Get ready to jump out of your seat—the first trailer for Black Phone 2 dropped at CCXP Mexico on June 1, 2025, and it’s giving horror fans plenty to scream about. Directed by Scott Derrickson and hitting theaters on October 17, 2025, this sequel to Blumhouse’s 2022 breakout hit brings back Ethan Hawke as the creepy Grabber, with Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw returning as Finney and Gwen Blake. The trailer promises a darker, more terrifying ride that’s perfect for Halloween season.
The first Black Phone, based on a Joe Hill story, hooked audiences with its spooky tale of Finney, a teen snatched by the Grabber, a masked killer. Trapped in a creepy basement, Finney got help from the killer’s past victims through eerie calls on a disconnected rotary phone, leading to a nail-biting escape. The movie raked in $161 million on an $18 million budget, so it’s no shock a sequel was greenlit. Black Phone 2 jumps forward a few years, with Finney now 17 and Gwen 15, facing a fresh nightmare in a snowy Colorado winter.
The trailer kicks things off with a lone black payphone ringing in a snowy, empty landscape—talk about instant chills. We see flashes of missing boys’ posters, hinting at new victims, and Gwen’s psychic visions pulling her back to the Grabber’s old stomping grounds, now tied to a place called Alpine Lake camp. Ethan Hawke’s voice as the Grabber sends shivers, taunting Finney with, “You of all people should know that dead is just a word,” proving the villain’s back despite, well, you know, dying last time. The trailer ramps up with haunting shots, like the Grabber gliding across ice toward someone, mixing dreamlike terror with in-your-face scares.
Derrickson, who wrote the script with C. Robert Cargill, says this one’s going bigger and bolder. He’s called it “way scarier, more violent, and more intense” than the first, turning the ghostly thriller into straight-up horror. “Last time, the ghosts were victims helping out,” he shared. “Now, the ghost is the bad guy.” Finney and Gwen, now in high school, are dealing with the scars of their past while trying to stop the Grabber’s new killing spree, adding some real emotional weight.
The cast brings back Jeremy Davies as Finney and Gwen’s dad, Terrence, and Miguel Mora as Robin, with new faces like Demián Bichir as a camp supervisor, Arianna Rivas as his niece, and Anna Lore and Graham Abbey rounding things out. The trailer’s snowy vibe and the Grabber’s creepy voice coming through a phone booth make it feel like he’s haunting both dreams and reality, maybe tied to Gwen’s visions or that weird phone’s magic.
The trailer’s debut at CCXP, paired with a slick new poster from Blumhouse, has fans pumped. Moving the release to October from June was a smart call—it’s basically tailor-made for Halloween movie nights. Derrickson’s staying hush-hush on how the Grabber’s back, but the trailer teases some wild supernatural twists, with Hawke stealing the show as horror’s creepiest comeback king.
Black Phone 2 looks like it’s cranking the fear factor to eleven, mixing heart and horror in a way that’ll keep you up at night. With Derrickson calling the shots and Hawke bringing the chills, this sequel’s shaping up to be a must-see. Brace yourself for October 17, 2025, when that phone starts ringing again in theaters.