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Jul 2022
28m 47s

The Black Phone (2021) with director Sco...

Simon Brew
About this episode
This episode contains spoilers. In a Film Stories special episode, director Scott Derrickson joins Simon to chat about his new film, The Black Phone. They talk about adapting and changing the source short story, one or two moments within the film itself, right through to overseeing the release of the film. Note that the discussion does veer into spoiler te ... Show More
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