Black Phone 2 vs The Ward
Black Phone 2 has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 5.8/10 for The Ward). The Ward is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 1h 54m. The Ward is the older of the two (2010 against 2025). Both are horror, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Black Phone 2
The Ward| Black Phone 2 | The Ward | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 28m |
| Genres | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Scott Derrickson | John Carpenter |
| Main cast | Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, Anna Lore, Demián Bichir, Mason Thames | Lyndsy Fonseca, Jared Harris, Mamie Gummer, Mika Boorem, Amber Heard |
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 Ward
Kristen, a troubled young woman, is captured by the police after burning down a farmhouse and is locked in the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital. Soon, she begins to suspect that the place has a dark secret at its core and she's determined to find out what it is.
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