Black Phone 2 vs The Ninth Gate
Black Phone 2 has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 6.5/10 for The Ninth Gate). Black Phone 2 is the shorter watch at 1h 54m compared with 2h 13m. The Ninth Gate is the older of the two (1999 against 2025). Both are horror, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Black Phone 2
The Ninth Gate| Black Phone 2 | The Ninth Gate | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1999 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 2h 13m |
| Genres | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Scott Derrickson | Roman Polanski |
| Main cast | Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, Anna Lore, Demián Bichir, Mason Thames | Lena Olin, Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, James Russo, Allen Garfield |
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 Ninth Gate
A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning the Devil.
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