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== Plot ==

== Plot ==

{{More plot|date=October 2025}} Bad dreams haunt 15-year-old Gwen as she receives calls from the black phone and sees disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp. Accompanied by her brother, Finn, they head to the camp to solve the mystery, only to confront the Grabber — a killer who’s grown even more powerful in death.

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==Cast==

==Cast==

2025 film by Scott Derrickson

Black Phone 2 is a 2025 American supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson from a script he co-wrote with C. Robert Cargill, and produced by Jason Blum. It serves as a sequel to The Black Phone (2021). The film stars Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw and Jeremy Davies reprising their roles, while Demián Bichir joins the cast.

Black Phone 2 premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 20, 2025 [4], and was released in the United States by Universal Pictures on October 17, 2025. The film received positive reviews from critics.

Plot

Bad dreams haunt 15-year-old Gwen as she receives calls from the black phone and sees disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp. Accompanied by her brother, Finn, they head to the camp to solve the mystery, only to confront the Grabber — a killer who’s grown even more powerful in death.

Cast

Production

In June 2022, Scott Derrickson said that while Joe Hill was protective of his 20th Century Ghosts eponymous story, the author had pitched him a “wonderful idea” for a sequel that he was open to directing if The Black Phone was a success.[9] In August, Derrickson and Hill confirmed that there were discussions with the studio to make a sequel. Derrickson referred to the financial success of the first film as one of the catalysts for the development of the project.[10] Hill said his inspiration to writing a sequel was based on the “iconic imagery” of the Grabber’s masks.[11]

In November 2023, it was reported that Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, and Jeremy Davies would reprise their roles from the first film. Miguel Cazarez Mora would also appear, though in a different role from the original. The script was written by Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, with the duo also serving as producers on the sequel.[12] In December, Derrickson was confirmed to return as the director.[13] In September 2024, Demián Bichir joined the cast.[14] With the working title of Mysterium, principal photography began in Toronto on November 4, 2024, and was set to conclude on January 15, 2025,[15][16] with Pär M. Ekberg serving as the cinematographer.[17] In December, Arianna Rivas joined the cast.[18] Filming concluded on January 23, 2025.[19][20]

Release

Black Phone 2 premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 20, 2025, and was released on October 17, 2025.[21][22][23] It was originally set to be released on June 27, 2025.[24]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 74% of 98 critics’ reviews are positive. The website’s consensus reads: “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.”[25] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 60 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating “mixed or average” reviews.[26]

References

  1. ^ “Black Phone 2 (2025)”. Irish Film Classification Office. September 19, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  2. ^ Rubin, Rebecca (October 15, 2025). “Box Office: ‘Black Phone 2’ Targets Debut Above $20 Million as Sluggish October Continues”. Variety. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  3. ^ “Black Phone 2 – Financial Information”. The Numbers. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
  4. ^ “Film Guide”.
  5. ^ a b c “Black Phone 2 One Paper”. Getty Images. June 1, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2025 – via Universal Pictures Publicity.
  6. ^ Romano, Nick (September 10, 2025). “Black phone 2 conjures a Freddy Krueger-esque Grabber who’s ‘angrier’ and ‘a lot scarier’“. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  7. ^ D’Alessandro, Anthony (April 14, 2025). “Blumhouse’s Black Phone 2 Calls up Anna Lore”. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
  8. ^ Lee, Zachary (September 23, 2025). “Fantastic Fest Review: ‘Black Phone 2’ Expertly Balances Grisly Violence and Powerful Emotion”. MovieWeb. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
  9. ^ Killian, Chris (June 21, 2022). “The Black Phone Director Teases Potential Sequel Plans”. ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on June 26, 2022. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  10. ^ Cavanaugh, Patrick (August 12, 2022). “The Black Phone Director Teases There Have Been Conversations About Sequel”. ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  11. ^ Cavanaugh, Patrick (August 16, 2022). “The Black Phone Author Joe Hill on Watching His Eerie Adventure Come to Life”. ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  12. ^ D’Alessandro, Anthony (November 29, 2023). “Blumhouse’s The Black Phone 2: Ethan Hawke & Original Cast Returning For Scott Derrickson Sequel”. Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on November 29, 2023. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  13. ^ Barnhardt, Adam (December 25, 2023). “The Black Phone 2: Director Scott Derrickson Confirmed to Return”. ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
  14. ^ Grobar, Matt (September 12, 2024). “Demián Bichir Joins The Black Phone 2 At Universal”. Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 12, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  15. ^ “In Production”. Ontario Creates. September 20, 2024. Archived from the original on September 26, 2024. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  16. ^ @scottderrickson (November 4, 2024). “Black Phone 2 began shooting today” (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ^ “Pär M. Ekberg Resume” (PDF). Worldwide Production Agency. April 30, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  18. ^ D’Alessandro, Anthony (December 6, 2024). “Arianna Rivas Dials Up Blumhouse’s Black Phone 2“. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  19. ^ “Black Phone 2 is wrapped. Couldn’t be more excited about what we’ve shot. More soon”. bsky. January 23, 2025. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  20. ^ Hamman, Cody (January 31, 2025). “The Black Phone 2 has wrapped filming”. JoBlo. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  21. ^ Grobar, Matt (August 14, 2025). “Fantastic Fest Lineup: Black Phone 2, Sisu: Road To Revenge, Shelby Oaks, Primate, Vicious & More Set For 20th Anniversary Edition”. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  22. ^ “Fantastic Fest 2025”. Fantastic Fest. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  23. ^ Grobar, Matt (May 16, 2024). “Universal Dates Five Nights At Freddy’s 2, Woman In The Yard & Drop; The Black Phone, M3GAN Sequels Pushed”. Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  24. ^ Vlessing, Etan (October 27, 2023). “Universal Pictures Sets Release Date for Blumhouse’s The Black Phone 2“. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  25. ^ “Black Phone 2“. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  26. ^ “Black Phone 2“. Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved October 16, 2025.

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