Black Phone 2 vs Malignant
Black Phone 2 has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 6.8/10 for Malignant). Malignant is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 1h 54m. Malignant is the older of the two (2021 against 2025). Both are horror, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Black Phone 2
Malignant| Black Phone 2 | Malignant | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2021 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 51m |
| Genres | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Horror, Mystery |
| Country | United States of America | United States of America |
| Director | Scott Derrickson | James Wan |
| Main cast | Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, Anna Lore, Demián Bichir, Mason Thames | Maddie Hasson, Jacqueline McKenzie, Ruben Pla, Jake Abel, Christian Clemenson |
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.
Malignant
Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.
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