Black Phone 2 vs When a Stranger Calls
Black Phone 2 has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 5.7/10 for When a Stranger Calls). When a Stranger Calls is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 54m. When a Stranger Calls is the older of the two (2006 against 2025). Both are horror, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Black Phone 2
When a Stranger Calls| Black Phone 2 | When a Stranger Calls | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 5.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Horror, Mystery |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Scott Derrickson | Simon West |
| Main cast | Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, Anna Lore, Demián Bichir, Mason Thames | Tommy Flanagan, Clark Gregg, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson, David Denman |
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.
When a Stranger Calls
Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening. Soon, the ringing of a phone and the frightening words of a sadistic caller turn Jill's routine experience into a night of terror.
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