20 Movies That Prove 2022 Is The Best Year For Horror EVER
15. The Black Phone
One of the year's big breakout horrors at the box office, Scott Derrickson's The Black Phone cannily adapted Joe Hill's acclaimed short story into a deeply unsettling supernatural horror.
Ethan Hawke excels in a rare villainous mode as the masked child abductor known as The Grabber, while Mason Thames and especially Madeleine McGraw are excellent as the siblings racing to escape his grasp.
With pitch perfect period detail and a keen ear for the vibe of 1970s American suburbia, The Black Phone compensates for its lack of truly penetrating terror with a continual, pervading air of spookiness that lingers long after the end credits roll.