‘Black Cellphone 2’ Star Says Sequel Evokes ‘A Nightmare on Elm Road’

When horror followers first heard a sequel to The Black Phone was coming, there was pleasure—but additionally confusion. Didn’t the Grabber, the diabolical baby killer, die on the finish of the 2021 film, enabling his would-be remaining sufferer to flee? In fact he did! However with the existence of ghosts already established because of the Grabber’s haunted basement cellphone, there’s a ready-made avenue for the villain to return in Black Cellphone 2. And in response to Mason Thames, who performs the very fortunate Finney, the Grabber (once more performed by Ethan Hawke) reminded him of one other diabolical baby killer who returns from the grave.

In a brand new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Thames mentioned the Grabber—who comes again to torment the teenage Finney through the goals of his youthful sister, Gwen (Madeleine McGraw)—has one thing in frequent with A Nightmare on Elm Road‘s Freddy Krueger.

“The way in which the Grabber is on this movie jogs my memory plenty of Freddy Krueger, simply angrier and, to me, so much scarier simply ’trigger he’s making an attempt to kill me,” Thames mentioned to the journal. “Genuinely, he’s terrifying. This film and the powers he’s gained, with out saying something, it’s loopy and it’s so scary to see ’trigger it’s actually nearly like an unstoppable drive, that man.”

What’s worse, the Grabber “realizes killing Finney or making an attempt to harm him wouldn’t have an effect on him as a lot as hurting the particular person he cherished,” in response to Thames.

Directed by Scott Derrickson, Black Cellphone 2 has its world premiere at subsequent week’s Improbable Fest; it hits theaters October 17, bringing the Grabber’s amped-up supernatural powers to the display to terrify audiences another time.

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