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For starters, opening night down here and there were only 4 others in the entire theatre, unbelievable!

Without saying too much, in my opinion Black Phone 2 improves on the original in every aspect, I thought the first one was decent, but this one ticked all the boxes for me. I love the way it was shot, the location was beautiful, and they amped up the scares from the original. A genuine contender for my favourite horror of the year, which is a bold claim with how stacked this year has been.

Curious to see what others thought!

For background, this short review will be spoiler-free for the movie, but will contain spoilers for the original.

The announcement of this movie came out of nowhere for a lot of people. The elephant in the room; The Grabber has been killed by Finney. How can there be a sequel now? As the first movie established; Dead is just a word.

While I thought that the ending of the original was satisfying, looking back to it, it's not like everything was tightly wrapped up. Finney would need a boatload of therapy, and his sister is still puzzled by her clairvoyant talents, genetically passed down by their deceased mother who eventually succumbed to this 'sight'.

This movie picks up on that in ways I hadn't thought about yet, dragging the story further into the paranormal while dealing with the obvious trauma of these two kids. What works best for the film, is the visual style and the general presentation. The movie looks great, with colourful shots seeping with hues of blue. There is an interesting aspect to the shooting style. It feels cinematic, yet handheld at times, as it switches between regular footage and Super 8 to establish the line between reality and dreams.

And let that be the main focus of this story. Much of it relates to dreams, and the talents of his sister, as he remains plagued by voices from beyond through a defunct payphone. All of this becomes a race against time as the Grabber has become a metaphysical force much alike Freddy Krueger. It reminded me of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET in the best ways.

The movie has some great gore, yet weirdly holds back at times where it doesn't have to. Our main characters are put through the grinder, but by the ending I was left hoping for a bigger body count.

This feels like a great Scott Derrickson film in every way, more like the first movie and SINISTER, despite his other films being hit-or-miss for me at times.

I recommend the movie, as this sequel is one of the more daring and original Blumhouse movies in the past years.

And remember; Dead is just a word.

There seems to be a lot of agreement on who are great/the best Scream Kings and Queens, but I think it would be interesting to compare our favorite horror movies/shows from our favorite Scream Kings and Queens.

So list your favorite Scream Kings and Queens and your favorite horror project from them.

Mine are: - Samara Weaving = Ready or Not or The Babysitter - Patrick Wilson = Insidious Chapter 2 or Bone Tomahawk - Jenna Ortega = Wednesday - Maika Monroe = It Follows - Justin Long = Drag Me to Hell - Sarah Paulson = American Horror Story - Chase Williamson = John Dies at the End - Vera Farmiga = Bates Motel - Dan Stevens = Apostle

Very sad, for sure. Gruesome in many ways. The foster mom was very unsettling. It wasn’t a very scary movie, though. Not as draining of a happy mood as some said in other posts. I enjoy a good mind-bending horror that just makes things hard to watch. Parts of Midsommar were that for me. Suspiria also had that affect. Any recommendations out there for more?

Hey all! Looking for recommendations to stream with my 14yr old niece. She loves scary movies, but not "old" ones, and she hates paranormal. R rating is ok, because some R ratings are for stupid reasons, but please be no MA or NR. We do like funny horror, I love psychological, she loves teen driven (of course) ie, IKWYDLS & Scream. I have Netflix, Hulu, Prime, HBO/Max, Paramount & Peacock. I just can't watch a scary movie with commercials, so please nothing that's on Tubi for example. Help! Thanks in advance!

Ps. Sorry if this has already been done, I've been searching for a movie 30 minutes now and my heads gonna explode 🤯

EDIT: Thanks for some great suggestions! We have already done the Fear Street Trilogy and all of the Final destinations. Tonight we ended up going with the new IKWYDLS. It's was on sale on prime, and she just "HAAADDDDDD" to see it. I'm going to hit this list up for tomorrow night though. Thank you again, everyone!!