Black Phone 2 vs It Lives Inside
Black Phone 2 has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 5.7/10 for It Lives Inside). It Lives Inside is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 54m. It Lives Inside is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are horror, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Black Phone 2
It Lives Inside| Black Phone 2 | It Lives Inside | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 5.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Horror, Mystery |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Scott Derrickson | Bishal Dutta |
| Main cast | Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, Anna Lore, Demián Bichir, Mason Thames | Betty Gabriel, Vik Sahay, Beatrice Kitsos, Neeru Bajwa, Jared Ager-Foster |
Synopsis
Black Phone 2
Four years after escaping The Grabber, Finney Blake is struggling with his life after captivity. When his sister Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp, the siblings become determined to solve the mystery and confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.
It Lives Inside
Desperate to fit in at school, Sam rejects her Indian culture and family to be like everyone else. However, when a mythological demonic spirit latches onto her former best friend, she must come to terms with her heritage to defeat it.
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