Black Phone 2 vs The Ring
Black Phone 2 has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 6.7/10 for The Ring). Black Phone 2 is the shorter watch at 1h 54m compared with 1h 55m. The Ring is the older of the two (2002 against 2025). Both are horror, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Black Phone 2
The Ring| Black Phone 2 | The Ring | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 55m |
| Genres | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Horror, Mystery |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Scott Derrickson | Gore Verbinski |
| Main cast | Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, Anna Lore, Demián Bichir, Mason Thames | Brian Cox, Adam Brody, Martin Henderson, Sasha Barrese, David Dorfman |
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 Ring
Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring so she can save herself and her son.
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