These weekend teases needed to lead as much as one thing, proper? Blumhouse unveiled a full first have a look at Black Phone 2 throughout its CCPX panel, and in the event you’ve ever needed to see Ethan Hawke ice skate towards somebody he intends to homicide, this sequel shall be for you.
With primary baddie the Grabber (Hawke) useless, the sequel picks up years after the primary, the now teenage Finney (Mason Thames) and Gwen (Madeline McGraw) Blake coping with one other Colorado winter. Quickly, Gwen finds herself dreaming of the Grabber’s lair and three younger boys who’ve been killed useless at Alpine Lake Youth Camp. Utilizing a black payphone close to the camp, the Grabber calls the kids up saying he’s seeking to kill them: both of their desires or doubtlessly in the actual world, he’s gonna get his revenge.
Speaking to THR, returning director/co-writer Scott Derrickson known as Black Telephone 2 a ghost story like its predecessor, however one the place “the ghost is the villain.” And with the youngsters aged up, he and co-writer C. Robert Cargill had been excited to “ratchet up the depth,” since Finn and Gwen in highschool makes for a “extra violent, scarier, extra graphic” movie.
Black Telephone 2 hits theaters on October 17 and likewise stars Jeremy Davies, Anna Lore, Arianna Rivas, Miguel Mora, and Demián Bichir.
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