Should You Stay After The Black Phone 2? The Post-Credits Verdict
The Black Phone 2 finally rings into theaters with fresh chills and the Grabber back in play, but don’t stick around for a stinger—there’s no mid-, post-, or end-credit scene waiting in the dark.
Quick heads-up before you sprint for the lobby: if you sat through The Black Phone hoping for a stinger, you can save yourself the time on The Black Phone 2. Mild spoilers ahead, but nothing that ruins the ride.
Should you wait through the credits?
Nope. There is no mid-credits, post-credits, or end-of-credits scene. The movie solves its mystery, cuts to credits, and that is that. For what it’s worth, the first film didn’t have a tag either, and we still ended up with a sequel three years later. So lack of an extra scene doesn’t necessarily mean anything long-term.
What this one is actually about
This time we’re with Gwen as a teenager. She starts getting creepy phone calls on the black phone and visions of boys who’ve gone missing. She and her brother Finn team up to figure out what the hell is going on before it gets worse. The Grabber looms large over all of it, but not in the usual slash-and-run way. Think lingering menace and psychological pressure more than fresh carnage.
Does the ending set up another sequel?
Short answer: not really. The movie closes most of the open wounds it opens. Finn and Gwen get a sense of peace after what they’ve been through, and the Grabber’s story feels, well, finished. Pushing past that would risk undoing the emotional work this one does. Could there still be more? Horror never truly dies, so sure. If anything happens, it feels more likely to be a prequel digging into the Grabber’s past or the origins of the phone instead of a straight continuation.
The odd choice that makes it interesting: almost no new kills
Here’s where The Black Phone 2 quietly swerves away from the standard sequel playbook. The present-day body count is basically nonexistent. The Grabber is back as a haunting presence, seemingly out for revenge on Finn and zeroing in on Gwen through those visions. Instead of adding fresh victims, the film digs into backstory and trauma: we learn the Grabber worked at a winter camp called Alpine Lake, where he murdered three boys years ago — the same boys Gwen keeps seeing. It’s also revealed he killed Finn and Gwen’s mother, which everyone had assumed was a suicide. The deaths we see are in flashbacks or visions, not in real time.
Compared to slashers that chase high numbers — Friday the 13th hovers around 180 total kills across its run, Halloween Kills racks up around 30 by itself — The Black Phone 2 goes smaller and meaner, leaning into grief, loss, and guilt as the actual horror. Personally, I appreciate the restraint; if you want a meat grinder, this isn’t that.
Quick specs
- Title: The Black Phone 2
- Director: Scott Derrickson
- Cast: Ethan Hawke; Mason Thames; Madeleine McGraw; Demian Bichir; Miguel Mora; Jeremy Davies; Arianna Rivas
- Runtime: 1h 54m
- Rotten Tomatoes score (so far): 75%
- Release date: 17 October 2025
The Black Phone 2 is in theaters now. Do you want more in this world, or should the phone finally stay off the hook?