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Amy West

Horror sequel Black Phone 2 gets a Nightmare on Elm Street twist in chilling first look

The Black Phone.

The first look at Black Phone 2 finally explains how Ethan Hawke's The Grabber will return – and it sounds chillingly familiar.

Horror fans have been scratching their heads as to how the character would come back in the sequel, given his grisly end at the hands of Mason Thames' protagonist Finney Shaw in the original, ever since Hawke's involvement was confirmed back in November 2023. Well, now, we have our answer: he's a Freddy Krueger-type who bells up children and terrorizes them from beyond the grave with dreams of their own deaths.

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