The Black Phone

The Black Phone, based on a short story by Joe Hill, son of legendary horror master Stephen King, stars Ethan Hawke as The Grabber, a soulless miscreant who embodies every parent’s worst nightmare. Evil personified, The Grabber is a magician who spends his spare time as a sadistic masked serial killer-turned-kidnapper.

In a little more than a decade, Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions, a company specializing in low-budget psychological and supernatural horror films, has put out 30 movies that have grossed roughly $5 billion in the combined worldwide box office — all with a combined production cost of just over $130 million. It’s a jaw-dropping rate of return on investment that would leave even casino owners steaming with jealousy.