Ethan Hawke’s chilling serial killer, the Grabber, is back from the dead in the newly released trailer for “Black Phone 2,” per rollingstone.com. Directed by Scott Derrickson, this highly anticipated sequel to the 2022 horror hit promises to push boundaries and redefine the very concept of ghosts.
Fans will be gripped to see Mason Thames reprise his role as Finney, now a high school student, who survived his harrowing abduction by the Grabber in the first film. But his ordeal is far from over. In a chilling moment from the trailer, the resurrected Grabber taunts Finney with the ominous line, “You of all people should know that dead is just a word.”
Derrickson, who co-wrote the script with C. Robert Cargill, revealed that “Black Phone 2” will feature a villainous ghost, a stark contrast to the victim-ghosts of its predecessor. He also warned that the film will be “more violent, scarier, more graphic” due to the older age of its protagonists, ratcheting up the intensity for audiences.
“Black Phone 2” stars Hawke, Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and Miguel Mora. With its sinister new premise and increased stakes, the film is poised to deliver a fresh wave of terror that will leave viewers questioning everything they thought they knew about the supernatural.
