Black Phone 2
Black Phone 2
As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, his sister begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp known as Alpine Lake.
Hipster ZOMBIE reviewedOctober 26, 2025
Sometimes you just can’t keep a good villain dead…such is the case with Black Phone 2.
Taking a page straight out of the A Nightmare on Elm Street playbook, the Grabber goes full supernatural this time — and it works frighteningly well. The young cast absolutely owns it, especially Mason Thames as Finn and Madeleine McGraw as Gwen, who both bring real emotional grit to their characters’ evolution. This film sees Gwen really take hold of her mother’s empathic abilities using it to take center stage and even fight the Grabber. Finn is takes somewhat of backseat this time trying to deal with the fallout and traumatic events of the first film. And somehow Ethan Hawke cranks the creep factor up another notch — the man practically oozes nightmare fuel.
This isn’t just a good sequel. It’s a gloves-off, shadow-whispering, sleep-ruining masterpiece. Easily one of the best horror films of 2025. If nothing else 2025 has been a great year for the horror genre!