Why Ethan Hawke Thinks The Black Phone Is More Like Stand By Me Than A Slasher Film

Easily one of the most anticipated releases of the summer, director Scott Derrickson’s “The Black Phone” promises to band together horror hounds and Ethan Hawke fans far and wide.

In fact, “The Black Phone” brings the film’s director and star together again exactly a decade after they previously collaborated on 2012’s “Sinister.” With the previous horror-Hawke effort having been a critical and commercial success, it’s no wonder that the forthcoming film is already besieged by substantial buzz.Based on the 2004 short story of the same name by Joe Hill, the film follows a young boy named…The post Why Ethan Hawke Thinks The Black Phone is More Like Stand By Me Than a Slasher Film appeared first on /Film.

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