Mr. Harrigan’s Phone Review The Dead Phone (2022) Behind the Horror and Horror There is a hidden growth When some relationships cannot be separated from each other You can watch it today on Netflix.
Mr. Harrigan’s Phone Dead Man’s Phone It’s a movie that lets the audience know that sometimes horror movies don’t always need a jump scare scene, just to add atmosphere. With allowing the story to continue indefinitely, it is equally haunting from the audience.
For the film Mr. Harrigan’s Phone was directed by a master of “John Lee Hancock” (John Lee Hancock), who had directed the famous movie in the past. The Blind Side (2009), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), The Founder (2016) and The Highwaymen (2019) to be the director this time This might be called his first horror film directing.
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Another good thing regarding Mr. Harrigan’s Phone is that the screenplay is an adaptation of King If It Bleeds, the latest installment of the Stephen King horror novel series, which was published. in 2020, and also stars such as Jaeden Martell, who played Bill Denbrough in the film. IT IT emerges from hell to play as the main character in the story
only not enough The other main actor in the movie is Donald Sutherland, who plays President Snow from the movie. The Hunger Games also joined in on the set. It can be called a clash between the two actors.
| Synopsis Mr. Harrigan’s Phone Dead phone
Mr. Harrigan’s Phone is a story regarding a boy named Craig who is hired to read a book to wealthy old Mr. Harrigan at home. Best friends of different ages finally
It’s safe to say that coming home to Mr. Harrigan’s reading is what gave Craig a break from bullying at school. With the close friendship of these two Make Craig buy an iPhone for Mr. Harrigan as a present.
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and then came the day of sorrow When Harrigan died suddenly. On the day of Mr. Harrigan’s funeral Craig buried the iPhone he bought for the old man along with his soulless body.
From the death of Mr. Harrigan this time. Made Craig’s life more tarnished. He might no longer bear the feeling of loss. Craig then sent a message to Mr. Harrigan’s iPhone. After a few moments, a message was sent back.
It turns out Craig is now able to contact the deceased Mr. Harrigan via a cell phone. After that, many more strange things happened. It’s a mystery for Craig to continue to solve. Why did a call from a dead man go straight to his phone?
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| Feelings After Watching Mr. Harrigan’s Phone Dead Phone
As for the score from watching this movie, it should be no more than 5/10 because the whole movie has almost nothing. The first half of the story was very sluggish, tying everything up to the mystery. and transcending the age but did not unravel a single knot
Fortunately, the film has two actors from both the old and new generations to help carry the whole story. That’s enough to make the movie something “watchable,” because neither the storyline, the screenplay, the supporting characters, the supporting actors, nothing is as good as it should be by horror movie standards.
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And with the movie’s theme, combined with the original novel from master horror writer Stephen King, audiences were terrified of their terrifying expectations. But when watching the end, nothing as expected at all, so Mr. Harrigan’s Phone was devastated by criticism. and got a score of only 6.1/10 from the IMDb website
Considered to be the worst horror film for Halloween 2022, it might become a lifelong stigma attached to director John Lee Hancock. But if anyone wants to test whether this movie is really as bad as many reviews. You can watch it today on Netflix.
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