History Characters / TheBlackPhone

* AWolfInSheepsClothing: Similar to Jame Gumb in Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs and real-life serial killer Ted Bundy, he lures in his victims by asking them for assistance, acting harmless and nonthreatening. It doesn't last.
* AxCrazy: Routinely abducts, starves and kills young boys. He's also '''extremely''' sadistic and violent. The Grabber's dialogue also implies he may have the same gifts as Gwen and Finney, since as a child he heard the phone ring too but never wanted to believe it was real, which doesn't do wonders for his mental state.

->'''Portrayed By''': Madeleine McGraw

!!Gwen Blake

!!Vance Hopper

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: We first meet him as a member of the opposing team during a baseball game, trouncing Finney while his teammates chant his name and his parents glow with pride in the stands. When it comes time for the teams to exchange handshakes and "good game"s,

* VillainousBreakdown: His composure is visibly starting to crumble from the minute his customary routine is disrupted (to the point where he ''complains to Finney about it''). When Finney manages to get his mask off, he completely freaks out.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Gwen's very first scene is of her explaining her psychic dreams to the police and then giving them a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech for implying she might have something to do with the Grabber.

* PrayerIsALastResort: When Finney is kidnapped, she resorts to praying to Jesus in hopes he'll help her (or anyone) find her brother before it's too late.

* BookDumb: He knows plenty about how to fight and patch himself up afterward. He also comes up with a decent (though failed) plan to escape the Grabber and instructs Finney on how to make a makeshift weapon out of the phone receiver and use it. However, he also needs tutoring from Finney, stating that he'll be suspended if he gets another F.

* VillainousBreakdown: He goes to violently kill Finney when he ripped his mask off him.
* WouldHurtAChild: He's abducted, abused, and murdered at least five young boys for no reason.

* TripleShifter: Besides his actual (unstated) job, he stays up all night waiting for his victims to attempt to escape the basement. After several nights of Finney not playing along, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome he starts falling asleep as he waits]].

* HateSink:

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Gwen's very first scene is of her explaining her psychic dreams to the police then giving them a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech for implying she might have something to do with the Grabber.
* LittleMissBadass: Throughout the film, despite her small physical stature, she does not hesitate to provide ample demonstrations of this trope: giving a withering profanity-laced response to one of the detectives questioning her when he sort of implies she might have something to do with the Grabber (due to her dreams giving her information not released to the public); splitting open the head of a bully beating up her brother with a rock the size of a baby's head; and fearlessly tracking down the house unit where the Grabber commits his crimes.

* BookDumb: He knows plenty about how to fight and patch himself up afterwards. He also comes up with a decent (though failed) plan to escape the Grabber and instructs Finney on how to make a makeshift weapon out of the phone receiver and use it. However, he also needs tutoring from Finney, stating that he'll be suspended if he gets another F.
* DareToBeBadass: Both alive and dead, he encourages Finney to stand up to his problems rather than running from confrontation.
* DeclarationOfProtection: He warns Finney's bullies that "If you fuck with him, you fuck with me." [[spoiler:After his disappearance they predictably go back to harassing him and beating him up.]]

* NiceGuy: Despite being shown to be a kid who's constantly getting into fights and is feared by most kids, he's actually a pretty good kid and is close friends with Finney, even being the most helpful to him after his death and encouraging him to live for him so his death won't be for nothing.

* AssholeVictim: Not a single person shedded tears for him when Finney killed him at the end

* MalevolentMaskedMan: Whenever he talks to his victims, he wears a series of demonic-looking masks to hide his identity.

* PsychopathicManchild: When he first abducts Finney, he has moments of acting childishly before revealing himself to be truly vicious.
* SerialKiller: Abducts young boys and often starves them before gradually lulling them into false security. He would then intentionally leave the door open and attacks the boys in a sadistic game of "Naughty Boy." After beating them to death, he then takes their bodies over to the other house to bury them.
* SiblingMurder: He kills his brother, Max, with an ax after the latter discovers Finney locked up in the basement.

%%* AssholeVictim

* BerserkButton: He beats the hell out of two boys because one of them accidentally ruined his pinball game.
* {{Jerkass}}: Unlike the other ghosts, he doesn't care about helping Finney. He helps him like they do because he wants the Grabber to die.

* AssholeVictim

* DeclarationOfProtection: He warns Finney's bullies that "If you fuck with him, you fuck with me." [[spoiler: After his disappearance they predictably go back to harassing him and beating him up.]]

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He's introduced beating a much larger boy bloody, setting him up ass a good fighter. [[spoiler: Which makes it all the more shocking when he disappears, strongly implying [[TheWorfEffect that he was no match for the Grabber.]]]]

* Asshole Victim:

* BigBad: The film's main antagonist, responsible for Finney's kidnapping and the main obstacle in his way of escape.

* TripleShifter: Besides his actual (unstated) job, he stays up all night waiting for his victims to attempt to escape the basement. After several nights of Finney not playing along, [[RealityEnsues he starts falling asleep as he waits]].

* FauxAffablyEvil: He presents himself in a congeal manner when talking to Finney, but it's all an act to put his victims in a false sense of security.

* MalevolentMaskedMan: Whenever he talks to his victims, he wears a Kabuki-like mask to hide his identity.

* TripleShifter: Besides his actual (unstated) job, he stays up all night waiting for his victims to attempt to escape the basement. After several nights of Finney not playing along, he starts falling asleep as he waits.

* DeclarationOfProtection: He warns Finney's bullies that "If you fuck with him, you fuck with me."

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He's introduced beating a much larger boy bloody, setting him up ass a good fighter.

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* {{Jerkass}}: Unlike the other ghosts, he doesn't care about helping Finney. He just wants the Grabber to die.

* FauxAffablyEvil: He presents himself in a congeal manner when talking to Finney, but it's all an act to put his victim's in a false sense of security.

* WouldHurtAChild: He's adducted, abused, and murdered at least five young boys for no reason.

* BigBad: The main antagonist of the film, responsible for Finney's kidnapping and the main obstacle in his way of escape.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He presents himself in a congeal manner when talking to Finney, but its all an act to put his victim's in a false sense of security.

* VillainousBreakdown: Goes to violently kill Finney when he ripped his mask off him.
* WouldHurtAChild: He's adducted, abused, and murdered at least five young boys for seemingly no reason.

A mysterious serial killer and child abductor who was behind several disappearances of young boys in the neighborhood. He is the one Finney is trying to escape from.

* BigBad:: He is the one responsible for the child abductions and the one Finney must overcome.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Tries to be friendly with Finney, but he is quick to anger.
* MalevolentMaskedMan: Wears a mask largely resembling a Kabuki mask.
* SiblingMurder: Kills Max with an ax and then has the gall to blame Finney for his death.

* WouldHurtAChild: He had killed five children prior to making Finney his next target.