Atom User Reviews for Black Phone 2

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POPULAR TAGS
DS
dana sharpensteen
#intense

better than the first

MB
Millionaire Baby
#lol
#intense
#great

Definitely A 10/10 Very creepy scary And Funny All In One.!

CL
Cristian Luna
#intense
#mustsee
#creepy

So good gave nightmare on elm street + sinister + insidious vibes

RM
Ryan Miller

Nightmare on Elm street meets sinister. Very solid sequel

MC
Matthew Campbell
#creepy
#heartpounding
#greatvisualfx

Was a nice sequel to part 1. A couple cheesy parts but overall decent film.

MF
Matt Farrell
#intense
#creepy
#great

Movie was great only thing I wish we would have gotten was more scenes with the grabber.

MM
Mason Marcellus

The first one was so good and it didn’t even meet half the expectations.

DB
David Budhram
#mustseebro
#surprising
#greatcast

10/10 would watch again

NA
Nicholas Adair
#creepy
#greatcast

Worth a watch

MM
Matt Matt
#great
#creepy
#greatcast

Was a pretty good sequel.

D1
DonnaDonnaDonna 1
#mustseebro
#girlsnight
#wow

Going again it was everything

AE
Andrew Ediger
#creepy
#justokay
#boring

It just wasn’t as good as the 1st one they could of done a lot better with this one and just didn’t

JC
Jalen Crawford
#actionpacked
#intense
#mustsee

It may have outdid the first one!

AF
Amyeishia Fuller
#intense

Eager to watch the first one

KM
Karen Miranda
#intense
#great
#creepy

much scarier than the first one. i loved it tho, was on my toessssss towards da end

CC
Corey Crossland
#intense
#mustsee
#actionpacked

WOOOOOOW

NS
Noah Spencer
#intense
#great
#creepy

While I enjoyed the first one more, I did appreciate this one. It felt a bit “Nightmare on Elm Street” at times but not in a cheap way. Overall, really great.

SC
slasher Cooper
#creepy
#great
#hilarious

it was a perfect movie

MW
Matt Weden
#intense
#creepy
#mustsee

A awesome movie, See the first though

LA
Lissbeth Arreola
#boring

No estuvo tan buena , esperaba algo mucho mejor.

RP
Richard Pina Jr
#original
#hilarious
#blockbuster

So like it’s a long movie and could have tied it more together but yeah good ok movie

KG
Kyle Gibson
#creepy
#mustsee
#intense

Absolutely loved it

AL
Aaron Lozano

Trash

AM
Akhila Masarapu

Some scenes were heart-pounding but overall felt too slow and mediocre. The relationships between the characters were pretty heart-warming though

HC
Hillary Chapman

I loved everything about it except Madeleine McGraw. Either she’s a terrible actress or this was not a good fit for her bc i couldnt take her seriously.

JA
Jose Aranda

Mid

GA
Genesis Arias

Predictable

UN
Ugalianiz Negron-Reyes

Didn’t like it

TT
Tristan Tristan

Eh I found it boring. First movie I ever fell asleep to in a theatre. Wasn’t terrible and I could see why some ppl would like it.

EA
Elias Arzoi

Worst movie I’ve watched and I’ve watched a lot of bad movies

SD
Steven Dasilva

It wasn’t bad I liked the first one more but it wasn’t bad

WH
William Harkey

Intense!!!

JM
James Muniz

Solid movie

XB
Xavier Bradley
#intense
#leavekidsathome
#great
LM
Louis Morris
#epic
PB
Priscilla Betts
#intense
#mustsee
#great
S2
Sha- 203
#intense
#great
#mustsee
LJ
Lil Japrince
#great
NG
Nithin Gutta
#datenight
#mustsee
#intense
AA
alex adorno
#intense
#creepy
CC
Courtney Cox
#heartpounding
#surprising
#mustsee
ER
Emari Reynolds
#original
#intense
#mustsee
BA
Barry Amado
#intense
#creepy
#great
MB
Michael Bara
#mustseebro
#surprising
#greatcast
AR
April Rivas
#creepy
#intense
#mustsee
NE
Norma Espinoza
#intense
#mustsee
#great
JK
jazmarina kan
#intense
DW
Dominique Wright
#intense
#mustsee
#greatvisualfx
PK
Philip Kim
#creepy
#clever
#mustsee
RB
Rikarnob Bhattacharyya
#snoozefest

Metacritic

38
Oct 16, 2025

If The Black Phone dabbles in crimes that are taboo, even unforgivable in its depiction of brutality against innocent children, Black Phone 2 commits its own unforgivable crime of being dreadfully boring. This movie is a snooze — and not just because all of the action takes place entirely during Gwen’s dreams.

Metacritic review by Katie Walsh
Katie Walsh
The Seattle Times
72
Oct 8, 2025

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 full-on action-goofiness that Derrickson and Cargill avoided in Black Phone.

Tasha Robinson
Polygon
67
Sep 21, 2025

A complaint that’s also common to contemporary horror films nags at The Black Phone 2, in that all of the best things about this movie come from other movies, whether they be the creative team’s previous efforts or iconic titles from decades past.

Katie Rife
IndieWire