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Gwendolyn "Gwen" Blake is the deuteragonist of the 2022 horror film The Black Phone.
She is portrayed by Madeleine McGraw.
Biography[]
The Black Phone[]
Gwen is the youngest sister of Finn, who helps defend him from his bullies in school yards.
While walking home from school one day, Finn is abducted. His kidnapper is the infamous Grabber, a local serial killer that has been stalking the area and the culprit behind his friend Robin's and acquaintance Bruce Yamada's disappearances. Locked in his soundproof basement, Finn uses a phone to communicate with the Grabber's deceased victims, who insist on making sure Finn escapes alive. They help him by giving him tips on what they did during their time in the basement, such as breaking a hole in the wall that leads to a freezer, using a wire as a weapon, digging a hole, and unlocking a padlock on the back door of the house. Simultaneously, Gwen searches for him through the use of her prophetic dreams.
After attempting to escape once and getting caught, the Grabber then prepares to kill Finn. Using the items he received from the other children and motivated by a powerful pep-talk from Robin, Finn easily overpowers the Grabber, tricking him into falling through the hole and bludgeoning him with the phone, finally strangling the killer with the phone cord.
Finn then escapes into the neighborhood where he is met with Gwen and the police in tow. The officers find the killer's body, along with the bodies of the other five deceased children buried across the street. Finn reunites with his sister and father, despite the latter apologizing to both children for his abuse, they do not verbally accepts his apology as they tell the cops he was abusing them, he later was arrested and was disowned as a father by the kids. At school, Finn has gained confidence. He is finally left alone by his trio of bullies and is now willing to speak with his crush, who admires him for his bravery.
Powers & Skills[]
Powers[]
- Oneiromancy: Inherited by her mother who claimed to be a psychic, Gwendolyn has displayed the ability to see events set in the past related to the present and future through dreams. as every night when she prayed, asking for guidance from both God and Jesus, she was able to see the victims that came before her brother Finn was captured to have located the house where she and the police found both of the dead victims and her brother.
Skills[]
- Religious Beliefs: Gwen has an humorous enlightenment in praying with religious faith to God and Jesus themselves as she communicates with them Holding a crucifix, requesting answers on how her oneiric can be used in advance.
- Combatant: While not proficient in a formal combat style Blake is a well brawler as she was able to defend her brother from a group of bullies briefly by wielding a rock to smack one of them in the ear causing the boy to bleed before being she is subdued.
Trivia[]
- Madeleine, Gwen's portrayer, is the sister of Violet McGraw who also played Cady James from M3GAN following that year.
- Violet was able to give advice to her older sister Madeleine when the latter starred in The Black Phone before herself in M3GAN.