Genre: Horror/Thriller
Release Date: 2025
Language: Hindi
The Black Phone 2
The Black Phone 2 is a 2025 American supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson, who co-wrote the screenplay with C. Robert Cargill. The film serves as a sequel to The Black Phone (2021) and stars Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and Ethan Hawke reprising their roles from the first installment, alongside Demián Bichir, who joins the cast.
The film premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 20, 2025, and was released theatrically in the United States by Universal Pictures on October 17, 2025. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed over $120 million worldwide against a production budget of $30 million.
Plot
In October 1982, four years after Finney Blake killed the Grabber, his sister Gwen begins having disturbing dreams involving a series of murders that took place at Alpine Lake Camp in 1957. In one of these dreams, she receives a phone call from her late mother, Hope, who had experienced similar dreams decades earlier.
Determined to uncover the truth, Gwen convinces Finney and Ernesto, the brother of the Grabber’s victim Robin Arellano, to travel to Alpine Lake Camp—a Christian youth camp where Hope once worked. Upon arrival, a blizzard traps them with a small group including camp supervisor Armando, his niece Mustang, and employees Kenneth and Barbara.
That night, Finney receives a call from the camp’s disconnected payphone—this time from the Grabber himself, speaking from beyond the grave and vowing revenge. When Gwen is later attacked in a dream, the group realizes that to weaken the Grabber’s power, they must locate the remains of his victims buried beneath Lake Maru.
As their search progresses, Gwen learns that Armando, Hope, and the Grabber were once connected at the camp. During another dream confrontation, the Grabber reveals that he murdered Hope, staging her death as a suicide. Gwen fights back in both the dream world and reality with Finney and Ernesto’s help.
Terrence, Gwen and Finney’s father, arrives during the storm, and the family reconciles as they face their shared trauma. Together with the others, they unearth the boys’ remains beneath the frozen lake, recite a Bible verse, and destroy the Grabber’s power. The film concludes with Gwen receiving one final call from her mother on the camp’s dead payphone, reassuring her that she is proud of her.
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The Black Phone 2
The Black Phone 2 is a 2025 American supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson, who co-wrote the screenplay with C. Robert Cargill. The film serves as a sequel to The Black Phone (2021) and stars Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and Ethan Hawke reprising their roles from the first installment, alongside Demián Bichir, who joins the cast.
The film premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 20, 2025, and was released theatrically in the United States by Universal Pictures on October 17, 2025. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed over $120 million worldwide against a production budget of $30 million.
Plot
In October 1982, four years after Finney Blake killed the Grabber, his sister Gwen begins having disturbing dreams involving a series of murders that took place at Alpine Lake Camp in 1957. In one of these dreams, she receives a phone call from her late mother, Hope, who had experienced similar dreams decades earlier.
Determined to uncover the truth, Gwen convinces Finney and Ernesto, the brother of the Grabber’s victim Robin Arellano, to travel to Alpine Lake Camp—a Christian youth camp where Hope once worked. Upon arrival, a blizzard traps them with a small group including camp supervisor Armando, his niece Mustang, and employees Kenneth and Barbara.
That night, Finney receives a call from the camp’s disconnected payphone—this time from the Grabber himself, speaking from beyond the grave and vowing revenge. When Gwen is later attacked in a dream, the group realizes that to weaken the Grabber’s power, they must locate the remains of his victims buried beneath Lake Maru.
As their search progresses, Gwen learns that Armando, Hope, and the Grabber were once connected at the camp. During another dream confrontation, the Grabber reveals that he murdered Hope, staging her death as a suicide. Gwen fights back in both the dream world and reality with Finney and Ernesto’s help.
Terrence, Gwen and Finney’s father, arrives during the storm, and the family reconciles as they face their shared trauma. Together with the others, they unearth the boys’ remains beneath the frozen lake, recite a Bible verse, and destroy the Grabber’s power. The film concludes with Gwen receiving one final call from her mother on the camp’s dead payphone, reassuring her that she is proud of her.
Cast
- Mason Thames as Finney Blake, the Grabber’s only known survivor
- Madeleine McGraw as Gwen Blake, Finney’s younger sister
- Ethan Hawke as the Grabber, a vengeful spirit of the deceased serial killer
- Demián Bichir as Armando, the supervisor of Alpine Lake Camp
- Jeremy Davies as Terrence Blake, Finney and Gwen’s father
- Miguel Mora as Ernesto, the brother of Robin Arellano
- Arianna Rivas as Mustang, Armando’s niece
- Anna Lore as Hope, Finney and Gwen’s late mother
- Graham Abbey as Kenneth, a camp employee
- Maev Beaty as Barbara, a camp employee
- James Ransone as Max, the Grabber’s brother
Production
In June 2022, director Scott Derrickson revealed that author Joe Hill had proposed a “wonderful idea” for a sequel to The Black Phone, contingent on the first film’s success. Following the original’s strong box-office performance, Derrickson and Hill confirmed that a sequel was in development.
By November 2023, it was announced that Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, and Jeremy Davies would reprise their roles. Miguel Cazarez Mora, who portrayed Robin in the first film, returned in a different role. The screenplay was written by Derrickson and Cargill, who also produced the film.
Principal photography began under the working title Mysterium in Toronto and Hamilton on November 4, 2024, with Pär M. Ekberg serving as cinematographer, and concluded on January 23, 2025. The film’s score was composed by Atticus Derrickson, the director’s son.
Release
The Black Phone 2 premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 20, 2025, before being released theatrically in the United States on October 17, 2025. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2025. It was later released digitally on November 4, 2025.
Reception
Box Office
As of November 9, 2025, the film has grossed $70 million in the United States and Canada and $50 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $120 million. It debuted at number one at the domestic box office, earning $27.3 million in its opening weekend and dethroning Tron: Ares from the top spot.
Critical Response
On Rotten Tomatoes, 72% of 180 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The website’s consensus states:
“Taking the consequences of its predecessor seriously, The Black Phone 2 is a chilling sequel that mines memorable scares and thought-provoking themes from the scars that linger.”
On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 61 out of 100 based on 37 reviews, indicating “generally favorable” reception. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave it a grade of B, slightly lower than the B+ received by the first film.
Critic Bret Eckelberry of Plugged In described the film as “a horror flick with heart,” while Katie Walsh of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the sequel is “so pious and deeply Christian in its core themes.”
Future
Director Scott Derrickson, producer C. Robert Cargill, author Joe Hill, and actor Ethan Hawke have all expressed interest in developing a third installment in The Black Phone franchise.
