The Black Phone 2 Just Proved Horror Runs the Box Office Now

The sequel jumps straight back into that icy fear the original left behind. This time we follow Finn years after his abduction, trying to keep his life together while Gwen starts getting visions and those awful phone calls again. The new story pulls her right into a 1950s camp massacre mystery, and the whole vibe feels darker and heavier than the first movie.

The returning cast hits it hard, especially Madeleine McGraw who gets way more emotional ground to cover. Ethan Hawke shows up again in a way that still leaves you unsettled even when he is barely on screen. The film has already crossed the one hundred million mark worldwide on a mid sized budget, so it is not just nostalgia pulling people in.

The story expands the supernatural angle and digs deeper into the siblings’ connection instead of repeating the first film’s structure.