Black Phone 2 vs The Boy
Black Phone 2 has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 6/10 for The Boy). The Boy is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 1h 54m. The Boy is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are horror, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Black Phone 2
The Boy| Black Phone 2 | The Boy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 38m |
| Genres | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Scott Derrickson | William Brent Bell |
| Main cast | Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, Anna Lore, Demián Bichir, Mason Thames | Lauren Cohan, Ben Robson, Stephanie Lemelin, Rupert Evans, Jett Klyne |
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.
The Boy
A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.
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