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The Grabber is back from beyond the grave, and he’s ready for revenge in Black Phone 2, coming this October from director Scott Derrickson and co-writer C. Robert Cargill.

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As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, the headstrong 15-year-old Gwen 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.

Determined to solve the mystery and end the torment for both her and her brother, Gwen persuades Finn to visit the camp during a winter storm. There, she uncovers a shattering intersection between The Grabber and her own family’s history. Together, she and Finn must confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.

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Universal has released the first official trailer for Scott Derrickson's Black Phone 2, which will pick up the story four years after the events of the 2021 blockbuster.

As per the synopsis, the film will see The Grabber (Ethan Hawke) make his chilling return, from beyond the grave, to seek out his vengeance against Finn (Mason Thames) and it sounds like things will be getting even more personal this time around as the sinister villain sets his sights on Gwen (Madeleine McGraw).

The Black Phone was a major box office success that arrived in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, and ultimately grossed $161.4 million globally on an estimated $16-18 million production budget, which made greenlighting a sequel a relatively easy decision. It was also a pretty well received original horror film, boasting a healthy 81% Certified Fresh certification on review aggregator RottenTomatoes.

The sequel stars Ethan Hawke (Training Day; Before Sunrise...

Universal Pictures has revealed the official trailer and poster for the highly anticipated sequel Black Phone 2, which is set to open in theaters on October 17.

Four years ago, 13-year-old Finn killed his abductor and escaped, becoming the sole survivor of The Grabber. But true evil transcends death … and the phone is ringing again.

Four-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke returns to the most sinister role of his career as The Grabber seeks vengeance on Finn (Mason Thames) from beyond the grave by menacing Finn’s younger sister, Gwen (Madeleine McGraw).

As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, the headstrong 15-year-old Gwen 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.

Determined to solve the mystery and end the torment for both her and her brother, Gwen persuades Finn to...

Derrickson promete una segunda entrega más aterradora y gráfica. © Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures ha compartido el primer tráiler y póster de Black Phone 2, la segunda entrega del thriller de Blumhouse de 2021, que está dirigido nuevamente por Scott Derrickson.

En Black Phone 2, han pasado cuatro años desde que Finn (Mason Thames), entonces un niño de 13 años, matara al hombre que le había secuestrado, convirtiéndose en el único superviviente de El Raptor (Ethan Hawke). Pero el mal trasciende la muerte… y el teléfono suena de nuevo. El Raptor quiere vengarse desde la tumba de Finn, que ya ha cumplido 17 años, y escoge como objetivo a Gwen (Madeleine McGraw), su hermana pequeña, una adolescente de 15 años con mucho carácter, que empieza a recibir llamadas de un teléfono negro en sueños, acompañadas de inquietantes visiones de algo o alguien acechando a tres chicos en el campamento de invierno de Alpine Lake. Decidida...

Universal and Blumhouse have released the first trailer for Black Phone 2, confirming the horror sequel will open in cinemas on 17 October. Returning writer-director Scott Derrickson reunites with co-writer C. Robert Cargill for the follow-up to their 2022 breakout hit, which grossed over $160 million worldwide and became one of Blumhouse’s most profitable titles of the decade. This time, the terror extends beyond the grave, with Ethan Hawke reprising his chilling role as The Grabber.

Set four years after the events of the original, Black Phone 2 finds Finn (Mason Thames), now 17, struggling with life after his traumatic escape from the sadistic abductor. While he tries to move forward, his younger sister Gwen (Madeleine McGraw) becomes the target of a new wave of horrors, as the mysterious black phone begins to ring again, this time, in her dreams.

As Gwen receives disturbing visions involving a trio of boys being hunted at...

Photo Credit: Universal Pictures Four years ago, Finn escaped the terrifying clutches of The Grabber, becoming the sole survivor of a nightmare. But some evil just won’t stay buried… and the phone is ringing once more! Universal Pictures and Blumhouse are bringing back the chilling phenomenon with Black Phone 2, and it’s set to haunt theaters on October 17th. Four-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke returns to his most sinister role as The Grabber, now seeking vengeance from beyond the grave. His new target? Finn’s (Mason Thames) younger sister, Gwen (Madeleine McGraw). As Finn, now 17, grapples with the trauma of his past, the headstrong 15-year-old Gwen starts receiving disturbing calls from the black phone in her dreams, showing her visions of boys being stalked at a remote winter camp called Alpine Lake. Driven to solve the mystery and end the torment, Gwen convinces Finn to join her...

Ethan Hawke and Mason Thames reprise their roles from the 2022 horror hit The Black Phone, in Black Phone 2. The trailer shows The Grabber is back seeking vengeance, even though Finn is sure he died. “You, of all people, should know that dead is just a word,” says the masked killer.

In addition to Ethan Hawke and Mason Thames, the sequel’s cast includes Oscar nominee Demián Bichir (The Nun), Arianna Rivas (A Working Man), Miguel Mora (The Black Phone), and Jeremy Davies. Maev Beaty (Beau is Afraid) and Graham Abbey (Under the Banner of Heaven) also star.

Mason Thames and Ethan Hawke in ‘Black Phone 2’ (Photo © 2025 Universal Studios)

“Four-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke returns to the most sinister role of his career as The Grabber seeks vengeance on Finn (Thames) from beyond the grave by menacing Finn’s younger sister, Gwen. As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity,...

Netflix isn’t the only studio dropping surprise content on fans this weekend. On Sunday evening during the Ccxp Festival in Mexico City, Blumhouse revealed a chilling trailer and poster for The Black Phone 2, the sequel to Scott Derrickson’s 2021 horror film starring Ethan Hawke as The Grabber, a child serial killer with a mysterious phone in the basement of the prison where he keeps his victims.

Based on a short story by Joe Hill, The Black Phone is centered on Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy who is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on ensuring that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

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Blumhouse is throwing a horror quinceanera for the ages today at Ccxp Mexico, one of the world’s largest pop culture festivals celebrating movies, TV series, games, comics and more. Founder and CEO Jason Blum takes the stage in Mexico City to mark the company’s 15th anniversary and unveil a slate of updates, exclusive footage and surprise reveals.

First in their reveals is the trailer for Black Phone 2.

Four years ago, 13-year-old Finn killed his abductor and escaped, becoming the sole survivor of The Grabber. But true evil transcends death … and the phone is ringing again.

Four-time Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke returns to the most sinister role of his career as The Grabber seeks vengeance on Finn (Mason Thames) from beyond the grave by menacing Finn’s younger sister, Gwen (Madeleine McGraw).

As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, the headstrong 15-year-old Gwen begins receiving calls...

Death is never the end in the world of The Black Phone, and that means Ethan Hawke’s villain The Grabber isn’t done just yet. He’s back and he’s seeking bloody vengeance in director Scott Derrickson’s Black Phone 2, and you can watch the icy cold official trailer below.

“Did you think our story was over? You of all people know that dead is just a word,” The Grabber tells Finney Blake (Mason Thames) in the trailer. “Vengeance… is… mine.”

Black Phone 2 opens in theaters on October 17 from Blumhouse and Universal.

Here’s the official synopsis…

“Four years ago, 13-year-old Finn killed his abductor and escaped, becoming the sole survivor of The Grabber. But true evil transcends death … and the phone is ringing again.

“Four-time Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke returns to the most sinister role of his career as The Grabber seeks vengeance on...

Blumhouse has revealed the first poster and trailer for its highly-anticipated sequel to its hit horror thriller The Black Phone. The news was revealed Sunday at the Ccxp Festival in Mexico City. Scott Derrickson returns to direct Black Phone 2, the sequel to the supernatural horror film that grossed $161M globally. Four-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke returns to the most sinister role of his career as The Grabber seeks vengeance on Finn (Mason Thames) from beyond the grave by menacing Finn’s younger sister, Gwen (Madeleine McGraw).

The cast includes Oscar nominee Demián Bichir as the supervisor of the camp, Arianna Rivas as his niece, Miguel Mora as the brother of one of The Grabber’s victims, and Jeremy Davies, returning as Finn and Gwen’s father, Terrence.

Black Phone 2 Poster Courtesy of Blumhouse

Other new cast members include Maev Beaty and Graham Abbey. The pic is written...

“Mouthpiece,” Patricia Rozema’s defiantly experimental drama, gives voice to many conflicts. Most of these are cleaved bluntly down the middle: internal dichotomies, familial divides, generational gaps, gender inequality. But it’s the singular, and universal, pain of loss that proves most shattering.

Rozema (“I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing”) was inspired to adapt the award-winning play of the same name when she saw it in Toronto, and she works in striking synchrony with her collaborators, Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava. Nostbakken and Sadava, who co-wrote the play and the screenplay, also portray simultaneously co-existent versions of our protagonist, Cassandra.

Confused? The approach is indeed destabilizing at first. As they move in perfect tandem or argue with evident intimacy, we wonder if the two women are lovers, or perhaps sisters. But their duality quickly comes to feel utterly normal.

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Following its world premiere at Tiff last year, the first trailer for the unique experimental film Mouthpiece has arrived for Mouthpiece, coming from director Patricia Rozema. The film delves into the conflict surrounding a young woman named Catherine (Amy Nostbakken) and her personified inner conflict, which is embodied by another woman also named Catherine (Norah Sadava). She struggles with heartache and contemplation after the death of her mother (Maev Beaty), who gave up her career to have children, a facet that dispels Catherine’s worldview as a headstrong single writer playing by her own rules.

Jared Mobarak wrote in his Tiff review, “Rozema does a great job adapting things to the needs of a cinematic medium. She keeps them close, but not always together. While they ride her bike on two seats, they can also find themselves watching the other make a fool of herself or speak a necessary truth...

Cassandra (played by Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava) reminds her mother (Maev Beaty’s Elaine) that we (humans) used to only live until forty. I think we often forget this fact—subjectively rather than objectively. The disparity between my generation and my parents’ is a veritable canyon as far as notions of domesticity, parenthood, and identity as a whole. Boomers were married with two kids by the time they exited college and now it’s not unusual to wait that long just to pick a major. We don’t move as fast as we used to both because we don’t have to and perhaps because we shouldn’t. And we certainly shouldn’t believe we have just one chance to get it right. It takes years to find a single semblance of self that’s worthy of unleashing upon the world let alone the series of reinventions necessary for our very survival.

“Grief manifests itself in unexpected ways,” muses an extraordinarily understanding mortician in Patricia Rozema’s “Mouthpiece,” as a grieving client climbs into a cedar casket. But the most unexpected way grief manifests itself in the film is that the bereaved heroine is played by two actresses, Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava, who aren’t entirely in sync about the best way forward.

Based on Nostbakken and Sadava’s stage play, this metaphysical two-hander about a young woman’s struggle to write a eulogy for her mother roils in guilt, resentment, sadness, and thorny notions of feminine identity. The conceit isn’t a natural for the screen, despite Rozema’s attempts to give a strong visual dimension, but it’s a thoughtful interrogation of modern womanhood, leavened by gallows humor. A warm reception in Rozema’s native Canada seems assured, but its intimate scope and semi-experimental device presents a challenge in other territories.