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Black Phone 2: Popcorn Podcast answers horror’s next call

We answer the call to explore Scott Derrickson’s haunting sequel to 2022 horror hit The Black Phone. With Ethan Hawke back as the Grabber, Mason Thames delivering teen angst with a side of PTSD and Madeleine McGraw stepping into the spotlight, this episode unpacks trauma, myth and supernatural horror against an icy new backdrop in Black Phone 2.

Let’s discuss:

• How Black Phone 2 expands its mythology and themes of grief.

• Ethan Hawke’s masked performance and the mystery behind it.

• The balance between practical and digital horror filmmaking.

• What makes Madeleine McGraw’s Gwen the emotional centre of this sequel.

• When the film chills, and when it freezes over.

More Popcorn:

• Blumhouse founder Jason Blum takes us inside The Black Phone

• Leigh Whannell talks re-shaping genre filmmaking with Wolf Man

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