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  • I finally answered the BLACK PHONE 2!

    I finally answered the BLACK PHONE 2!



    Just got out from seeing The Black Phone 2 in theaters–a little late i know..

    I have to say, I’m writing this with that fresh post-movie buzz. Honestly, this might be a little horror masterpiece of 2025. It picks up where the last film left off, and we dive right back into Finn’s world.. yeah, the same Finn who beat the Grabber the first time around.

    This time around we have a different Finn and a very different atmosphere.. There is no feeling of victory here.. no hero mentality. Instead we have a mass amount of trauma..

    What makes this sequel really shine is how it plunges us into life after trauma. We see Finn, his sister with her eerie psychic dreams, and their dad, who’s still got plenty of issues of his own. There’s guilt, stress, and a whole lot of darkness everyone’s carrying around. The movie does an incredible job showing how these characters are dealing (or not dealing) with their inner demons.

    There was something this movie did very well: It drew us into the darkness with it. Seeing the theater in a dim theater is a perfect coupling of the atmosphere. You feel the bleakness and the depth of personal stress these characters are being forced to embrace..

    And let me tell you, the dream sequences? Absolutely breathtaking. They pull you into this surreal, otherworldly atmosphere that just hits different. You’re not just watching a horror movie; you’re feeling every ounce of the characters’ emotions.

    It’s dark, yes, but it’s also one of those films where you end up genuinely loving the characters. There is actually some depth to them, and not some void of mindlessness that horror films can give us. This time around, there as no playing around. We have grit and bluntness.. we had desperation and big issues. This movie did not shy away and stay safe. It dares to be different and, in the end, despite having a few little continuity issues for me, it became an instant hit. When a movie hits you emotionally, especially a horror film, you know it did something right.

    By the end, you’re rooting for them, and that’s not something every horror movie pulls off. So if you can, catch it in a theater—let that darkness just surround you. It’s totally worth it.

    See this in a theater while there is still a chance.

  • The grabber calls home: BLACK PHONE 2 trailer looking great

    The grabber calls home: BLACK PHONE 2 trailer looking great

    The Black Phone 2 Trailer Hints at a Darker, More Haunting Sequel

    The Black Phone was a divisive horror film—some praised it, others didn’t connect with it. But here at our site, we were firmly Team Black Phone. We thought it was well-written, well-acted, and surprisingly uplifting by the end, especially for a horror movie.

    Now comes The Black Phone Part 2, and based on the trailer, it doesn’t look like it’s aiming for the same “feel-good” conclusion. In fact, things are looking much darker this time around.

    Ethan Hawke returns as The Grabber, though this time he appears in a postmortem, ghostly form. From what we’ve seen so far, the sequel has a vibe that’s more reminiscent of A Nightmare on Elm Street—think Freddy Krueger haunting dreams—than the gritty realism of the first film.

    If you remember, in the original, it was the ghosts of the Grabber’s young victims who helped keep one child alive and ultimately brought about the villain’s downfall. This time, it seems the Grabber’s ghost is turning the tables, haunting the survivor in terrifying ways.

    The trailer is intense—unrelentingly so. And if the full movie delivers on what this preview promises, The Black Phone Part 2 could very well end up being the horror movie of 2025.