The Black Phone and Sinister duo Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill will produce the horror film Bitter Bitter via their Crooked Highway, Deadline reports. The feature is based on writer-director Charlie Schwan‘s short Harvester, which premiered at this year’s SXSW and took home the Jury Award for Best Texas Short. The 13-minute short follows a […]
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Black Phone 2 is a scarier and more successful sequel, but its reinvention of the Grabber into a supernatural entity helps him become a modern Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees. Blumhouse has made not just waves, but full-on tsunamis, when it comes to their impact on the horror genre. Over the past 15 years, Blumhouse […]
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WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for The Black Phone and Black Phone 2. If Gen X has a boogeyman, it’s arguably the Man in the Windowless Van. Alongside memories of blissfully roaming unsupervised suburbs are warnings to avoid anyone in this particular vehicle lest you wind up on the side of a milk carton. […]
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Blumhouse has been in desperate need of a win at the box office here in 2025, and it looks like they’ve finally found that victory with Scott Derrickson’s sequel, Black Phone 2. Starring Ethan Hawke as the back-from-the-dead villain known as The Grabber, Black Phone 2 topped the domestic box office over the weekend with […]
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Returning director Scott Derrickson (Sinister, V/H/S/85) and co-writer C. Robert Cargill didn’t plan to make sequel Black Phone 2 unless a great idea came along that excited them. That’s when author Joe Hill called. “He just said, ‘A phone rings, Finney answers, and it’s The Grabber calling from hell,’” Cargill tells Bloody Disgusting. That was the spark that […]
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Tickets are now on sale for director Scott Derrickson’s Black Phone 2, and Universal has released the final trailer for the horror sequel in celebration. It’s loaded with rave early reviews for The Grabber’s second movie, while also promising a savage return from the depths of Hell. Black Phone 2 is rated “R” for “Strong violent content, gore, teen […]
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Ethan Hawke will be back as The Grabber on Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone 2, and the filmmaker has revealed on socials that production is now underway on the upcoming sequel. Universal and Blumhouse will release The Black Phone 2 in theaters on October 17, 2025. Mason Thames (How to Train Your Dragon, Incoming), Madeleine McGraw (Toy Story 4, Secrets of Sulphur Springs), Jeremy Davies (Justified) and Miguel […]
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Up next from Sinister, The Black Phone and Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson is The Gorge for Skydance and Apple Original Films, releasing via Apple TV+ next year. IGN has shared the official poster art and a few first-look images from Derrickson’s The Gorge this afternoon, while also sharing plot details that had been previously under wraps. The outlet details, “Miles Teller and […]
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The duo behind Sinister, Doctor Strange and The Black Phone, Scott Derrickson and his frequent partner C. Robert Cargill have set up shop at Screen Gems, Deadline reports tonight. The idea behind the pact? To bring new genre films to movie theaters. Specifically, in Deadline’s words, they’ve “signed a first look deal with Sony Pictures […]
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Up next from Sinister, The Black Phone and Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson is The Gorge for Skydance and Apple Original Films, and the MPA rating has been handed in. Scott Derrickson’s The Gorge is rated PG-13 for: “Intense sequences of violence and action, brief strong language, some suggestive material and thematic elements.” Sigourney Weaver (Aliens) stars alongside Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch, The Northman, […]
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The classic 1955 movie The Night of the Hunter was adapted from Davis Grubb’s same-titled novel, and we’ve learned tonight that a brand new adaptation is now in the works. THR reports this afternoon that Scott Derrickson (Sinister, The Black Phone) will be directing the new take on The Night of the Hunter, with C. […]
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Some horror properties naturally lend themselves to incessant sequels, while others seem to will themselves into existence through sheer will, as if they’re the result of a demonic possession. William Friedkin’s The Exorcist, while over 50 years old, is still considered to be one of the scariest movies of all-time. Various Exorcist sequels and even […]
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It was announced earlier this year that Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone is getting a sequel, and Deadline reports today that Ethan Hawke will be back as The Grabber. Actors Mason Thames (How to Train Your Dragon, Incoming), Madeleine McGraw (Toy Story 4, Secrets of Sulphur Springs), Jeremy Davies (Justified) and Miguel Mora (The Black Phone) are […]
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Director Scott Derrickson’s Joe Hill adaptation The Black Phone was a hit in theaters last year, so it comes as no big surprise that The Black Phone 2 has officially been confirmed. Universal and Blumhouse will release The Black Phone 2 on June 27, 2025! No word yet on whether or not Derrickson will return […]
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If the above image doesn’t make it abundantly clear, director Scott Derrickson brings a rather bloody, violent segment to V/H/S/85 with “Dreamkill.” Derrickson, who needs no introduction, recently directed the horror blockbuster The Black Phone for Blumhouse and previously helmed horror favorites like The Exorcism of Emily Rose. With “Dreamkill,” Derrickson and writing partner C. Robert Cargill evoke the gritty […]
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