Here I thought social media and artificial intelligence was the stuff I needed to worry about. In the world of The Black Phone , dead technology is a pipeline to dead people. Disconnected pay phones receive calls from lost souls. Dream sequence (or are they memories?) resemble old 8mm film stock, right down to the scratches on the negative and the audible hiss on the soundtrack. These outdated communication tools have been weaponized by the Grabber, a serial killer who refuses to let a little thing like his own death keep him from his passion in life: Grabbing and murdering kids. (His actions are despicable, but you have to admit: The guy’s got a hell of a work ethic. Even in death, he won’t take a break. The Grabber’s got that dog in him.)

The first Black Phone , an effectively c

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