{"id":1664,"date":"2025-09-04T16:13:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T16:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/1664\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T16:13:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T16:13:06","slug":"the-black-phone-2-trailer-sees-ethan-hawke-call-collect-supernatural-vengeance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/1664\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Black Phone 2’ Trailer Sees Ethan Hawke Call Collect Supernatural Vengeance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Universal Pictures and Blumhouse just released a new trailer for the sequel to Ethan Hawke\u2019s terrifying horror film, Black Phone 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The short story that the original movie<\/a> is based on, written by Joe Hill (son of Stephen King), follows a masked serial killer who abducts children, locks them in his basement, and torments them. That is until one kid, Finney (Mason Thames), uses a black rotary phone to speak to the ghosts of The Grabber\u2019s victims and hatches a plan to escape, kill the Grabber, and reunite with his family. Unfortunately, Thames lives in a horror movie that made bank, so the Grabber is spinning the block on him.<\/p>\n

The sequel film sees the Grabber (Hawke) make a surprising return, transforming him from a horrific kidnapper into what can best be described as a spiritual successor to Freddy Krueger. Evidently, the circumstances of his demise were greatly exaggerated. Much like how his victims were able to get the upper hand on the Grabber by tapping into the mystical through a payphone and communicating with one, the Grabber seems to be able to do the same this time around, and now he\u2019s haunting a teenage Finney and the kids at Colorado\u2019s Alpine Lake Youth Camp during the winter.<\/p>\n

Black Phone 2\u2018s story follows Finney and his younger sister, Gwen (Madeleine McGraw), who, after receiving a call from a black pay phone, see disturbing visions of kids being stalked at camp. Together, they work to prevent her visions from coming to pass and confront an even more powerful supernatural version of the Grabber.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe phone is ringing again. Are you going to answer?\u201d<\/p>\n

We just got a text that included the first tease for BLACK PHONE 2! Only in theaters this October. pic.twitter.com\/ckfgKx9nUT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Fandango (@Fandango) May 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking at CCXP Mexico earlier this June, director and co-writer Scott Derrickson<\/a> explained the film\u2019s premise pretty vaguely without giving away how the Grabber made it back.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first movie was a ghost movie but all the ghosts were victims, which is a typical ghost story,\u201d Derrickson said. \u201cBut in this one, you\u2019ve got a ghost that is a villain.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like many horror movies that catch fire, Black Phone made a lotta cash when it released back in 2022, earning $161 million from an $18 million budget, according to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>. Derrickson didn\u2019t have plans on making a sequel film until Hill hit him up a couple of months after the first film\u2019s release with the idea of having a sequel set with kids at a different stage in their lives, i.e., high schoolers, THR added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is certainly more violent, scarier, more graphic,\u201d Derrickson said, regarding the sequel being more horror in comparison to its predecessor being a supernatural thriller. \u201cAnd part of that is because of the age of the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans can witness what horrors await Finney and Gwen when Black Phone 2 hits theaters on October 17.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n