shaw is 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 no use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discove...
Finney Shaw is 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 no use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discove...
The film's primary focus on individual resilience, the strength of familial bonds, and the necessity of personal action (including self-defense and a form of vigilante justice) in the face of a predatory threat and institutional shortcomings, aligns with right-leaning values.
The movie features traditional casting without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative focuses on individual characters and horror elements, rather than offering a critique of traditional identities or centering on explicit DEI themes.
The Black Phone does not feature any explicit LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on a child abductor and the supernatural efforts to escape him, with no discernible queer representation or subtext present in the story.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "The Black Phone" is an adaptation of Joe Hill's short story. All major characters, including Finney, Gwen, and The Grabber, maintain the same gender as established in the original source material. No characters canonically or historically established as one gender are portrayed as a different gender in the film.
The film adapts a short story where character races were not explicitly defined for all roles. The casting choices for characters like Robin Arellano and Bruce Yamada align with the implied ethnicity of their names, rather than changing an established race from the source material. No race swaps occurred.
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