Universal Pictures and Blumhouse have just dropped the second official trailer for Black Phone 2, giving a clear look at the next chapter in the chilling story set to release in theaters this October 17. The original 2022 film turned heads around the world, raking in over $160 million while cementing Ethan Hawke’s terrifying turn as ‘The Grabber’ in the horror pantheon. This sequel promises to continue that legacy, picking up the story with Finn and his sister Gwen facing threats that run deeper – and darker – than before.
Scott Derrickson is back in the director’s chair, co-writing with C. Robert Cargill, and the duo are clearly in no mood to let the scares run thin. Based on Joe Hill’s characters, Black Phone 2 takes plave four years after Finn’s (Mason Thames) harrowing escape. Now 17, Finn is still carrying the trauma of his ordeal – but the nightmare is far from over. The Grabber’s sinister reach is back, this time targeting his younger sister, Gwen (Madeleine McGraw), who starts receiving eerie phone calls in her dreams.
Alongside Hawke, Thames, and McGraw, the film features Demián Bichir (The Nun, A Better Life), Arianna Rivas (A Working Man), Miguel Mora (The Black Phone), and Jeremy Davies (The Infernal Machine), reprising his role as the siblings’ father. New additions include Maev Beaty (Beau is Afraid) and Graham Abbey (Under the Banner of Heaven).
Produced by Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson, and C. Robert Cargill, with Joe Hill, Adam Hendricks, and Ryan Turek as executive producers, the film promises all the chilling tension and dark twists that made the first one such a huge hit.
