Black Phone 2 vs Southern Scares
Black Phone 2 has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 4/10 for Southern Scares). Southern Scares is the shorter watch at 1h 13m compared with 1h 54m. Black Phone 2 is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are horror, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Black Phone 2
Southern Scares| Black Phone 2 | Southern Scares | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 4.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 13m |
| Genres | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Horror, Mystery |
| Country | United States of America | US |
| Director | Scott Derrickson | Paul Rowe |
| Main cast | Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, Anna Lore, Demián Bichir, Mason Thames | Luke Smith, Dee Wallace, Millie Witherow, Mila Rose, Aston Regan |
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.
Southern Scares
Mystery, horror, and Southern folklore collide in the 1990s when a video store worker discovers chilling secrets found in her missing sister's documentary series, Southern Scares.
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