![]() ![]() With the Grabber dead, Finney reaches into the freezer that he had broken into earlier in the movie and throws a steak towards the hungry dog, using that to make his escape, and get out of the house. ![]() The voices of the dead kids taunt the Grabber from the beyond as Finney holds the phone up to his ear, before Finney snaps his neck. Finney then uses the receiver of the phone to smack the Grabber, and even though the Grabber grabbed Finney’s leg, he uses the cord from the phone to wrap it around the Grabber’s neck. The moment works perfectly, and it breaks the Grabber’s leg. In this moment, I was almost reminded of all those hilarious Home Alone traps that ended in painful injuries - but this was much more serious. However, as the Grabber runs in there, he trips on the cable that Finney had pulled from the wall, and falls through the hole that Finney had made (and covered up), using all the weapons that the boys had used long ago, and creating his own trap. He also ties his hungry dog near the door so Finney won’t have a chance of escaping.Īfter that, the Grabber takes the ax and runs at Finney, who ventures to the bathroom in hopes to escape. The Grabber’s brother, Max, discovers the lair that his brother has been keeping kids in, but before he can free Finney, the Grabber comes from behind and chops Max’s head open. Paired with the other advice from the kids, the biggest aid was Robin’s words to him, telling him to fill the receiver with sand, and practice using it as a weapon against the Grabber. In a different genre and with a lesser creative team, I would completely understand why someone would come to this conclusion, but because Derrickson and Cargill aren't homophobic monsters, all of these supposed gayface attributes are explained in the text of "The Black Phone." The Grabber is so clearly portrayed as a hebephiliac serial killer, not a gay man, and conflating the two gives legitimate power to the oppressive talking points of those who are sincerely trying to exterminate the existence of queer people in real life.While Finney did escape earlier in the film, he was captured by the Grabber, and at first it felt as if his death was imminent, but instead, he took Bruce’s advice, and dug a hole in the ground to escape, using a carpet to cover it so the Grabber wouldn't see it. ![]() The Grabber's victims are exclusively young men.īelieving these aspects make the Grabber a gay caricature is so unfathomably harmful it honestly makes me physically ill.The Grabber's game with his victims is called "Naughty Boy.".The Grabber carries himself with effeminate posture.The Grabber is a man who lives alone in the 1970s (until his brother moved in).The Grabber often dramatizes his speech with flared finger/hand gestures.The Grabber speaks to his victims in a sweet, soft, and higher-pitched tone.Robert Cargill, made the wise decision to change The Grabber's occupation from "part-time clown" to "part-time magician." His crimes were partially responsible for the introduction of "stranger danger" discussions, the idea of a house having a crawl space became subject to paranoia, and his horrific reign of terror became the inspiration for the "Galesburg Grabber" in Joe Hill's short story, "The Black Phone." For the uninitiated, Joe Hill is the son of master of horror Stephen King, and given the resurgence in popularity of King's most iconic monster following the releases of "It" and "It: Chapter Two," Hill and the creative team behind the film adaptation of "The Black Phone," director Scott Derrickson and writer C. When John Wayne Gacy was apprehended in 1978, his modus operandi of targeting teenage boys and history of working as a part-time clown turned him into one of the most notorious and recognizable figures in criminal history. Content warning : This article discusses homophobia, pedophilia/hebephilia, and child abuse at length and contains spoilers for "The Black Phone." ![]()
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