Black Phone 2

Four years after escaping The Grabber, Finney Blake is trying to stitch a normal life back together while the past keeps intruding. His younger sister Gwen begins receiving haunting phone calls in her dreams and flashes of three boys being stalked at a winter camp. The siblings follow those fractured clues, tracking down details that point to a killer who seems more potent in death than they expected. As memories resurface and new visions complicate the search, they push toward answers about why the black phone is reaching out to them and what price they might pay to stop the violence repeating.

Black Phone 2 arrived in 2025 from creators Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill, and Joe Hill, reuniting key contributors from the original. The cast is led by Mason Thames as Finn, Madeleine McGraw as Gwen, and Ethan Hawke returning as The Grabber, with Miguel Mora and Demián Bichir in supporting roles.

The black phone itself returns as a chilling motif, and Ethan Hawke’s continued presence fuels much of the film’s unease. Certain images and scenes, especially the winter camp sequences and dream-call setups, have been widely shared among horror fans and sparked conversation about visual design and sound work that emphasize dread over gore.

Critical and audience response has leaned toward the favorable side, reflected in a 6.818/10 average from 774 votes. Reviewers tend to highlight strong central performances, the sibling relationship at the film’s core, and the way trauma, memory, and lingering evil are threaded through the thriller framework. Some critics note pacing and expectations tied to the original, but the mood and thematic focus get regular praise.

While not a mainstream awards heavyweight, the movie drew attention within genre circles for its technical choices and acting, prompting discussion in horror roundups and year-end lists that focus on standout entries in modern supernatural thrillers.