Saw a matinee yesterday and I enjoyed it. I liked the 1970s setting and I thought the kids were great. Especially Madeline McGraw and Mason Thames. I admit I did feel a little uncomfortable seeing Davies beat the shit out of Gwen and seeing her screaming. She really acted the hell out of that scene.

Hawke was good as The Grabber and he was creepy looking.

I thought the supernatural elements were kind of interesting. Otherwise it would be just any other period serial killer horror movie.

I enjoyed this very much. Very crowd pleasing. There was a strong audience reaction to the finale.

Overall, I really enjoyed this one, but like others have mentioned, I was a bit iffy on the supernatural elements. I also got the feeling there were probably some deleted scenes that would have fleshed out the story a lot more. I found the sister entertaining, and I get the establishing the gift the family possesses, but I ultimately found the family storyline largely unnecessary. The abusive dad element in particular felt too much. But again, I did like the film and enjoyed seeing Hawke in a different type of role. I was surprised we didn't learn more about him.

I think you could have made a film with the same basic structure without the black phone - or the black phone as just the final clue. You can have the kid searching around and finding different clues or messages left behind by victims and figuring out how to use them, and as he figures these things out, you can even still have flashbacks or a voice of one of the victims explaining. It would be more grounded and could rely more on the science background of the kid.

Coming to PVOD on the 14th.

That seems oddly rushed for how well it's still doing in theaters. Guess it does save them advertising costs.

If a film from Universal or subsidiary doesn’t open to +$50mil it goes to PVOD after a minimum of 17 days.

I am stunned this has made over $60 million. Never saw that coming.

It must be pretty good, or at least worth seeing .

Thought this was good, the supernatural stuff was a little strange…2 roles in a row where Ethan Hawke plays a wacko

Decent flick. Much better than Sinister, that's for sure, although what I hated most about that one, Derrickson almost did here too:

On Peacock starting 8/12.

Saw this last week before it left the theater. Thought it was an entertaining "short story" film -- meaning it really felt like a literary short story. I actually like that the Grabber was just a normal run-of-the-mill schmuck. Having anything supernatural about him would have been too much.

Can't put my finger on why, but this film made me think Ethan Hawke might make a decent Joker.

I see this is on Peacock. I don’t subscribe currently, but I may join for a bit and give this a watch as I’ve heard good things. Plus I like Ethan Hawke.

Saw this on Peacock last night and enjoyed the hell out of it. Ending was a bit rushed but effective. Big time tension built up in it.

Only regret was watching it a bit later in the evening and I was so amped could not sleep right away.

Saw on Peacock with my 11 year old daughter and both thought pretty good.

This is on Prime now.

It's worth watching. The story was relatively simple, which was a surprise. A few parts were intense. But I didn't feel much desperation. The story resolves, and I think "is that everything".

I don't recall much background around the phone, or why the ghosts showed themselves the way they did. A story like this will always feel bigger when you delve into lore and believe something is happening off screen.

Yikes, this movie was trash. Started out great then just went bad.