Black Phone 2 Review TL;DR

Black Phone 2 brings Finney and Gwen back to a frost-bitten, remote campground where Ethan Hawke’s Grabber resurfaces to terrorize them once more. Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill return at the helm alongside leads Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw, aiming to keep the sequel from slipping into “horror sequel purgatory.”

IGN’s Matt Donato caught the film at Fantastic Fest to find out if Hawke’s almost-paranormal, Freddy Krueger–style turn and the creative continuity deliver scares instead of cash-grab clichés. He dives into all that in his review—and even sticks around afterward for a candid chat.

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