All your burning questions about those creepy masks in 'The Black Phone,' answered
Scott Derrickson's "The Black Phone" introduces the latest in a long line of iconic Universal Studios horror characters with the Grabber, a sadistic serial killer and part-time magician who wears a set of unsettlingly dynamic devil masks.
The brainchild of Derrickson, designer Tom Savini and fabricator Jason Baker, the masks convey three exaggerated expressions of the villain: joy, despair and utter nothingness in a haunting reinterpretation of the traditional comedy/tragedy masks.
Played by Ethan Hawke, the Grabber is a departure from many of the screen's most infamous masked killers in part due to his evolving masks, but also because of his loquacious demeanor. "If you look at Jason [Voorhees] or Michael Myers or Ghostface, they don't talk," said Derrickson. "The idea of this very chatty serial killer behind a mask was really interesting to me. I knew if we got that right, it could be all the more unnerving for it."
We answered all your burning questions about the masks the Grabber wears directly from the people who brought the villain to life.
