The Black Phone (2022)

Boys are disappearing from a small town in the '70s. When the kid we "know" is snatched, we finally get to see what's going on. A weirdo with a mix & match mask set holds the kids in his basement ready to punish them if they're bad -- and it's definitely bad to try to escape. Lucky thing there's a magic phone in the basement that receives calls from previous victims with helpful tips & tricks for the current captive.

It's pretty dumb and poorly acted. The scariest scene was the very real-looking beating received by a daughter from her belt-wielding father. That was effective because it was honest, not to mention familiar to my own grew-up-in-the-70s ass.

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