Black Phone 2

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Black Phone 2

R,

2025,

1h 56m,

Horror/

Mystery & Thriller

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Four years ago, 13-year-old Finn killed his abductor and escaped, becoming the sole survivor of The Grabber. But true evil transcends death... and the phone is ringing again. Four-time Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke returns to the most sinister role of his career as The Grabber seeks vengeance on Finn (Mason Thames) from beyond the grave by menacing Finn's younger sister, Gwen (Madeleine McGraw). As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, the headstrong 15-year-old Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp known as Alpine Lake. Determined to solve the mystery and end the torment for both her and her brother, Gwen persuades Finn to visit the camp during a winter storm. There, she uncovers a shattering intersection between The Grabber and her own family's history. Together, she and Finn must confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.

Critics Consensus

Taking the consequences of its predecessor seriously, Black Phone 2 is a chilling sequel that mines memorable scares and thought-provoking themes from the scars that linger.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

Nov 11, 2025

They took the win away from the first movie and, frankly, it makes me mad.

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Sergio Burstein

Los Angeles Times

Oct 28, 2025

The worst thing the script, written by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, does is rely relentlessly on references to the Nightmare on Elm Street saga that end up looking more like imitations than homages. [Full review in Spanish]

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Oct 24, 2025

3/4

Even if it doesn’t all quite work, this is a creepily inventive shocker that grows in mournful power as it moves along.

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Don Kaye

Moviefone

Aug 4, 2026

80/100

While not every new direction it takes works, the film is still a mostly gripping and unsettling affair.

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Víctor López G.

Espinof

Apr 23, 2026

'Black Phone 2' may not be perfect, nor is it the sharpest creation from the once-infallible Blumhouse or Derrickson himself, but the director has managed to condense exactly what many of us long for into just under two hours: a small surprise.

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Maria Lattila

Film Stories

Apr 20, 2026

2/5

Still, Black Phone 2 just about scrapes the line of a decent horror movie, mostly thanks to Hawke’s deranged performance and an early focus on building a haunting atmosphere.

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Four years ago, 13-year-old Finn killed his abductor and escaped, becoming the sole survivor of The Grabber. But true evil transcends death... and the phone is ringing again. Four-time Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke returns to the most sinister role of his career as The Grabber seeks vengeance on Finn (Mason Thames) from beyond the grave by menacing Finn's younger sister, Gwen (Madeleine McGraw). As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, the headstrong 15-year-old Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp known as Alpine Lake. Determined to solve the mystery and end the torment for both her and her brother, Gwen persuades Finn to visit the camp during a winter storm. There, she uncovers a shattering intersection between The Grabber and her own family's history. Together, she and Finn must confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.

Director: Scott Derrickson
Producer: Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill
Screenwriter: Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Blumhouse Productions, Crooked Highway
Rating: R (Language|Gore|Strong Violent Content|Teen Drug Use)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 17, 2025, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 4, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $77.4M
Runtime: 1h 56m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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