How Much of The Black Phone is Real?

"The Black Phone" is a scary movie that came out in 2021. It stars Ethan Hawke as The Grabber, a creepy masked killer. The movie is based on a short story by Joe Hill, who is the son of famous horror writer Stephen King. The story is about a boy named Finney who is kidnapped by The Grabber and trapped in a basement. There is a black phone in the room that rings, and the ghosts of The Grabber's past victims help Finney try to escape. The movie has some really scary parts, but it also has some parts that are based on real life. The Grabber's methods of kidnapping and killing children are similar to those of real-life serial killers. In an interview, Joe Hill said that The Grabber was inspired by both real and fictional killers. One of the real-life killers that inspired The Grabber was John Wayne Gacy, who was a part-time clown and killed many children. Hill also said that he did not think about Pennywise, the clown from his father's book "It, " when he was writing "The Black Phone. " Instead, he thought about real-life child killers from American history. The Grabber is a mix of some of the most feared names in both movie and real-life horrors. The movie is a mix of fantasy and reality, with some parts being very scary and others being based on real life.