horror · thriller · supernatural · trapped · ensemble cast · 1970s · suspense · survival · psychological · the black phone
The autumn chill of 1978 Denver clings to the air as a black van screeches to a halt. Inside, a delicate thirteen-year-old girl wakes with a throbbing headache, her innocence shattered. A grown man lifts her effortlessly, murmuring dark promises about her being 'special'—the first girl. He strips her clothes, forcing her into a shower where he violates her under the guise of a 'game,' washing her hair with deceptive gentleness before dressing her in an oversized gray hoodie. He shoves her down concrete stairs into a dim, cold basement. There, amidst the smell of fear and concrete, six boys watch: Vance, Bruce, Robin, Finney, Billy, and Griffin. Bruce crouches before her, his expression careful, trying not to startle the terrified, confused child who still doesn't understand the horror t…