‘Black Telephone 2’ trailer turns the Grabber into Freddy Krueger

In 2022’s The Black Telephone, Ethan Hawke terrified audiences because the masked kidnapper often called “the Grabber.” Now, he is again to do it over again in Blumhouse’s Black Telephone 2.

Viewers of the primary Black Telephone know that the movie ended with — spoiler alert! — the Grabber’s dying. However horror followers ought to know higher by now that no horror antagonist is ever actually lifeless. Particularly not when that antagonist is on the middle of a field workplace hit like The Black Telephone.

So how does the Grabber come again in Black Telephone 2? Apparently, by emulating one other horror icon: Nightmare on Elm Road‘s Freddy Krueger.

Similar to pricey outdated Freddy, the Grabber can now assault youngsters of their goals. His goal is Gwen (Madeleine McGraw), the youthful sister of The Black Telephone‘s protagonist Finney (Mason Thames). Gwen receives disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at Alpine Lake winter camp, and she or he enlists Finney to assist her examine. On the camp, they discover an unsettling household connection to the Grabber. Additionally they be taught their tormentor has grown even stronger in dying, leading to some terrifying ghostly combat scenes within the trailer above. Can Gwen and Finney take down the Grabber as soon as and for all?

The Black Telephone director Scott Derrickson returns to helm Black Telephone 2. He and C. Robert Cargill co-wrote the screenplay, tailored from the quick story by Joe Hill. The movie additionally stars Demián Bichir, Miguel Mora, Jeremy Davies, and Arianna Rivas.

Black Telephone 2 hits theaters Oct. 17.