According to writer-director Scott Derrickson and frequent co-writing partner C. Robert Cargill, the answer is to go full Nightmare on Elm Street right from the start. It’s an interesting direction ...

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The masked killer known as the Grabber (Ethan Hawke) returns in ‘The Black Phone 2’—here’s the happy ending to the horror sequel, explained. Ethan Hawke‘s masked murderer, The Grabber, returns in the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. The hit horror film Black Phone 2, the sequel to the 2021 hit Black Phone, starring Ethan ...

From the outside looking in, horror sequels like "The Black Phone 2" probably look easy. You just take the monster from the first movie and make them kill someone else, right? Wrong. Or at least, ...

View post: A 'Stranger Things' Star Just Took Home a Major Award for His Season 5 Performance Scott Derrickson's 'The Black Phone 2' is visually striking but narratively inconsistent. The sequel ...

Ethan Hawke arrives at a special screening of "Black Phone 2" on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) The horror sequel “Black Phone ...

The line rang again in “Black Phone 2,” but it might have been a better idea to ignore the call. A sequel film may not have been necessary, especially not one with too many ideas crammed into one ...

It’s no exaggeration to say that “The Black Phone” is one of the horror genre’s biggest success stories of the last five years. It was released in 2022 to rapturous reviews and the kind of tremendous ...

Four years after escaping the Grabber’s basement, Finney Shaw is trying to do what every traumatized teen in an ’80s horror sequel does: pretend he’s fine. Set in 1982, The Black Phone 2 catches up ...

The Black Phone 2 is what might happen if A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th had a three-way with Ice Castles — and one of them popped out a baby. That’s not to say Scott Derrickson’s ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Four years after escaping the Grabber’s basement, Finney Shaw is trying to do what every traumatized teen ...