Black Phone 2

Watch: Black Phone 2

10/17/20251h 54m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Dead is just a word. ~

Overview:

Four years after escaping The Grabber, Finney Blake is struggling with his life after captivity. When his sister Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp, the siblings become determined to solve the mystery and confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.

Director:

Scott Derrickson

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$30,000,000.00

Revenue:

$132,035,608.00

Key words:

mask
child abuse
dreams
sibling relationship
winter
child murder
supernatural
rocky mountains
colorado
sequel
murder
domestic abuse
serial killer
snow
slasher
based on short story
child kidnapping
haunted by the past
snowed in
1980s
1950s
astral projection
masked villain
brother sister relationship
masked
supernatural horror
christian faith
psychological horror
nightmares
horror
tense
frozen lake
admiring
amused
foreboding
christian camp

Cast

Mason Thames

~ as ~

Finn

Madeleine McGraw

~ as ~

Gwen

Ethan Hawke

~ as ~

Grabber

Miguel Mora

~ as ~

Ernesto

Demián Bichir

~ as ~

Mando

Jeremy Davies

~ as ~

Terrence

Arianna Rivas

~ as ~

Mustang

Maev Beaty

~ as ~

Barbara

Graham Abbey

~ as ~

Kenneth

James Ransone

~ as ~

Max

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Reviews (4)

M
MovieGuys
Written 1 month(s) ago
6
As far as improbable sequels go, "Black Phone 2" isn't too bad.

Revive a deceased bad guy you would have thought was done with and craft a tale that feels somewhat like the first film, blended with an almost "Nightmare on Elm Street" premise.

I have to say these elements combined with a dash of nostalgia from the 80's works, quite well. Sure its not A grade horror but its still creative, creepy and above all, entertaining.

In summary, a not unfamiliar but still well crafted tale of revenge from beyond the grave. Worth a look.
MontyTG
Written 1 month(s) ago
10
One of the best horror sequels that will go down as an instant classic in a couple of years

I already feel like this film doesn't get enough praise for blending multiple horror franchises together, but still delivering something brand new that fits in the same world as the original film. It takes the classic camp setting but sets it in a blizzard (Friday The 13th meets The Shining). It explores dreams, the spiritual realm and the afterlife (A Nightmare On Elm Street meets Insidious meets Poltergeist). The story and tone are also much more in line with modern storytelling (Terrifier meets Hereditary). The soundtrack is also incredibly retro with a hint of child-like wonder. (Sinister meets Five Nights At Freddy's). I generally cannot express how well it all blends together to deliver a realistic portrayal of a spirit that escaped from hell. If you think The Grabber is just a Freddy Krueger rip-off, then you completely missed the point of the film.
CinemaSerf
Written 1 month(s) ago
6
This is quite a decent icy thriller, but is hasn’t anywhere near the claustrophobic intensity of the first film from 2021. It is still Mason Thames who portrays the now seventeen year old “Finn”, convinced that he seen the last of the “Grabber” but still having nightmares about a phone ringing. To add to his sleeplessness, his sister “Gwen” (also still Madeleine McGraw) is having some fairly torturous nightmares that, coupled with some sleep-walking, are unsettling both of them. Determined to find out what is causing these traumas, they hook up with her fellow Duran Duran fan “Ernesto” (Miguel Mora) and head to the very Christian fellowship camp where their mum was a counsellor. They arrive just as the mother of all blizzards sets in, and so up to their elbows in snow and ice they have to piece together just what happened to half a dozen children reported killed at the place but never found, and establish whether or not the dastardly “Grabber” is still something to be reckoned with. The cold and frosty environment and half decent efforts from Thames and McGraw do help to keep this mystery rolling along, but despite some curious and menacing flashbacks that fill us in with what did and might happen, the story here just isn’t very solid or original. It takes far too long to get going, and the denouement - though quite action-packed, is all just too rushed and disappointing. I did quite like the barbed remarks aimed at the god-fearing/adoring “Barb” (Maev Beaty) and it’s all perfectly watchable, but it could easily lose twenty minutes to condense the plot and get us to the snowy sharp-end a bit more swiftly. Worth a watch, but not as good.
Dean
Written 1 month(s) ago
5
It was just okay. First one was better. I understand that horror movies aren't realistic usually, but this one was way too much unrealistic unlike first part.