Black Phone 2 vs The Canal
Black Phone 2 has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 5.7/10 for The Canal). The Canal is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 1h 54m. The Canal is the older of the two (2014 against 2025). Both are horror, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Black Phone 2
The Canal| Black Phone 2 | The Canal | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 5.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 33m |
| Genres | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | United Kingdom |
| Director | Scott Derrickson | Ivan Kavanagh |
| Main cast | Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, Anna Lore, Demián Bichir, Mason Thames | Rupert Evans, Serena Brabazon, Steve Oram, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra |
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 Canal
A man who suspects his wife is cheating on him begins having nightmarish visions of an evil presence that he believes inhabits his house.
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