Any hit movie will naturally spark talk of a sequel—especially a hit horror movie, thanks to the genre’s fondness for franchises that rack up multiple entries. But in the case of 2021’s The Black Phone, the story hit a pretty definitive endpoint when kidnapped Finney (Mason Thames) tapped into everything he’d learned from his ghostly […]
‘Black Phone 2’ Is Everything You Want In a Horror Sequel
More often than not, horror sequels are weak imitations of the original, a cheap, quick, cash grab that hits the same beats in a slightly different way. Black Phone 2 is not that. It’s a sequel that changes and elevates the original in ways you’d never expect. You learn more about the world, the characters, […]
‘Black Phone 2’ Star Says Sequel Evokes ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
When horror fans first heard a sequel to The Black Phone was coming, there was excitement—but also confusion. Didn’t the Grabber, the diabolical child killer, die at the end of the 2021 movie, enabling his would-be final victim to escape? Of course he did! But with the existence of ghosts already established thanks to the […]
AMC Hopes Its New Slash Pass Lures Horror Fans Into Theaters
This weekend’s The Conjuring: Last Rites kicks off fall’s slate of horror movies, and AMC Theaters wants to use the occasion to get more butts in seats. Enter, the Slash Pass. Beginning with Last Rites, theatergoers can use the Pass to see six participating horror movies, or do different combinations like seeing one of the specific movies with five […]
8 Horror Movies That Send Terror Through Old-School Phone Lines
The new Black Phone 2 trailer centers on a phone booth that allows the Grabber—who seemingly met his end in the first Black Phone movie—to hiss new threats at his intended prey. That’s a shade more sinister than how the phone was used in the 2021 original, when a mysterious land line allowed the dead […]