I knew I wanted it to be a devil’s mask that was no mouth, a smile, and a frown. No one had ever done anything like that before, but the challenge then was how you would get the facial power and the image of the mask itself to give it an iconic quality.
That gave us the potential of creating something iconic. That’s really where the idea for having not one, but three masks, and having them separable so The Grabber could wear the top or bottom half or any of those combinations. In this case, I think the challenge for me was to do something new and not just a mask that looked different. I certainly felt like that was what we were aiming for. The Grabber’s mask has really resonated with horror fans, but how challenging is it to create a potentially iconic design, especially when those old classics like Jason Vorhees and Michael Myers are still at the forefront of people’s minds?
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The director also explains what Thames and McGraw brought to the table during one of The Black Phone's most harrowing scenes, why masks are so scary, and whether he'd like to reunite with Doctor Strange star Benedict Cumberbatch for a future horror project.Ĭheck out our full interview with Derrickson below: After playing the protagonist in Sinister, the Moon Knight star heads down the antagonist route here, and proves himself a truly terrifying force in the process. Starring four-time Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke in the most terrifying role of his career and introducing Mason Thames in his first ever film role alongside Madeleine McGraw, The Black Phone is produced, directed, and co-written by Scott Derrickson, the writer-director of Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange.Įarlier this month, we spoke to the filmmaker about his latest horror movie, learning more about creating The Grabber's already iconic mask and how Derrickson's working relationship with Hawke changed. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. In The Black Phone, Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use.
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