Black Phone 2 vs The Children
Black Phone 2 has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 6/10 for The Children). The Children is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 54m. The Children is the older of the two (2008 against 2025). Both are horror, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Black Phone 2
The Children| Black Phone 2 | The Children | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Scott Derrickson | Tom Shankland |
| Main cast | Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, Anna Lore, Demián Bichir, Mason Thames | Eva Birthistle, Stephen Campbell Moore, Rachel Shelley, Jeremy Sheffield, Hannah Tointon |
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 Children
A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents
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