Not that long ago, while talking horror movies with an Asian film critic, I mentioned that ghost stories (especially the Japanese kind, where spirits haunt the living until some unresolved injustice ...

In the wrong hands, sequels can be predatory pursuits. When studio executives watch films like Sinister or The Black Phone amass healthy box office returns, the desire to double-dip burns like an ...

Ethan Hawke gets his Freddy Krueger on in a bloody horror sequel from director Scott Derrickson that’s heavily indebted to the “A Nightmare on Elm Street” series. The Super 8 (and modified Super 16) ...

As evidenced by 2012’s “Sinister” and 2021’s “The Black Phone,” director Scott Derrickson has a gift for blending realism with the supernatural — and for conjuring a sense of dread that the viewer can ...

Jeff Ewing is a critic, entertainment journalist, interviewer, and screenwriter in LA with a life-long love of horror and film history. He has an M.S. in Sociology from the University of Oregon, and a ...

In todays video, Kristian Harloff gives his full BLACK PHONE 2 - REVIEW! The sequel to Scott Derricksons chilling hit reunites fans with the terrifying world of The Grabber as Ethan Hawke returns in ...

This review is based on a screening which took place at the 2025 Fantastic Fest Film Festival. Black Phone 2 will be released theatrically in the United States on October 17. The Grabber returns in ...

Mason Thames is present as Finney yet again, but this movie decides to focus on the young Gwen (Madeleine McGraw) who has frightening visions that make a scary re-appearance in the real world. Black ...

To the surprise of NO ONE, 2021's sneak-up horror hit The Black Phone got a sequel. Black Phone 2 finds the traumatized siblings, Finney and Gwen at a frost-bitten and remote campground when Ethan ...