Black Phone 2 vs The Lodgers
Black Phone 2 has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 5/10 for The Lodgers). The Lodgers is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 1h 54m. The Lodgers is the older of the two (2017 against 2025). Both are horror, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Black Phone 2 | The Lodgers | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 5.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 33m |
| Genres | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Scott Derrickson | Brian O'Malley |
| Main cast | Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, Anna Lore, Demián Bichir, Mason Thames | Moe Dunford, David Bradley, Charlotte Vega, Bill Milner, Anthony Murphy |
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 Lodgers
1920, rural Ireland. Anglo-Irish twins Rachel and Edward share a strange existence in their crumbling family estate. Each night, the property becomes the domain of a sinister presence (The Lodgers) which enforces three rules upon the twins: they must be in bed by midnight; they may not permit an outsider past the threshold; and if one attempts to escape, the life of the other is placed in jeopardy. When troubled war veteran Sean returns to the…
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