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EPISODE · Oct 22, 2025 · 53 MIN

Spoiler Review: Black Phone 2

from Eye of the Storm Movie Podcast · host Daniel Gawron

This week we review and discuss Black Phone 2, a horror movie directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Mason Thames, Ethan Hawke and Madeleine McGraw, about Finney and Gwen who investigate the history of the masked serial killer the Grabber, which leads them to discover a sinister past involving more victims of the masked killer.We talk about why this movie movie is a perfect example of an unnecessary sequel that lacks direction, why Gwen as the main character can't carry this movie and is set up to fail at this task by the script, why none of the expansions of the Grabber's lore managed to get us interested despite the movie itself not being actually bad and several moments being well done by themselves and why that wasn't enough for some of us, and much more.Check out our other horror movie reviews here:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5nEzAuLhmPeQVt6eJGStPn0:00 Intro0:18 Movie Recommendations (Gen V, The Morning Show, The Legend of Suriyothai)08:28 Synopsis & Overall Impressions14:48 Spoiler Discussion49:40 Conclusion & Ratings

This week we review and discuss Black Phone 2, a horror movie directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Mason Thames, Ethan Hawke and Madeleine McGraw, about Finney and Gwen who investigate the history of the masked serial killer the Grabber, which leads them to discover a sinister past involving more victims of the masked killer.We talk about why this movie movie is a perfect example of an unnecessary sequel that lacks direction, why Gwen as the main character can't carry this movie and is set up to fail at this task by the script, why none of the expansions of the Grabber's lore managed to get us interested despite the movie itself not being actually bad and several moments being well done by themselves and why that wasn't enough for some of us, and much more.Check out our other horror movie reviews here:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5nEzAuLhmPeQVt6eJGStPn0:00 Intro0:18 Movie Recommendations (Gen V, The Morning Show, The Legend of Suriyothai)08:28 Synopsis & Overall Impressions14:48 Spoiler Discussion49:40 Conclusion & Ratings

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