One of the scariest movie villains of 2022 so far is the Grabber (Ethan Hawke), the antagonist of Scott Derrickson’s supernatural horror film “The Black Phone.” The otherwise unnamed villain is a child abductor and killer, plucking kids off the streets in 1970s Colorado.
The Grabber isn’t onscreen for much of the movie and we learn practically nothing about him, but he’s memorable thanks to two important things.One: Hawke’s terrifying performance; who would’ve thought that a usually reserved performer like Hawke could do a great Robert Englund? Second, the masks.
Throughout the film, the Grabber wears an assortment of carved, demonic masks.
The upper half of the mask bears horns and eye holes, while the lower halves alternate from a smile to a scowl to no mouth at all.Even more impressive, these creepy masks actually came about as a result of a change from the source material.
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