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  • THE BLACK PHONE (no spoilers)

    From moviePig@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 7 09:34:54 2022
    In 1978 Smalltown USA, a sinister van is driving around grabbing kids.
    Billed as a horror thriller, THE BLACK PHONE is from a short story by
    Stephen King offspring, Joe Hill ...and King's legacy seems to infuse
    every element of it. Most notably, those looking for R-rated horror may
    find this more of a fairy tale with F-bombs. Mildly recommended.

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to moviePig on Sun Sep 11 05:16:19 2022
    On 9/7/2022 8:34 AM, moviePig wrote:

    In 1978 Smalltown USA, a sinister van is driving around grabbing kids.
    Billed as a horror thriller, THE BLACK PHONE is from a short story by
    Stephen King offspring, Joe Hill ...and King's legacy seems to infuse
    every element of it.  Most notably, those looking for R-rated horror may find this more of a fairy tale with F-bombs.  Mildly recommended.


    Is it safe to assume it isn't the van itself that is grabbing kids, or
    in true Stephen King fashion, is it an animated van with animus?

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to trotsky on Sun Sep 11 09:02:45 2022
    On 9/11/2022 6:16 AM, trotsky wrote:
    On 9/7/2022 8:34 AM, moviePig wrote:

    In 1978 Smalltown USA, a sinister van is driving around grabbing kids.
    Billed as a horror thriller, THE BLACK PHONE is from a short story by
    Stephen King offspring, Joe Hill ...and King's legacy seems to infuse
    every element of it.  Most notably, those looking for R-rated horror
    may find this more of a fairy tale with F-bombs.  Mildly recommended.

    Is it safe to assume it isn't the van itself that is grabbing kids, or
    in true Stephen King fashion, is it an animated van with animus?

    If the van were sentient, the story would have its name.

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to moviePig on Mon Sep 12 05:43:44 2022
    On 9/11/2022 8:02 AM, moviePig wrote:
    On 9/11/2022 6:16 AM, trotsky wrote:
    On 9/7/2022 8:34 AM, moviePig wrote:

    In 1978 Smalltown USA, a sinister van is driving around grabbing
    kids. Billed as a horror thriller, THE BLACK PHONE is from a short
    story by Stephen King offspring, Joe Hill ...and King's legacy seems
    to infuse every element of it.  Most notably, those looking for
    R-rated horror may find this more of a fairy tale with F-bombs.
    Mildly recommended.

    Is it safe to assume it isn't the van itself that is grabbing kids, or
    in true Stephen King fashion, is it an animated van with animus?

    If the van were sentient, the story would have its name.


    Now the attention turns to the titular phone, which must be bad
    otherwise it would be white.

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to trotsky on Mon Sep 12 09:37:45 2022
    On 9/12/2022 6:43 AM, trotsky wrote:
    On 9/11/2022 8:02 AM, moviePig wrote:
    On 9/11/2022 6:16 AM, trotsky wrote:
    On 9/7/2022 8:34 AM, moviePig wrote:

    In 1978 Smalltown USA, a sinister van is driving around grabbing
    kids. Billed as a horror thriller, THE BLACK PHONE is from a short
    story by Stephen King offspring, Joe Hill ...and King's legacy seems
    to infuse every element of it.  Most notably, those looking for
    R-rated horror may find this more of a fairy tale with F-bombs.
    Mildly recommended.

    Is it safe to assume it isn't the van itself that is grabbing kids,
    or in true Stephen King fashion, is it an animated van with animus?

    If the van were sentient, the story would have its name.


    Now the attention turns to the titular phone, which must be bad
    otherwise it would be white.

    Not bad, luminance-challenged.

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  • From william ahearn@21:1/5 to gmsin...@gmail.com on Tue Sep 13 20:16:04 2022
    On Monday, September 12, 2022 at 6:43:46 AM UTC-4, gmsin...@gmail.com wrote:

    Now the attention turns to the titular phone, which must be bad
    otherwise it would be white.

    Nope. It would be fascist.

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