The Black Phone 2 Rings Again with a Nightmare-Fueled Trailer and Sinister Return

Ethan Hawke’s Grabber haunts a new generation in The Black Phone 2’s chilling first trailer.

The Black Phone 2 Drops Nightmare-Inducing Trailer with Serious Freddy Vibes

The phone is ringing again—and this time, it’s not just for Finn.

Universal Pictures and Blumhouse have just unleashed the first official trailer for The Black Phone 2, and it’s giving serious Nightmare on Elm Street energy. Ethan Hawke returns as The Grabber, but this time the horror isn’t confined to the basement—it’s bleeding into dreams, family secrets, and a haunted winter camp.

Set 13 years after Finn (Mason Thames) escaped his masked captor, The Black Phone 2 introduces a new mystery when Gwen (Madeleine McGraw), now 15, begins having nightmares of three boys being stalked at Alpine Lake Camp. When those dreams reveal eerie connections to The Grabber’s past—and their own—Finn is reluctantly pulled back into the terror he thought was buried.

From returning director Scott Derrickson and co-writer C. Robert Cargill (based on characters by Joe Hill), the sequel raises the stakes with a supernatural twist. The Grabber is back, more vengeful and sinister than ever, and this time… death is just the beginning.

The film also stars Oscar nominee Demián Bichir as the camp supervisor, Arianna Rivas, Miguel Mora, Maev Beaty, and Graham Abbey. Jeremy Davies reprises his role as Finn and Gwen’s troubled father.

Following the $160M global success of the 2022 original, The Black Phone 2 looks to tap into a darker, more dreamlike horror vein—blending classic slasher nightmare logic with Derrickson’s signature dread.

Watch the official trailer now and catch The Black Phone 2 in theaters October 17th.