The Black Phone [Movie Tie-In]
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Gruesome
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The Black Phone [Movie Tie-In] Stories

Joe Hill2021
Joe Hill's award-winning story collection, originally published as 20th Century Ghosts, featuring "The Black Phone," soon to be a major motion picture from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions Jack Finney is thirteen, alone, and in desperate trouble. For two years now, someone has been stalking the boys of Galesberg, stealing them away, never to be seen again. And now, Finney finds himself in danger of joining them: locked in a psychopath's basement, a place stained with the blood of half a dozen murdered children. With him in his subterranean cell is an antique phone, long since disconnected . . . but it rings at night anyway, with calls from the killer's previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn't happen to Finney. "The Black Phone" is one of fifteen stories in Joe Hill's first story collection, originally published as 20th Century Ghosts--the inventive and chilling compendium that established this award-winning, critically acclaimed, and bestselling author as "a major player in 21st-century fantastic fiction" (Washington Post).
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Lily@lilykate
5 stars
Apr 4, 2023

I loved the book, and I read it in one day. The only problem is that I read the book after I watched the movie, and I enjoyed the movie a lot more. I think it was because the story contained a lot more storytelling and a fun action scene at the end. Other wise, this book is great, and I have no regrets! ❤️

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Adam Goehrig-Bawany@adambawany
4 stars
Jun 30, 2022

read this immediately after seeing the film (excellent) and my biggest takeaway is that kids in the 70s fought like the sopranos

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Melanie Harvie@ladybrock
5 stars
May 10, 2022

This book was originally published as 20th Century Ghosts but was renamed after the upcoming movie based on one of the stories within it. I don’t usually like to read books of short stories, but seeing as I haven’t read anything by this author I haven’t liked, I made an exception. There were maybe two stories in this book that didn’t have me saying “what the actual f@*k?!” after I finished them, but in a good way. This book is a total mind f*ck. It’s scary, twisted, and should probably be read in the middle of the day with all the lights on for good measure. Joe Hill has proven that he is the Prince of Horror to his fathers King (see what I did there?). If you’re looking for something with a good creep factor to read, then this is it.

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Prithvi Prajosh@prithvireads
4 stars
Nov 1, 2022
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Ana Hotnog @ana_hotnog
3 stars
Oct 31, 2022
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Elle@novellearts
1 star
Aug 15, 2022

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