‘Mr. Harrigan’s Phone’ gets its message across with a smart Stephen King adaptation

Add “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone” to the relatively short list of really good Stephen King adaptations, garnishing a coming-of-age story with understated hints of the supernatural and thoughtful rumination about cellphones that finds true horror in their ubiquity. Amid a month of Halloween-tinged offerings, it might be one of the few to share with the kids — at least, before the next time you punish them by taking their phone away.