Black Phone 2

Horror Thriller English

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.

Cast:	Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Demián Bichir, Miguel Mora, Jeremy Davies, Arianna Rivas, Maev Beaty, Graham Abbey, James Ransone, Anna Lore
Director:	Scott Derrickson
Writer:	Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill
Editor:	Louise Ford
Camera:	Pär M. Ekberg

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How did the Grabber really return from hell?

Kshitij Rawat | Independent Film, TV Critic, and Writer

Sun, November 2 2025

When hell itself is unable to stop its villain from calling collect, you know a horror franchise just got even more interesting. The Grabber calls back from the afterlife this time, and now he is even more dangerous. Did you think Ethan Hawke’s mask and mallet-clad serial killer was terrifying? Wait till you see what he can do now that he’s dead. This is a callback that we didn’t particularly want addressed, but here we are. Let’s dive into Black Phone 2 story and ending, both of which are explained here.