The Black Phone
Movie • 2021 Report
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87
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Binn
dog gets left next to bicycle after child is kidnapped
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2
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71
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69
Yes
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75
Yes
2
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73
Yes
22
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48
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DanyDrogo
Dead frogs about to be dissected- you do not see them die nor do you see anyone start to dissect them.
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80
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18
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70
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68
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67
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73
Yes
0
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4
Yes
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2
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howdywrites
Kind of. A parent insists one of the child characters is mentally ill rather than psychic and berates her that they're just dreams and nothing else
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4
Yes
84
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2
10
Sid
Only briefly before the kidnappings
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Yes
102
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1
21
Binn
father in movie belts child violently
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Yes
93
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2
14
Sid
The father physically and emotionally abuses his children
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Yes
86
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2
12
Binn
father is an alcoholic
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16
howdywrites
Cocaine is used on screen by a minor character
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88
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1
14
Binn
father drinks a lot of alcohol and a side character does cocaine
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5
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7
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natalie0215
the grabber sprays stuff in the kids mouth when he kidnaps them, it's referenced later:"you're already down here, what would i need to drug you for?"
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16
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39
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zoie
no one is actually restrained, but characters are seen being grabbed and kidnapped
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technopilled
not sure what the other comment is talking about, as it is most definitely implied, and quite heavily so; the kidnapper plays a game with his victims called “naughty boy,” of which his “favorite part” is briefly discussed (though never explicitly clarified or shown). when playing the “naughty boy” game, he’s also half naked, for some reason. he also watches the main character as he sleeps, says he “won’t do anything [the main character] won’t like” in a suggestive tone, and the sexual component is both confirmed and intended by the director and writers. as a csa victim myself, it’s extremely difficult to miss.
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Pantalones
The Grabber is heavily implied to be a pedophile. There is no explicit sex on screen but he makes statements regarding children he kidnapped that suggest he molested them.
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3
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58
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5
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Binn
a man gets an axe to the head towards end
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60
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Tdahlgreen
Someone is seen inside of a hole but not buried or covered
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21
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41
18
howdywrites
No, but a lot of the characters can be seen with visible cuts to their face/body
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-1
A bit is shown through ghosts
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8
Binn
one of the kidnapped children had blood covering his eyes, cant really see much else than that
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2
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Binn
no excessiveness, but a man gets axe to head and you see it. probably the most gory in movie
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14
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70
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5
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howdywrites
Not on screen, but it's verbally described. The main character is also borderline starved
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19
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0
1
The grabber gets strangled
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68
1
natalie0215
the grabber punches finney very hard in the head, presumably knocking him out
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68
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2
8
Pantalones
A character falls in a hole and snaps their leg
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3
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72
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4
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57
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fraisierdesbois
There isn't a hanging per se, but someone gets strangled with a phone cord
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3
9
howdywrites
Child characters teeth bleed during a fight
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36
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2
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55
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11
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Binn
a man breaks his ankle towards end
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1
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60
13
Pantalones
A character is strangled with a phone cord
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72
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1
20
Binn
you do not see them die, only their ghosts and the moments they were kidnapped.
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14
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zoie
many minors are kidnapped and it his heavily implied their kidnapper gets pleasure out of watching them
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Pantalones
Several children are kidnapped by a serial killer. They are abducted from the street and thrown into a van.
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56
2
Sid
Finney leaves his rocket pen behind in the basement when he escapes
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Yes
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13
It is mentioned that a parent has passed away due to unaliving themself.
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Binn
not super scary but a little startling. two of the victims appear very suddenly, one appears behind mc bloodied and one floating from the floor dripping with blood.
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68
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8
Pantalones
Numerous ghosts of murdered children are seen.
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10
carriewhite
the kidnapper is a magician, paints his face similar to a clown in one scene.
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BleuC
A girl is shown briefly in a bathtub, but there is no nudity and only her head is visible.
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2
catmeres
no but there is audio of someone peeing
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73
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7
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howdywrites
Not spit perse but there's some blood coming out of mouths during the movie
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52
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3
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howdywrites
Occasionally, mainly towards the end
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gayrat
Absolutely yes! The cops take credit for solving the crime despite them not doing a dang thing, lol, and the film never interrogates/questions that.
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Yes
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Qu1nnd1g0
Well it's not a needle it's a spray can with a drug
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Oakydxn_
It’s not said like this, but it was said that a parent killed themself
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fraisierdesbois
Eating sounds
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2
But the kidnapper starves the victim
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swoonsing
The killer/kidnapper is clearly "unhinged," but no diagnoses are referenced and none really even come to mind. It's just standard horror movie villainy.
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41
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Dannythetwo
The alcoholic and violent father appears to suffer from ptsd due to his wife’s suicide.
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45
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8
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howdywrites
Somewhat. Kid panics when he is kidnapped/can't escape
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45
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10
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sapphicstrodes
lots of scenes take place in a small basement
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4
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46
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15
Not during the movie or on screen, but it is mentioned that the mother of the main characters unalived herself.
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4
Yes
40
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7
3
Sid
During the dream sequences
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4
dmackadelic
only emergency vehicle lights. im epileptic and saw this movie with no problem
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natalie0215
f word is used a few times
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Yes
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0
Implied that Robin may have been LGBT
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45
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3
Yes
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2
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Sid
Homophobia and a bit of racism
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11
fraisierdesbois
The protagonist is called "a girl" by bullies in the school bathroom
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3
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44
8
Cryptid_Crow
A slur for a latine/latinx person is used.
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Yes
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Yes
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Binn
f slur
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Yes
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Yes
4
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thelocalmaniac
It is heavily implied the villain SAs his child victims. Nothing is shown on screen or technically discussed, but there are undeniable implications and the directors have suggested it was intentional.
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50
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4
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thelocalmaniac
Villain says a few overly flirtatious things to minor, but nobody is shown in any problematic state of undress.
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Yes
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Yes
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catmeres
it’s bittersweet but satisfying
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Yes
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howdywrites
It was hard to tell but I'm pretty sure the kid runs into the van rather than gets hit
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Binn
children get beat up a couple times, bloodied victims appear throughout movie, a man gets hit with an axe to the head
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