The actor plays a masked child abductor in new horror film from the Sinister team.
EW’s ownLauren Huff, for one, was impressed by both the film and the reaction it inspired.
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Ethan Hawke as The Grabber in ‘The Black Phone’.Universal Pictures
“Bolstered by excellent performances all around but esp.
Now off to sleep in a hotel room that has a black phone.”
EW’s writer was not alone in her praise.
“The film is very creepy, brutally violent & deeply disturbing.
Fandango writer Erik Davis was another attendee happy to report that Hawke is definitely not phoning it in.
“Prepare to squirm in your seat & jump a few times.
Also a good story about finding your confidence as a kid.
But as a parent, I was an absolute mess!”
It’s a great journey there though.”
The Black Phoneis directed byDoctor Strangefilmmaker Scott Derrickson and written by Derrickson andC.
The pair previously collaborated with Hawke on 2012’s chillingSinister.
The Black Phone is released in cinemas June 24.
Watch the film’s trailer below.
