When I first heard they were making a sequel to Black Phone—which I thought was a phenomenal horror movie—I wasn’t terribly excited about the prospect. I thought the entire story was told and there was no need to make another movie, other than for the typical money grab that Hollywood is so fond of. Despite that, I tried to keep an open mind when watching Black Phone 2.
The movie exceeded my expectations. Now, I still believe that this movie did not need to be made, but with that caveat, they did some good things with this movie. Right off the top, I think the main actors who played brother and sister, Finn and Gwen, are both talented actors who hit the right notes in this movie. They have good chemistry together and carried the movie well. I also thought there was good horror elements throughout, with an exciting ending. Having said that, there were some definite gaps in the logic. Probably my biggest issue was that they wanted to have this cool setting—a youth camp in Colorado in the dead of winter—but the writers couldn’t be bothered to give a plausible explanation of why they were at this camp at that time.
Overall, I did enjoy this movie, and although I would say it’s unnecessary to drop everything you’re doing and watch this movie, it is worthwhile to see it.
