This review is based on a screening which took place at the 2025 Fantastic Fest Film Festival. Black Phone 2 will be released theatrically in the United States on October 17. In the wrong hands, ...

Here I thought social media and artificial intelligence was the stuff I needed to worry about. In the world of The Black Phone, dead technology is a pipeline to dead people. Disconnected pay phones ...

At one point in Black Phone 2, the Grabber, the villain played so memorably by Ethan Hawke, reunites with his potential victim from the first film. “Did you think our story was over, Finny?” the ...

As evidenced by 2012’s “Sinister” and 2021’s “The Black Phone,” director Scott Derrickson has a gift for blending realism with the supernatural — and for conjuring a sense of dread that the viewer can ...

As much as I love to champion original filmmaking, I love me a good sequel idea. Even if it’s all fictional, there’s just something alluring about the thought of “there being more to the story.” No ...

Rating: R for strong violent content, gore, teen drug use, and language. Runtime: 114 minutes In fact, Black Phone 2 is Derrickson’s most mature film to date and sits among the few horror sequels that ...

This review is based on a screening which took place at the 2025 Fantastic Fest Film Festival. Black Phone 2 will be released theatrically in the United States on October 17. The Grabber returns in ...