Black Phone 2 vs The Forest
Black Phone 2 has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 5.2/10 for The Forest). The Forest is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 1h 54m. The Forest 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 Forest| Black Phone 2 | The Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 5.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 35m |
| Genres | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Scott Derrickson | Jason Zada |
| Main cast | Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, Anna Lore, Demián Bichir, Mason Thames | Eoin Macken, Natalie Dormer, Taylor Kinney, Jozef Aoki, Stephanie Vogt |
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 Forest
Set in the Aokigahara Forest, a real-life place in Japan where people go to end their lives. Against this backdrop, a young American woman comes in search of her twin sister, who has mysteriously disappeared.
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