Black Hole (film)

Black Hole is a 2020 American coming-of-age teen body horror film directed by David Fincher and written by Neil Gaiman and Scott Lobdell. The film is based on the infamous 2005 graphic novel of the same name by Charles Burns.

The film is also produced by Jason Blum and Brad Pitt.

The film stars Logan Miller, Joey King, Bailee Madison, Alex Wolff, Geena Davis, David Harbour, Sabrina Carpenter, Daniel Zovatto, Graham Phillips, Micheal Bowen, Mason Cook and Shannon Purser.

The film takes place in Seattle in the 1970's where teenagers are suffering from a mysterious STD called "The Bug" which gives the teens grotesque mutations.

The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures, Plan B Productions and Blumhouse Productions. The film was released on November 13, 2020 to critical acclaim from critics and fans of the book praising the performances as well as the story's mature themes such as sexual awakening, adolescence and transition into adulthood.

As a result, the film won an Academy Award for Best Picture and other awards.

Plot

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Cast

Logan Miller as Keith

Joey King as Chris

Daniel Zovatto as Rob

Bailee Madison as Eliza

Jonah Bobo as Dave

Sabrina Carpenter as Lisa

Shannon Purser as Beth

Geena Davis as Chris's mother

David Harbour as Chris's father

Alex Wolff as Kyle

Andi Matichak as Marci

Dylan Minnette as Steve

Trivia

• The film was stuck in development hell since 2013 and after Rick Famuyiwa dropped out of the production, David Fincher got back on board once more to direct this film with Neil Gaiman and Happy Death Day writer Scott Lobdell writing a new script which was faithfully written to it's source material.
• After production on Black Hole was completed, the MPAA took issue of the film's graphic nudity and initially gave it an NC-17 rating but they changed their minds after re-watching the director's cut of the film and gave the film a hard R rating. Black Hole is rated R for strong disturbing violent content, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, drug use and for language throughout-all involving teens.
• Joey King was driven to tears after reading the book's ending and was cheered up by her co-star Daniel Zovatto who told her that the book was supposed to end that way.
• Bailee Madison said in an interview that Black Hole is a coming-of-age teen drama dressed in the clothes of body horror. She also said that the film is very faithful to the book and it will be adored by fans of the horror genre and coming of age films.
• Black Hole has received worldwide acclaim from critics and audiences for it's mature themes, performances, complex story and it's faithfulness to the graphic novel. The film has a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes with the site's consensus reads, "Both a touching coming-of-age film and an unnerving body horror masterpiece, Black Hole is a heartbreaking and horrifying look at the horrors of teen sexuality and serves as the return of one of Hollywood's most acclaimed directors and it also does it's disturbing source material justice in the best way possible."
• Black Hole premiered at The 2020 Toronto International Film Festival on September 17, 2020 in the Special Presentations section where it was given an standing ovation. Charles Burns attended the screening and said that film had disturbed viewers and yanked real hard at the heartstrings with much of the audience cringing or crying at the film's emotional moments. He concluded that David Fincher and the writers had gracefully made his novel into an acclaimed masterpiece and future horror classic.
• Logan Miller had kept in contact with his co-stars since the film's release and he felt that the cast was like a family to him throughout filming. He said in an interview, "Black Hole turned the coming-of-age genre inside out and mixed in elements of body horror for good measure and the book was a real page turner. The cast consisting of me, Bailee, Jonah, Joey, Daniel, Shannon and the others were more than friends on set, we were like a temporary family."