We are here describing the complete cast and along with the characters guide of the latest horror flick, the black phone, from the directors Scott Derrickson and Blumhouse Productions.
Black phone, this latest horror film tells a horrifying story of a killer who is known as ‘The Grabber”. The movie shows his long line of victims and the story. This evokes one of the similar vibes to the stories such as Stephens King’s “IT” and “Stranger things”. Yes, this includes the bloody horror tale that is truly spine-tingling. This must watch movie combines you with the nostalgic childhood and what we said early, A collection of bloody horror scenes.
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The set of the black phone is very small, in suburban Colorado town and based on a theme of 1978. It was taken from a short story of the same title written by author Joe Hill. Already taking lives of five of his victims The Grabber was looking for his 6th victim. The 13-year-old Finney Shaw realizes himself as the 6th victim of “The Grabber”, as he awakes in a soundproof basement where he’s being abducted.
The boy being frightened and thinking of escape finds out that the only way out is with a titular black rotary phone on the wall; Though it helped him to find the escape. Voices of grabbers previous victims helped our young Finney to escape his upcoming terrible fate.
The cast which lead this Joe Hill’s story, The Black Phone, have range of newcomers to established veterans. Though the cast has been mainly led by the young talents. That is mainly because of the young victims of The Grabber, who were worked together to coach Finney on his escape attempt. Though having young talents reverting in the black phone cast; It also has many familiar faces from films like IT chapter Two, The Northman and Saving Private Ryan.

Ethan Hawke As the Grabber:
The leading cast, the serial killer, “The Grabber” in The Black Phone, was played by Ethan Hawke. He is playing as an amateur magician in Colorado suburb who is constantly preying his victims one by another. The victims had been isolated in his basement and given a mocking attempt to escape before slaying them. Though the crabber is disguised. He wore a disgusting and yet horrifying clown-like mask which shift to match with his emotions. This established veteran of the acting world, Hawk, takes very interesting roles like King Aurvandil War-Raven in “The Northman” or the Arthur Harrow in “Moon Knight”. He’s such a great talent that is presented to us.
Mason Thames as Finney Shaw:
One of the representations of 13-year-old boys, Finney Shaw in this cast of The Black Phone, is a clever boy irrespective of his shy side. And soon this cleverness will be a benefit in the trials, that he is about to face in the basement of the grabber. As being surprised as finding himself in the basement, our surprised Finney discovered himself being a potential target as the 6th victim of The Grabber.
To escape from this captivity, he tries to being coached by his predecessors who have been slayed by the serial killer. Finney tries to find a strength that he can use against his captor. Mason Thames, portraited Finney Shaw in this featured film, The Black Phone. Thames has been in many television series like CW’s Walker and Apple TV+’s NASA show, For All Mankind.
The Black Phone Supporting Cast & Characters:
> Madeleine McGraw as “Gwen Shaw”: Finney Shaw in The Black Phone has a sister. His sister, Gwen Shaw, uses psychic abilities which she has inherited from their mother. She uses her powers to find her brother. McGraw has worked previously in “Secrets of Sulphur Springs” and “American Sniper”.
> Jeremey Davies as “Terrance Shaw”: As like in many of the horror thriller movies here, Finney and Gwen too have an abusive and alcoholic father. Jeremy Davies has been playing the role as their father, named Terrance Shaw. Davis is well known as playing roles in Saving Private Ryan and Twister.
> E. Roger Mitchell as “Detective Wright”: As the story is about the serial killer, The Grabber. Needing to find the purpose and the grabber himself a detective was looking over the case. Mitchell was assigned the character Detective Wright in the movie. He has previously been worked as in “The Equalizer” and “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”.
> James Ransone as “Max”: Max is the charactered that has been made as grabbers brother. Ransone has worked as roles such as in IT Chapter 2 and Sinister.
> Banks Repeta as “Griffin Stagg”: Griffin has been assigned as one of the previous victims of the grabber. Repeta has previously been worked such as in The Devil All The Time.
> Tristan Pravong: He has been assigned as one of the previous victims of the grabber. He is building his feature-film premiere.
How would they cast a Black Phone Sequel:
The tremendous demand of the fans for the sequel is in the line of development. Though the very demand by the fans, The Blackphone Sequel, is not been in working yet. The film itself grossed about $159 million. So, it is very hard to believe that the huge demand of the fans isn’t being followed up by Universal Pictures.
This can be beneficial for them as demand is so high and swelling by fans online. The whole story could be stand alone and actually be intended such. As the movie is written in the book and casted in the movie, the grabber will die in the end after all. Though, that doesn’t limit us of creating a miraculous return of the grabber portrayed by Ethan Hawke.
The unexplained and the horrifying returns, known by everyone in horror movies have installation of outstanding emergence in horror and shocking scenes. There could be many possibilities lying, like fake-death is one of the common and could be a successful point for creating a recreation of this masterpiece. The main highlight of the film lies in the outstanding performance of Ethan Hawke as The Grabber.
However, it should be taken care of whether the series is taking different routes like, à la the Scream 2022 reboot. So, it is always needed to be taken care of the cast of the grabber, as the cast of him is the life of the act. As the casting holds the legacy of making sequels, if another movie of The Black Phone be made, recasting the grabber is one of the biggest hurdles to overcome. As Hawke gave such an incredible performance.