When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Universal Studios Sitting down for my early screening of “Black Phone 2,” I wasn’t ...

If you answer the phone in Black Phone 2—the sequel to the 2021 horror movie The Black Phone, which opens in theaters this weekend—you might die. As if young people already weren’t scared enough of ...

As much as I love to champion original filmmaking, I love me a good sequel idea. Even if it’s all fictional, there’s just something alluring about the thought of “there being more to the story.” No ...

Black Phone 2 isn't an overtly faith-based movie — at least, it isn't the kind of religious-themed film people are usually thinking about when they discuss Christian movies finding a foothold in ...

The sequel loses the small-scale, intense focus in favor of The Conjuring-level supernatural effects and action. At its best, it’s much scarier than the first movie. But it also comes with a level of ...