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Black Phone 2 director Scott Derrickson addresses potential sequel: ‘There certainly can be more’

Black Phone 2 director Scott Derrickson has said there "certainly can be" another sequel in his horror series - but only if a possible third film is "another big pivot".

BANG Premier · Nov 17, 2025

It: Welcome to Derry shares an important similarity with some of the scariest horror movies ever made, and it's all thanks to Stephen King

Opinion | Shows like Welcome to Derry and movies like Black Phone 2 remind us what it's really like to be a small, fragile thing in the world

Total Film · Nov 2, 2025

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 · Oct 16, 2025

'Black Phone 2' Review: A Bigger, Scarier, And Messier Horror Sequel

The sequel turns to religious horror in a way that puts the movie at odds with itself.

Inverse · Sep 30, 2025

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?

Inverse · Jun 23, 2022

The Black Phone review: Ethan Hawke horror inverts the suburban wish fulfilment of Stranger Things

Filmmaker Scott Derrickson’s first movie since 2016’s ‘Doctor Strange’ is brutal to its bones

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022

The Black Phone movie review: Ethan Hawke’s serial killer saga shouldn’t work, but it really does

From the get go, Scott Derrickson’s ultra-violent film sets out to tantalise - and succeeds

Evening Standard · Jun 23, 2022

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 · Jun 23, 2022

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.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 22, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2022