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James Ransone’s Black Phone director speaks out after actor was ‘ignored’ by Oscars In Memoriam

‘The Wire’ star died by suicide in December last year

The Independent UK

Black Phone 2 director Scott Derrickson shares horror film that 'unnerved' him for days

Black Phone 2 director Scott Derrickson has revealed the one horror film that left him "unnerved for days".

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The best sci-fi movies of 2025. ranked

Spike your eggnog and relax with our list of the finest flicks of the year about invasive AI, soaring superheroes, and Lovecraftian horrors.

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The 20 Best Horror Movies & TV Of The Year, Ranked

It's been a good year for horror movies. Here are the best horror movies and TV shows of the year, ranked.

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Black Phone 2 director Scott Derrickson addresses potential sequel: ‘There certainly can be more’

Black Phone 2 director Scott Derrickson has said there "certainly can be" another sequel in his horror series - but only if a possible third film is "another big pivot".

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It: Welcome to Derry shares an important similarity with some of the scariest horror movies ever made, and it's all thanks to Stephen King

Opinion | Shows like Welcome to Derry and movies like Black Phone 2 remind us what it's really like to be a small, fragile thing in the world

Total Film

I Watched The Movie That Inspired Black Phone 2's Ice-Skating Grabber Scene, And WTF Even Was That?

A movie that will baffle me for years to come.

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I Just Learned How Joe Hill Pitched The Black Phone 2, And I Think More Authors Should Be Involved In Their Adaptations

Who better to resurrect the Grabber than the writer who first imagined him?

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Scott Derrickson insist Black Phone 3 can only happen on one major condition

The Black Phone 2 director Scott Derrickson would only return for a third film if one key condition was met.

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Black Phone 2 Rings Loudly In Its Box Office Opening Weekend While Tron: Ares Crashes And Derezzes

A mixed late October weekend.

Cinemablend

The Black Phone 2 director thinks 'gory' sequel will appeal to Terrifier fans

Scott Derrickson has explained the more mature and gorier approach he took to The Black Phone 2.

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How To Train Your Dragon’s Mason Thames (Amusingly) Got Called Out On The Black Phone 2 Set For Using His Hiccup Voice

What a crossover!

Cinemablend

The Black Phone 2 director says there was "a lot of pressure" when creating the Grabber's backstory, and that going more into his history "felt disrespectful to the true mystery of evil"

Exclusive: Scott Derrickson dishes on the inherent evil behind the Grabber – and why it needs no explanation – in Black Phone 2

Total Film

The Black Phone 2 director says the upcoming sequel is more than just another horror allegory for trauma: "What's more interesting to me are people who've been traumatized"

Exclusive: Scott Derrickson talks the "terror, fear, empathy, and love" in The Black Phone 2

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Cinemablend

Black Phone 2 Is Full Of ‘Retro Horror Vibes,’ But Are Critics Feeling Grabbed By The Sequel?

The Grabber is back for spooky season.

Cinemablend

Black Phone 2 Review: The Grabber Returns For A Scary, Standout Sequel That Gets Better The More I Think About It

This isn't the winter wonderland you were looking for.

The Guardian - US

Black Phone 2 review – hit horror sequel lumbers toward Elm Street

Ethan Hawke’s child-killing murderer returns from the dead to become a joke-free, low-rent Freddy Krueger in a follow-up that leaves us cold

Total Film

The Black Phone 2 director says he didn't actually want to make a sequel, but his mind was changed by a short-and-sweet phone call from Stephen King's son Joe Hill

Though The Black Phone 2 isn't directly based on one of his stories, writer Joe Hill gave the filmmakers the idea for the sequel

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The Mary Sue

‘Black Phone 2’ review: Ethan Hawke is Freddy Krueger for a new generation

Let Ethan Hawke be the next generation's Freddy.

Cinemablend

Black Phone 2's Scott Derrickson Talks The Challenges Of Going Bigger With The Horror Sequel, And I Think His Doctor Strange Comparison Checks Out

The Grabber is all madness, not so much multiverse.

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The Black Phone 2 director teases horror sequel has ‘more intensity and more gore’ than first film

The Black Phone 2 director Scott Derrickson has promised the horror sequel has “more intensity and more gore” than the first move now that Mason Thames' Finney is a teenager.

Total Film

The Black Phone 2 director says the horror sequel is more intense because "the teenagers who grew up really loving" the first movie are now "the kids who paid to see Terrifier"

Exclusive: Scott Derrickson explains why The Black Phone 2 dials up the intensity

Inverse

'Black Phone 2' Review: A Bigger, Scarier, And Messier Horror Sequel

The sequel turns to religious horror in a way that puts the movie at odds with itself.

Cinemablend

Stephen King Has Seen Black Phone 2, And I'm In Full Agreement With His Two-Sentence Review

When he's right, he's right.

Total Film

New horror sequel The Black Phone 2 called "tremendous", "nightmarish", and "better" than the original in first reviews – and even Stephen King is a massive fan

The Black Phone 2 scores overwhelmingly positive first reviews,

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