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Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson has returned to his roots as a horror filmmaker for his new film The Black Phone \u2013 which is adapted from a short story of the same name written by Stephen King\u2019s son Joe Hill.<\/p>\n
The film sees Ethan Hawke take on a rather uncharacteristic role as a crazed masked villain called The Grabber \u2013 \u201ca paedophile sadist serial killer who abducts a child\u201d as Derrickson put it to RadioTimes.com<\/a> \u2013 and also includes some brilliant performances from child actors Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw.<\/p>\n Thames stars as Finney, a young boy who becomes the latest victim of The Grabber, while McGraw plays his sister Gwen, whose cryptic dreams may hold the answer to putting a stop to the villain.<\/p>\n The film ends with an incredibly tense showdown after some supernatural interference \u2013 and if you need a little more help unpacking those events, we\u2019ve provided a handy explanation below.<\/p>\n Read on to have The Black Phone ending explained.<\/p> After Finney is kidnapped by The Grabber, he is taken to his basement which is almost entirely empty bar for a mysterious black phone on the wall, one which appears to be disconnected from any telephone lines.<\/p>\n The Grabber claims he has heard the phone ring before but only faintly \u2013 but almost as soon as Finney is alone he begins to regularly hear it ringing. What\u2019s more, the people on the other end of the line are former prisoners of The Grabber, all of whom begin to give him advice as to how to escape his fate.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, detectives looking into the case have begun questioning a man named Max, who seems to be something of a conspiracy theorist and is doing his own investigation into the missing children. It soon emerges that Max is none other than The Grabber\u2019s brother, who is currently staying with him but is completely unaware of his villainy.<\/p>\n Eventually, Finney receives a phone call from Robin \u2013 a friend of his who had previously been kidnapped by The Grabber. His advice is that Finney should fill the phone\u2019s receiver with dirt and use it as a weapon.<\/p>\nThe Black Phone ending explained<\/h2>\n