‘Black Phone 2’ Is an Icy World of Empowerment [The Lady Killers Podcast]

January 5, 2026 Bloody Disgusting

“Oh, Finney. You of all people know that “dead” is just a word.”

What’s scarier than a sinister magician/serial child  from the Stranger Danger 70s driving through town in a windowless van filled with a bunch of black balloons? Nothing. Except perhaps the same sinister magician as a rotting corpse seeking vengeance in the realm of dreams. Scott Derrickson follows his 2021 hit with the icy terror of Black Phone 2 which sees the Grabber (Ethan Hawke) call his would-be victim Finn (Mason Thames) from the depths of hell itself....