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I Just Learned How Joe Hill Pitched The Black Phone 2, And I Think More Authors Should Be Involved In Their Adaptations

Who better to resurrect the Grabber than the writer who first imagined him?

Cinemablend

The Black Phone 2 stars says that while there are "so many layers" to the upcoming horror sequel, the true heart of the film is the "unique" bond between Finney and Gwen: "You get to watch these characters grow up"

Exclusive: Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw talk Black Phone 2

Total Film

The Black Phone 2 director says there was "a lot of pressure" when creating the Grabber's backstory, and that going more into his history "felt disrespectful to the true mystery of evil"

Exclusive: Scott Derrickson dishes on the inherent evil behind the Grabber – and why it needs no explanation – in Black Phone 2

Total Film

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Black Phone 2 Review: The Grabber Returns For A Scary, Standout Sequel That Gets Better The More I Think About It

This isn't the winter wonderland you were looking for.

Cinemablend

Black Phone 2 review – hit horror sequel lumbers toward Elm Street

Ethan Hawke’s child-killing murderer returns from the dead to become a joke-free, low-rent Freddy Krueger in a follow-up that leaves us cold

The Guardian - US

‘Black Phone 2’ review: Ethan Hawke is Freddy Krueger for a new generation

Let Ethan Hawke be the next generation's Freddy.

The Mary Sue

Black Phone 2's Scott Derrickson Talks The Challenges Of Going Bigger With The Horror Sequel, And I Think His Doctor Strange Comparison Checks Out

The Grabber is all madness, not so much multiverse.

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The Black Phone 2 director says the horror sequel is more intense because "the teenagers who grew up really loving" the first movie are now "the kids who paid to see Terrifier"

Exclusive: Scott Derrickson explains why The Black Phone 2 dials up the intensity

Total Film

Stephen King Has Seen Black Phone 2, And I'm In Full Agreement With His Two-Sentence Review

When he's right, he's right.

Cinemablend

The Black Phone: A Low-Paid Short Story Becomes Box Office Success

Discover how Joe Hill's original short story, The Black Phone, transformed into a successful movie adaptation, proving the untapped potential of non-establ...

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Richard Roeper’s best movies of 2022

Some of the most enjoyable viewing time this year was spent with a horse rancher, a fledgling director, a symphony conductor and The Grabber.

Chicago Sun-Times

All your burning questions about those creepy masks in 'The Black Phone,' answered

Scott Derrickson's "The Black Phone" introduces the latest in a long line of iconic Universal Studios horror characters with the Grabber, a sadistic serial killer and part-time magician who wears a set of unsettlingly dynamic devil masks.

Los Angeles Times

The Black Phone review – Ethan Hawke shines in a supernatural chiller

Director Scott Derrickson brings depth and dramatic detail to conventional horror themes

The Guardian - UK

The Black Phone ending explained: Are the ghosts in Joe Hill's story real?

In Scott Derrickson's newest horror movie, a kidnapped teenager receives unlikely help from beyond. But is it all in his head?

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Movie review: ‘The Black Phone’ a satisfying slice of dread-inducing terror

Joe Hill grew up in an old house in Bangor, Maine, the basement of which was home to a disconnected phone he found “creepy and unsettling.”

Tribune News Service

Movie review: 'The Black Phone' a brutally violent take on recent horror trend

There’s been a flood of throwback tween terror on movie screens and streaming services for the past few years: from “Stranger Things” to the newer “It” iterations, it’s been a banner era for floppy-haired pubescents in ringer tees. Scott Derrickson’s “The Black Phone” fits neatly into the subgenre, but this…

Chicago Sun-Times

From the haunting scares to the ’70s vibe, ‘The Black Phone’ gets everything right

A boy abducted by a serial killer finds help from an unexpected source in the consistently chilling period piece.

The Guardian - UK

The Black Phone review – Ethan Hawke is eerily good in scary-clown kidnap horror

Impressive performances help an uneven plot in this 70s-set kidnap horror based on a story by Stephen King’s son Joe Hill

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