![]() ![]() Universal Acquires Paul Greengrass Adaptation of Stephen King Book ‘Fairy Tale’Īdapted from a novella from Stephen King, “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone” does a better job than most. Harrigan’s Phone,” make a concerted effort to turn the phones themselves into an agent of terror. So many horror stories nowadays go out of their way to take phones out of the equation take a drink whenever a character says they can’t get reception, and finish it if, for no rational reason, someone dunks a phone in a punch bowl at a party. How do you strand someone in the middle of nowhere if they can call an Uber? How do you trap them in darkness if they always have a flashlight? How do you keep them ignorant of the plot when they can look up useful facts about demonology in an instant? ![]() But for horror writers, they seem like a real pain in the rump. Harrigan’s Phone,” an image comes to mind of a secret cabal of horror writers, meeting in their private horror clubs, collectively raising their glasses and cursing the gosh-darned day that cellular phones were invented.Ĭell phones, especially the “smart” ones, make many aspects of our lives more convenient. ![]()
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