\u201cIt\u2019s interesting trying to play the dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ethan Hawke\u2018s return as The Grabber is the focus of the new Black Phone 2 featurette below.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe scares are so much more extreme this time around,\u201d promises co-star Madeleine McGraw.<\/p>\n
The horror sequel\u00a0opens in theaters on\u00a0October 17 from Blumhouse and Universal.<\/p>\n
As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, his headstrong 15-year-old sister, 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.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
Together, she and Finn must confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.<\/p>\n
In addition to Hawke and McGraw, Mason Thames,\u00a0Miguel Mora, and Jeremy Davies reprise their roles from the 2021 film.<\/p>\n
Demi\u00e1n Bichir\u00a0(The Nun), Arianna Rivas (A Working Man), Maev Beaty (Beau is Afraid), and Graham Abbey (\u201cUnder the Banner of Heaven\u201d) join the sequel.<\/p>\n
Scott Derrickson is back in the director\u2019s chair with a script he co-wrote with frequent collaborator C. Robert Cargill, based on characters created by Joe Hill.<\/p>\n