The Reel Rejects - Extended Version: BLACK PHONE 2 (2025) IS SINISTER AS HELL!! MOVIE REACTION!! Mason Thames | Madeleine McGraw

Episode Date: November 12, 2025

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I would hope that you guys would be on the phone to help me through the experience. Gang, I would. We wouldn't be alive, but we would be there for you. Hells, yeah. I appreciate it. A really way call. Remember those?

Never jumping onto the other line? Maybe that's what they're going to do in the black phone too because that's what we're here to watch. Maybe he'll have two phone lines this time. And Finn's going to be like, hold on, ghost. I got another ghost on the other line. And then, you know, it's a comedy of technological errors. Anyhow, gang.

I'm being mistakes. I love it. We are back to check out the highly successful sequel to the Black Phone. We just watched this for the first time not long ago during the Halloween season. And in fact, if you haven't seen it already,

Greg and Roxy just reacted to this. Hot off the press is the second it arrived on VOD. That's streaming on the channel right now. But stick around. Maybe watch this one if you're already here and then go check their reaction out. They also did the first movie.

All the good stuff. Aaron. Johnny. Are you excited? I'm very excited. How are you feeling to them? I'm feeling good, feeling well, feeling swell. Went in, did some voting early in the morning, went to go walk a dog, and I'm about to watch

Black Phone, too. I don't know why I'm doing this accent, but I'm excited. I love me some Ethan Hawke. Well, the first one, love me some Scott Derrickson. So I'm ready to watch the sequel. What's going to happen? Without the grab or died, I don't know how he's back, but we're going to find out. What about you?

My roommate. me, my real roomie, how are you? Guys, this weird inflection. I'm ready to bargain. I'm excited for another Scott Derrickson film. I really enjoyed the first one. I thought the way they were able to blend the supernatural and the groundedness and the way Finn was able to rise from literally what was almost the ashes. And the emotional arc he went through.

And Gwen, such incredible characters, so much depth in that film. So I'm excited to see this. And I know Koi speaks very highly. of this film, which I know he usually doesn't do too often with horror films, so I'm really excited to see this. Donald, how are you doing, my friend? I know we went to a haunted house the other night, so have you recovered? Are you okay?

I am traumatized, and I have not been able to sleep since, but it's okay. How were your shoulders doing? This guy had to hold up a light. It was not easy. I was impressed. It's good. I'm good. It's the start of the day for us here at Reject Studios.

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Yeah, anybody who cares to support over there, or even if you just care enough to be here on the channel and you're just watching the video and you're having fun, like, we appreciate all of you. And I hope that none of you are ever kidnapped and thrown in a spooky cellar. Anyway, I think that's all the housekeeping. It's horror Thursday. Today, let's jump into the Black Phone 2. Black Phone 2 in a 3. 2 and Hawaii. Oh, a sound design.

What the gears turning? What the hell? Damn. Rocky Mountains, Colorado. Let's go. How's a fun work all the way up? We go into the Overlook Hotel, though? Hello, Hope, Hope Adler.

Oh, is this their mom? Finn and Gwen's. Alpine Lake. It's a youth camp in the mountains. I, um... So ominous already. Yeah. Yeah.

I had these dreams. Seven numbers. Seven numbers. No area code, so this call is local. You're here in Colorado, right? Oh, I want more synthetics, yes. The numbers were carved in ice. Whoa.

Whoa. Yes, yes. And she looks like Gwen, her mom, at least. Who is this? Who are you? What? It's like the supernatural type of calls Finn would get. Spooky ice phone. Hello? Can you hear me? Hello?

Oh, sheesh. Maybe this is why they're able to have this type of powers, because they were born with it. Well. This is why they're clairvoyant, I mean. Finn and Gwen. Fives. Wow. Fun.

Fun. Help. Oh, Jesus. Wow. Atticus Ross. Bloody ice. Woof. He does good music.

82. So this is a couple years after the first movie. The first one was, what, 78? Oh. Damn. Her new hair is crazy. Oh, now he's the... Oh, well, Finn's now the aggressor.

What the hell, dude? You can tell it. Ooh. Why, bro? Dude, he's got, he's got trauma, bro. PTSD. Oh. Who?

Nobody bully him no more. Yeah, never again. Anyone else? Let's get like a 10 guys fight, like in the raid. Damn, now I made him toothless. I understood that reference. Now you can train him. Hey.

Uh-oh. What the hell was that? New kid. We just feed us new kids now. breaking them in he started it what was it this time and the usual

heard you were the bad ass to waste a serial killer he didn't really say that yeah he actually did do I feel like did you have to go so hard on him in this situation like that

more blood the better I feel like he could beat the crap out of his dad easily now for the crowd maybe the point you're actually making is less skill with me and more I'm the guy to be

yeah hey I don't know a point to be making great fight man hey hey hey So tonight, I'm going to go down to the Civic Center to wait in line for Duran Duran tickets.

Hey, Duran, Duran. Come Undone, one of my favorite songs. Does tickets cost a mint? My treat I was going to buy to anyway. You know, be cool to have someone to go with who's also a fan. Careful, Ernie. For real. That'd be radical. He's going to flip your car over.

You're not going to get to shop class. All right, I got to get to shop class. Is he going to be a live-to-take-her? Are you talking to my sister? You know that to date. No, it's not. Yeah, it is. Oh, okay, so what if it's a date?

I don't know, I just don't like him. Why? He's really nice. He's very protective of his sister. Don't you think Robin would want you looking out for his kid brother? But that doesn't mean letting him point my little sister. Oh, that's Robbins. My son, off to bed.

Right. Still drank him. Don't stay up too late. Yeah, sure. Yeah, sure. Dude, he probably beats his dad up on the regular. Right. That's what I said, I mean.

The tables of turns. That's what I said a moment ago. Well, I arrived. did it independently okay John I support you then I don't want your feelings up and distract yourself fights oh whoa yep I sees that face every or that mask every moment of the day I would imagine and that's what he was really that's what he was really punching that mask still feels that trauma damn if you try to touch me or scratch your face oh whoa This face

He still sees him, damn Still not my thing Don't tell dad I'm not sad I'm no narc She has very cool dialogue Yeah You okay

I'm fine What if it makes your power stronger No I mean I don't want to talk about it Might be the only way to self-feel though It's okay that you feel this way You don't know how I feel

No But I know however you feel It's okay That was a nice line. Coy said this dude should be Nightwing and now I can't see it. He would definitely be a very good

decoration. Totally agree with Coy on that. Love these film transitions. It almost looks like stock footage, but it's really well. Part of the Scott Derrickson style seems

to be, we're going to tell a story that is periodically broken up with like old grainy film. Like old montageed film footage. God, why do you do Dr. Strange like this? That would be, honestly, like, because Sinister has that, even the previous... I'd love to see Sinister.

Same. Whoa. I said that the last one, too. What the heel? Whoa. Man, Blair Witch Project? This film is a very cool style. I still haven't seen that, Blair Witch Project.

Whoa. Whoa. Damn. Whoa. Oh, no, no. Oh, my God. Holy shit. Ah, God, this poor child.

Whoa. Oh, just coming to the surface on the ice. Yeah. Oh, freaky. Oh, is this what was car in the ice? The numbers. Oh, no, it's a word. Oh, it's where.

This is not a W, my man. Whoa. Freaky. Oh, it's still in the greenies, uh, stylist. wild did notice oh you're in the dream oh yeah she's in the dream for sure maybe she's this is a way for her to communicate with her mom that is such an incredible job visually letting us know she's in the dream god in that yeah that crackling yeah yeah someone in the distance

is this like a lucid dream he's trying to wake her up Yeah, whoa, free-jee. Sleepwalking. This is so cool. Finn? Fascinating. Cool. It's okay.

I love how they're expanding upon for clairvoyancy from the first film. Your skin is like ice. Sleepwalking again. I had a bad dream. You had a bad dream. You're taking one down. Go back to bed.

Going outside and you're making lots out sounds. Eish. Well, bad dream's better than a bad day. Spiritual dimensions. Youngian dream in terms. interpretation. Hey, witch. Oh, God.

Oh, what a hairdo. Hey, witch. Also, Mimi. Yes, witch. Choice. I can't believe it. So, uh, you're into a lot of that. He was the same actor.

That woo-woo stuff, right? Is it? Yeah, who played Robin? Mm-hmm. What, I mean ghosts, spirits, glimpses of the world beyond? I believe. Yeah. Okay, then.

Yeah. I believe in all that woo-woo stuff. Uh-huh. Ernesto. Is this a slateria? Yeah. My abuela sells them in her shop and thought they look cool. What are they? What do they do? These are beautiful. I mean, you can use them like taro.

If you have the site, they can show you things. Thank you for explaining that. You have that, right? Have what? I mean, like, you have dreams and stuff. They show you things. Yeah, but he's not being condescending. He's being like open and genuine. My parents.

She has to shine, Andrew. Yes, she does. Back, you know, they said the police got an anonymous call where, where, um, Robin's body was. Oh, man. But they say it was you, that you dreamed it or something. I don't like talking about that. Yeah, I wouldn't either.

Why not? Because it's weird. I'm weird. Maybe I like weird. Oh. Maybe I'm a freak. Gladys in the window. Gladys.

That would give me PTSD every time. Gladys. I'm sorry, but I can't help you. damn what is oh maybe he has the shine now is he want his spirit to be out of order oh wow dude he's hearing it man can't unhear it's following him oh man oh man wow wow because yeah this looks like authentic old film so here he's this is uh wow he grabbed it Is he wearing the mask, too, that Ethan... I think I saw the horns through the back.

No, he's not. Oh, Jesus. Ah, wow. But here's the grabber. Oh, my God. Whoa. That was messed up. That's grim.

Super. That's guy's graphic. All grim, no Billy, no Mandy. W. You must buy Warner Brothers It seems like it's more Gwynne's story I actually like the shaky camera right now It makes it feel distorted in this

Oh yeah Dream type of sequence It's unsettling Couple with the sound We had like a subtle heartbeat Oh Burn body Oof

I'm not like it Oh noor Oh Still smoking. Oh, I hate that. Sox. Oh, black void. What is that?

Is that Ernie? She's dry. Oh, that's her? She's striking out. That that was coming towards her. Oh, she went to that. The ring, following the phone. Oh, the black phone, yeah.

going to the place from the first film to the basement back to the cellar back to the shack with the lightning strap girl why hello is this her mom my name is Gwen

my name is Gwen where are you calling from Yeah, damn. Is that 50, 1957? How did you get this number? Oh, in the past, cross-niving. I have these dreams, seven numbers. No area code, so this call is local.

Uh-huh. You're here in Colorado, right? Yes. Ooh. The numbers are carved in ice. By boys. Underwater. Yes.

I had the same dreams, but the boys carved letters. Oh, that's what W-WB, it's like the numbers, letters. My name is Gwen. I said my name is Glenn. We're going to do the reveal of you being my mom later in the film. Ah! Shit. Oh, it's a brother.

All right. Yeah, I liked you. Yeah, I ever liked him, too. Was it Eddie from it? Chapter 2. Oh, wow. Gnarly. Dude, James Ransone.

Also very amusing and sinister. Oh, this is fascinating grab. About to get grabbed from the dream realm. Oh, no. You follow her all the way there? Whoa. Oh, I can't imagine how terrifying this is for him to be here. I'm really here.

You're okay. You're asleep walking again. You came here and your sleep. You're not freaked out that your sister came back here. I feel like I'm crazy. What the hell? Hey, look at me. What the hell?

You're okay. You're okay. Damn, dude, he is handling this. He's actually being calm and cool and collected. I was talking to mom. Yeah, damn. It was just a dream. No, it was a dream, yeah, but it was her.

She called me. A youth camp. Is it Alpine, right? She reached out to me from there for a reason. We must go. Come on. Let's get you out of here. And beat the shit out of that phone.

Oh, we have memories here. Burnton how you paint that oh the blood is real uh the one she was stepping on in the in the lucid dream yeah yeah who nice I agree with that this got that big old chip on your shoulder what's this camp alpine lake the cam mom called from we have to go there Gwen stop this it was just a dream more than just a dream dude her about a real place a place I found it's why I had the dream her dream saved you as well as you saving yourself and it's not just a dream it's a sequel they're accepting applications for cites for middle school winter camp what's a cit counselor in training oh i'm not going to be a

counselor for junior hires it's some weird jesus camp you dream dude going to be a counselor in training sleep away phone come on i want to train you c i what's going on in here uh Juan John. Gwen wants us to get jobs at some Christian winner. You are John Cusack. Oh. I got to see that movie. Oh, oh, yeah.

Your mother weren't there. You don't say. When? 1957? It was long before I met her. It closed in 58. Damn. I'm not crazy.

It's great told I have his kids. I hope so. I never said you were crazy. I never said you were crazy. Don't let me hear you took that thing any faster in 55. I would like my daughter back unscathed, you understand? Yes, sir. I'd like they're both.

I don't like the way he looks at her. Yeah, me either. Let's both be the shit out of him. Wait. Wait, what? Finn's going to give you like a machete. I was going to say Finn's going to give her a belt to use on him in case he gets rowdy. I'm going with you.

Good. Go look after you, sister. favor while I'm gone yeah anything don't get drunk oh hey stay on that wagon in two weeks I get my three year chip I'll have it when you get back hell yeah it's an accomplishment way to go this is cool man this movie has a lot of style Yeah, I would just say, have your emergency lights on. I'm going to run in front of the car so I can see the road. What?

Wow. Just follow me into a Rocky 4 montage. That is wild. My man. Dude, Finn is such a G. Such a G out here. Look at this guy. Or is that Rocky 4 right where he runs?

I haven't seen that one. It's the best movie of all time. Oh. Oh. Hello. I will follow you wherever, my lady. Follow the light of the Holy Spirit. You must be the boy.

Yeah, how'd you know? Oh, they close, high six at Silvercourt. You're the only ones who didn't get the call in five. Damn. Or just Vando if you like. Come on. Armand Asante? How many people made it here?

Just you three. Wow. Sorry, we got a pass to discover. Have a good night. I've always wanted a sweet dreams that's very kind my cabin is just over there you need anything Finn her cabin's over there you need anything uh-oh still haven't got a clear look of her face it looks like it's either really comfy or too warm oh god youth christian can amen amen amen amen

Oh, spooky POV. It's like he's a bat. Underwater. Oh, freaky. Why it's WB. Was there a death sequence removed here? This is another number. From a letter.

A letter that represents a number. W.B.H. Blumhouse. When I say number, I mean a number. Oh, what the hill. Whoa, my God. It was terrifying. Took me a second to, right? Yeah, I made it once Aaron made that sound,

then I saw it because I was focused on the letter. Such fun editing. Oh, shit. Uh-oh. All right, who's it on the other line, the grabber? Nice POV into third person angle. Whoa. Oh, kind of between her dream state and his real life stuff.

Oh. Oh, no. Won, waw, waw, wong, waw. Yeah, I might have to get this soundtrack. Whoa. I don't like it. Also, some shining vibes. They're stuck, you know, in the mountains and a blizzard, like you said.

A lot of vibes. Don't be the grabber, please. I'm sorry, but I can't help you. Damn. Oh. Damn. What if it's not him this time? What if it's mama?

Oh, it's not ringing in that. It's a, in that pattern, freaky. Who is this? You know it is. I don't like it. This crackles, freaky. Someone under the bed. There's always someone under the bed.

Girl, don't do it. Nor. I don't like it. A fun. It's the clown from Poultergeist, right? Got me so scared. I'm shit in my knickers. No, Sean Wayans is down.

Oh, shit. Oh, my God. From under the ice. That's a nice scary movie, too, reference. Oh, no. Oh, damn it. Oh, no. You're not even at your house anymore, dude.

How can you still get me up here? Jesus. in oh no or oh damn creepy damn why what do you want with her

that jitter oh this music is fire whoa Jesus this is wow the inner's most

circle of hell is ice in dante's inferno told you ain't it ain't or ain't that was that the grabber i think it was this hair his ring oh wow what the freaky eyes effect nothing birds like the cold Insane Oh Oh my god What What's happening to me Oh my goodness

Poor girl I'm you're okay I feel crazy Oh Oh my god poor thing You're okay You're okay Me. Okay, you're, you're right?

That's a night terror. Here, uh, lie down. That's sweet. If I look for as sweet as he is, he's probably going to join his brother. I hope you're wrong, but you could be right. He doesn't know how to fight, man. He doesn't. Please.

Hey, you okay. Starting to believe. Did I wake you? No. Was that for real? What? You talk to Jesus just like that? Yeah, you think it's weird No, no, not at all

She spoke to Jesus She's done in the first movie, right? I think it's hot I think it's hot by the doctor Jesus My man Might even be harder if you call the missus Oh man You know my mom is Catholic

She loved me dating somebody who pray Oh my God, that's awesome I was just saying that I'm a good Christian girl Wow, this is a fascinating convo Why not? My mom was Christian too Draw me like one of your good Christian girls

Did she know about your dream thing? I got it from her I got it from my mama Passed on to me I'm scared the same thing will happen to me It won't you're too strong for that Strength is exhausting Saying all the right things

I might just fall in love with you You don't think I'm a freak What's wrong with being a freak I think you're a freaking a geek. I'm a freak like my mom. Were you close to her? I'm sorry. Yeah. You have something you'd like to share

with the class? Nope. Nope. Mr. Alexander. I think you're. I love this close-up we got to them. What about me? Do you think I'm beautiful? Oh my God! Jesus wouldn't approve! No. Have you been listening this whole time? Oh, no. Fingeman. I'm still

right here, so it's not like I had any choice. I thought he was asleep. Told you Duran Duran is a date. He came to help us investigate. Yeah. Where, you told him about your dreams? Yeah, I know about her dreams. I accept her for who she is.

Gwen? We can trust him. Okay, but it wasn't yours to tell. Oh, stay on this 360, please. Damn, okay. That's not true. See this? That's a fair argument.

This happened last night. In my dream. Wolf. One of the kids grabbed me. In your dream. That's maybe why her mom went crazy. Because she could be affected by the lucid dreams. Oh, Gloria, God-Given day here at camp, all by life.

You met my niece, Mustang. She works in the stables and in the kitchen. Mustang. Mustang, Sally. Like the horse. Yeah, I was going to say, like the horse. And then the car. Oh, she gave Finn the look.

That's why there's a horse on the car. Just Kenneth and Barbara. All right, what do you guys give? 20 minutes or 30? I noticed you slept with the boys I can lose my camp license for that Don't do it again Damn

Why are you here You inspire us What are you doing up here man My mom went here Oh camper or counselor Counselor her name was Hope Adler Was Oh

She died seven years ago Hmm I'm sorry Do you remember her A lot of kids come through here I don't think this guy had something to do with those kids Disappearing do you You know her camp name For camp name

Camp name? and a lore Oh no Starlight Starlight You have starlight skates You do remember her Yeah we have V&S too

Yeah homelander's coming We gotta get out of here Very well She was a true light I won I'm sorry you lost her I ask how she passed She shit stuff

She went loco Unblinking That dead Pafon ring Last night Did you answer it Yeah I didn't have any quarters him like him him jesus what do you say she saw us what are him or him for power buff girl

or him at the shower oh whoa two business go call dad i'll meet you when i'm done who is this i don't remember oh no begins again we don't know you don't remember anything It's cold here. It's cold where? I start here. Tell me where you are. And the three frames in... You have to try to remember something.

How did you die? Were you going to the camp, obviously? Whoa. Cool. Yeah, one of those crazy arms. That Dutch angle. It's like that Severn's Season 2 opening. This isn't where we belong.

We weren't supposed to be here. Something bad. Really hoped. It was in Mustangs, Dad. Wow. Tell me how I can help. Whoa. Freaky.

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Not a historical society Barbara Jesus This is the young lady Who decided to sneak into the boy's cabin Oh She was sinning how unchristian of her We just want to know about

Some kids that may have been killed here In the past You don't need to hear anything about that We don't Either these two are involved Or the other guy Mustang's dad This is not some haunted tour or ghost camp. This is a Christian organization.

We don't discuss those kinds of things here. What about the Holy Ghost? But some fucked-up shit did happen here, right? Language. You always had such a filthy, vulgar mouth. Have you always been such a sanctimonious twilight? Yeah. Let's go.

Mama. Who is this? Hope? Hope, Adler. Who is this? I can't see you. It's Hope. It's the light at the end of the time.

It's a youth camp in the mountains. Oh, you find me. I had these dreams, seven numbers. Huh? Oh. It's the same. I love that, yeah, you can fit both versions of the conversation into her dialogue.

Who is this? Oh. So just sad and sort of gothic aspect of this. Just lost souls who can't remember. where they came from they just went ham on the style of this movie oh yeah man i hope i get to see this in a theater sometime because i bet this would look really cool especially if they ever made a print of it which i doubt what happened

but maybe whoa is that georgie yeah he's floating somewhere forgot his oh rain slicker oh my god she's it looks like she's still loose this room right yeah she's oh is that whoa yeah this one definitely does feel like more her movie than finney's movie yeah i like that choice yeah no i'm not mad of it having a black phone movie doesn't mean it's going to be a grabber movie yeah he's just an aspect of this world i think that's repeating the tropes so i'm glad they didn't do that sunrise god always smoking you have one job look after my sister oh you got the stamp of approval this music is really gothic and gives me oh who do you go after who do you protecting your dream state

oh that's an amazing transition I want to play a game oh nice it took me a long time Now I remember. Ew. You're dead. Oh, if any UFO people know that dead is just a word. The grab a return somehow. Yes. Thank you, J.J. Abrams.

Tell me why you're here. Why do you think I'm here? Boom! Nice. Quentin! Ooh, who, who, who, who, who. Oh, no. Oh, man.

Did you think that our story was over? The studio said no. Yeah, the producer's called. Did you really believe you could do what you did to me, and that would be the end of it? I'm not afraid of you. Oh, boy. Should you be? You killed me.

You won. Tell me what you want. What I have always wanted to hunt you. Play the game. You know as well as I do That fear is just the warm-up O-E-E-O-O-W-F Way he's able to modulate his voice

It's so creepy and chilly Chilling It's 3 o'clock in the morning Gwen isn't in her dorm I don't know where she is Oh man Glenn I just love the Scott Derrickson's out here

riding for old film stuff Is this real? Wow. Yeah, them kitchens, no joke. Have you guessed what it is here? So much is happening. It's awesome. What an incredible framing right here.

And finally seeing him fully without any glass or obstruction. I want to hurt you. The torment you forever. It doesn't even sound like he's coming through the phone anymore. You made me kill my brother, the person on earth that I loved the most, and then you killed me. Wow. This is so intense. Revenge tale.

Oh, he's both. He's both places. Whoa. Yeah, because he can get the sister out here, or in here. Oh, shit. Whoa, whoa. Oh, no! Oh!

Oh, no, shoot. Yeah, come on, Finney. Oh, you guys can't even see him. Oh, no. Yeah, only she can. Yeah, of course. Oh, we're in between worlds. Oh, I can see that, though.

Holy shit. What a fascinating angle to bring him back. Yeah. Dude, this is gonna be Tina vibes in Nightmare and Elm Street One. Oh, holy crap. This is crazy. There's a definitely a... Oh, shit. You best close that oven.

Guys, stop standing there! Oh shit! How the hell? Good job. Mustang. Wow. Oh, he can't see her. His wire effects. Oh, my God.

Wow. Wow. Wow. Oh, descending into the darkness. Yeah. Wow. Nice. Nice choice.

Well done. Yeah. Quinn, wake up. Quinn, are you awake? Quinn, are you awake? Wow, I love when they transition into. that that is amazing very very cool i've never heard of anyone who had dreams like the ones you describe where do you think they come from she's possessed i'm not possessed you

judgmental wagon oh jesus you think this is funny mustang you getting your horns clipped yeah i do horns clip every single one of us has seen or heard things around here you especially bar barbara shut up both of you your dreams are you saying they tell you you the future. Sometimes, other times it's the dead showing me things from the past. What kind of things? Like the smallest missing boy. Oh.

Felix. He was running for his life, wearing a young down pocket. Oh, so this time he remembered in him. The tallest kid, he wore a white parka. Without a picture. Spike. Spock. And scratch letters into the ice above him.

W.B.H. I think his head was cut in half on the tree stump in the woods. Oh. The third boy wore a denim jacket. He was all burnt up. Like he'd been cooked inside an oven. I don't know why I think those other two are involved, Barbara and her husband. The boy who was burned up. Are you here above that?

He came to me my dream. He wants me to find him. They all do. They can't rest until they're found. Or was he involved? It feels like that'd be the obvious way, but I feel like... The religious nuts are going to be the ones. We're found by police.

Only they had that detail. The police, the former camp owner, and me. Donald is usually right. Have you heard of the grabber? Yeah. That was the first movie. Killed a bunch of kids and then got killed one while escaped. Yeah, his name was Finney or something?

Oh, okay. That's my name. Finney Blake. Fimbleg. It's a distinct name either way. Damn, I thought I was attracted to you before. Now you're just super hot. When did all this start?

Weeks ago when my mom called me from this camp in a dream. Gwen did all this start? Hey. What's this had to do with the grabber? Wasn't the devil attacking me in the? kitchen it was him i could see him he's here grabber was oh grabber was a he was a camper this is from the last year of camp before we closed down i was just the camp cook back then there is me and there's your mom that is such a fascinating connection ike in the area looking for those kids

then when harland passed i bought this place in a state sale for a song and reopened it i promised their parents i wouldn't stop looking until i found them oh nice pan and not a single morning goes by that I don't pray for help to find those boys I didn't know it was you hit send I genuinely believe him yeah but yeah I think it's those two I'm gonna pass up a chance

to put those kids to rest once and for all for them for their families and for me it's like it matches the grabber's M.O but the time he would have to be way older it's him it's the grabber is it? I know him and I know his face I figured that's

a bear going yeah that's bill wild bill Wild Bill. We call the Wild Bill because he wore this brown leather tool bill loose around his waist like a gunslinger and he got long wavy hair like Wild Bill Hickok. Wild Bill Hickok. Oh, W.B.H. These is where he started. These boys were his first kill. Okay. When did weird things start happening around here? Not until a few years ago. 1978?

Ugh. Maybe his spirit draws power from the fear of his victims because their spirits are not at rest. Oh, how do we find these boys? Your bodies are underwater in a frozen lake, I think. But didn't the police search the local lakes? The lakes were frozen over when the boys were missing. Uh-oh. Lake Morrow is where we take campers ice fishing, so we store our equipment there. Wild Bill used it for the kids' hockey games.

He was a good skater. That's the only lake where he would have the tools to make a hole in the eyes and dump the bodies. He just seems like he would be a good skater. If we find Felix Call and Spike, allow them to rest, as you say. I would get rid of the grabber's power? I think so. Yeah. Grab the power back.

Okay, then. Oh, grab the grabber. We had to, like, model, and look for those boys. There goes my theory about the religious nuts being the killers. I mean, I was wondering about it, because, yeah, I was like, how old would he have to be in the 50s to be doing this? It was 18 years past, but he's probably in his 50s, right, with the first movie. So it makes sense. He's probably in his late 20s, early 30s.

That makes it all the sense. Yeah, Ethan Hogg looks good, but he's not like a. super young guy anymore, so I guess it would track. Yeah, that does make sense. And again, definitely matches his M.O. Well, Jack Frost, yeah.

The evil Jack Frost. I always wanted to rent Jack Frost at the video store. I'd always find the box. Oh, the evil one or the Michael Keith? No, the evil one, because it had the holographic cover. I always, oh, yeah, I always saw that one, too. I'm like, uh, added to horror. I'm not going to see it.

Oh, is here? Hearing it. Uh-oh. You made me kill my brother. Ooh, look what you made me do. I know you're out there, Bill. Ooh. Can't have those bullies forever.

My name's not Bill. Ew. Wild Bill. Robber. Is that like an homage to? Evil is evil. Silence of the lambs. Buffalo Bill?

Oh. Oh, evil is evil. I mean, I can't rule it out. I mean, you know, obviously Buffalo Bill. is a historical figure but anytime you're in a horror movie and there's a Buffalo Bill adjacent reference I assume it must be a little bit

you wouldn't be able to see him dog a spooky old camera or something oh no I like this guy hey oh shit it's it's damn creepy creepy

we oh god he's so guttural we are gonna get those boys back bill oh shit whoa it's making the mask he'll come grab you don't get caught by those nasty grab-ons they are called hang-ons mother it looks like he's broadened his uh his kills back where's Mustang they need to start their romantic connection already don't worry he's going to pass the duchy on the left hand side the devil's lettuce it's not allowed in camp alpine property

the devil's lettuce everyone's breaking the rules so fire me he's like let me take a hit you've really been through it haven't you kid you say that there's a certain look in a young man's eye kind of a quiet fury kind of deep rage

when he's seen too much or done too much boundless formless angst you could say that so so here's what i know behind that kind of anger sphere yeah paranoia i'm not afraid of anything

i know one thing you're afraid of what's that grab her you can't protect your sister oh that too oh is this a dream when i was on the streets i don't think so not a dream i chose your own path yeah he gets his fear instead of facing my fears I chose anger

you're doing the same I can see it damn dude you were strong enough to kill the grabber and you are strong enough to let what happened with him go damn self-healing baby so much of your life is rooted in this now I don't know how to do that

phase your feelings you can't just hold them in and numb it all out you gotta phase it and then you can let it go you need to feel not conceal yes he wants to kill Gwen to hurt me so the green goblin that was last 10 minutes contemplating saying that i'm taking this with me come on man i need that

do you a favor these ain't even good shit oh my bad nose where do you get that graber o g oh yeah here we go we are going to find the bodies we found the bodies we found the bodies john Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum. You playing those synthetics, John? Let the bodies hit the lake. Like the bodies hit the lake. Oh, man. Or save the bodies from the lake.

I think I remember the promo for that song in WWF at the time, SummerSlam 2001. World Wildlife Federation, hell yeah. Oh, man. Let me inter-nested. We're going to take shifts watching you. So if you have another nightmare, we'll wake you. This is very nightmare on Elm Street.

Yeah. What if you can't? Then fight back. Fight back. It's your dream, isn't it? Use your training. He makes it more than that. I probably would not sleep if I were her.

I would take some hipness, so, if I were her. You know, there's got to be something you can try. He's too strong. You're stronger. Power back. I thought that wants to. Dude, you should go talk to Demi and the sheer real quick. She's out.

Can I ask you a question? She's out of your league. Did you really talk to my brother down in that basement? After what he just saw with her being whipped around the room, I think he would believe this now. Yeah, I didn't. What'd he say? Your dad didn't come back from Vietnam because he couldn't leave his buddies behind. And then he wasn't going to leave me behind.

Damn, dude. Sounds like Robin. Do you think he's still here? Dad, I don't really know what's on the other side. But there's something. I hope he's good. And I hope he's there. He does feel a shade softer now.

It's not me. He's here looking after. I know, fortunate. Wake me in four hours. That was a really nice tender scene. That was. Because he never got the proper closure. What happened with his brother?

Ah, crap. Broncos. Denver Broncos. It's John Elway. John Elway's the killer. Is this wild bill as a kid? Or I don't know. No, it's the paper boy from the first movie, right?

It's paper boy before he grew up. Yeah, before he met Darius and Earn. It's a totally different guy. almost that for a moment we were going into the backstory for Wild Bill but no we're not going there that'd be a whole

Grabber Bill I'd be a whole another film There we go Abercadabra Go reach out and grab you A wild grabber He is so young here Damn is that Did we deage him or did we get a lookalike?

No that's a look like Hope Adler Oh Whoa That's insane Oh snap I think I know where they're going with this Oh, Papa.

Are you going to spoil us, Aaron? Oh, my God. Oh, I'm afraid of where they're going with this. Oh, I think I do, too. I have a feeling she didn't take her from now. Yeah. Wild Bill? No, no, no, no.

You're staying in bed tonight. Huh? Yeah. Creamy. Ugh. We pull in a Freddy versus Jason here. with Lori's mom Jonnell

This sound design is so freaky Yeah I think you guys Would like Sinister Sinister has I'd be down to watch it Yeah man

Severast of us I will do it Definitely carries A lot of these Oh Finn and Gwen That's wild as kids That's got to be A trip seeing yourself

As a little kid like that Sinister has a lot of these grained out interludes And a lot of weird repetitive oral soundscapes Oral

Skapes. Going into the red room, red rum. Whoa. Oh, yeah. Okay, so Wild Bill definitely did something to the mom. Oh, no. I hate that. Oh, no. Okay, so she's... Or maybe she was having visions. That's why she's there. Of him snatching children, like the newspaper kid. Oh, no. She went to talk to him. Maybe she's there to save the newspaper boy because she had the visions. Yeah.

Oh, Jesus. Oh, Mama, what you doing? She's about to see the newspaper boy. Yeah. Oh, there he is. Yeah. That fly red coat. Oh, where's the grabber?

Try to save him? Oh, Mama. Oh, no. Oh, yeah. Oh, shit. Dude, man, he must. lose so many balloons dude oh he's probably their best customer oh modern-day grabber came out wow I see you Gwen no I'm not going in there you took my

mom you're not taking me find out you make a really fun and freaky he's going in of this I was thinking that earlier there you could definitely make a wild ass haunted house with the grab her have a room where you walk through climb into the back of the van and walk through Oh, no, where are we going? You look like your mother. Uh, hey. Why is she in here?

Oh. Oh. To you, I meet the kindness to you. Whoa. Kindness. That's what I can manage. Uh, that's what I could. Mom dreamed about police show Walter, the paper boy.

He was the first kid taken in her area. She figured out you took it, didn't she? Isn't that obvious? Uh-huh. The kindness here is. me showing you the truth before i do what i have to do this is wild-ass reveal abandon who enter here what do he do oh my god and that's why they thought she took her life she didn't kill herself no you killed her wow

Oh, no. And this is what got him into a drunk stupor. I conjured this from my hate, from whatever memories hell let me keep. Wow. Hell is different than you think. Jesus. His dialogue is crazy. Yeah.

The human part, you leave only the worst bits, only the sins. Oh, I am a bottomless pit of sin. Whatever humanity we solve him from the first one, none of it's there anymore. What do you think happens when you die in this realm? Oh. I wake up. Maybe. He's so freaky.

You just die. You die in the game. You die for real. The body can't survive without the mind if the mind thinks it's dead in the dream. It dies. Oh, God damn. Ramp up the synths. You got this job.

John, play those synthetics, please. Go, John, go John. Get the phone, you go get the phone. You are not alone. You go get the phone. You have to hide. You hear me? You gotta hide.

Can she fit in the vent? Hop in the bolt. Close the lid. Ah! I wish she had the power to bring... Oh, nice. I wish she had the power to bring Finn and Ernie into the dreams with her. Yeah.

Kind of like Alice. Oh, you're trying to get to that freezer like your brother did? Oh, wow. Oh, shit. If you bleed in the dream, you're breeding in real life. Gwen, wake up. Finn, Mustang. Put something hot on her.

It worked in Nightmare in Elm Street. Nice. That was little shits That's what he was thinking Turned back to whoever's recording these home movies See what I deal with Oh is this wild bill looking for the hole Put them in

Oh, I like you man I don't want anything bad at having you I feel it It's coming Oh, it's a skull Oh, ew You're in a hand Get that drill action

Wait, wake up! Pick up the phone, Trinity. Oof, yikes. Puncture or anything? Any arteries. You with a dinosaur. Yes. What are you doing?

It's a hockey team from hell. Oh, no. No. I've ever right to defend my zone. It's wild. Mondo! Kill the boys, they miss them. Protect Mondo at all costs, no.

Oh shit. Geesh. God damn it. I hate this. Yeah, dog. Wow. Oh, it's so gross. That's crazy. Decompose.

Oh, oh. What's up? Oh. Wow. Damn. Jesus Christi. Whoa. Oh.

Hello. No. Oh, wow, wow, wow. Oh. Oh. Oh. This is insane. Oh.

Holy crap. Oh. Whoa. Oh my God. Jesus Christ. Whoa. That's crazy. crazy what the hell keep pressure on it got it on which part she's bleeding in

multiple areas what the hell you're talking about god what an image god if you can hear me you have to fight back cool come on gwen you're strong Whoa! Free or mine. Get her girl. Now save Mondo. Isn't there a girl in probably the 13th that had crazy powers like this, too? Yeah, part seven.

It was supposed to be Carrie, right? Something like that. You didn't bring me here. I brought myself. Sad face. I chose to come here and I can leave when I want. Bitch. I understand now.

I understand it now. In a dream, I have power too. That's right. Right. Yeah, you grab the, grab her. What are you doing? Isn't it obvious? I'm inviting back, you grievous festering wound.

Yeah. Whoa! Grievous festering asswood. See you later, Wildbill. Huh? Jeez. Send his ass to. Wow.

That's awesome. The film burns. You know she looks like a little bit? Chloe Grace Moretz. I can see that. Oh, Mondo. Amanda is your eyes. If he is, he's really cold.

I'd get him in that... Oh, thank God. I found Felix. I found Felix. Get him inside, Aesat, please. Mondo fell through the ice on Lake Maru. He's okay, but he found one of the missing boys in the water. We're all going to start looking for the other two at dawn.

We need your help. Damn. Not with that demon child out there. Her name is Gwen. That demon child? She saved his life. Praise the Lord, amen. You want to be all yellow-bellied and barns sour.

Lock yourself in this room until it's safe. if you go right ahead. But that ain't no kind of true Christian behavior. Yeah. Call him out. Suns up at seven. Yeah. Bitches.

Cool. Oh, is Dad, the Dad. Rocky Flats Nuclear Facility. Dad? I like that, but the choice between drinking and going up to help his children. You snowed in, so I'd call in favor. Call in a favor from Mr. Plow. We can finally get you the hell out of here.

We have to stay. What? What? We have to stay. Got to find the other bodies. He's after her, dad. He's, who's he? Grabber.

Okay, we're getting out of here. Come on, let's go. I'm not going anywhere. Oh, yeah. Okay, and I can't stop him, but we have a chance. A chance to protect you to keep you safe. You're going to take care of me, Finn. You can't even take care of yourself.

Ooh. Just like fucking dad. Putting your head in the sand and numbing yourself into oblivion. Whoa. Ooh. Where did that come from? You've seen what he's been doing? You're just ignoring it.

Pretending you don't smell on him in his room in the backyard. Nark. Damn. It happens then and it happened to those kids. Shut up. Oh, dude. Shut up. Oh.

Oh. You don't think I don't know it was real? It's all I ever think about. Oh. You don't know what it was like down there. Nobody fucking knows. Oh. I was so fucking scared.

Oh, buddy. Oh, God. God, I don't want to be angry anymore. I don't know what to begin. He's killing it. Yeah, is, man. You're the bravest person I know. Please, I know you want to stay.

If you really are in danger here, we need to leave. Right now. No. Oh, boy. I'm sorry, but I'm not asking. What are you going to do, Dad? You're going to beat me? Damn.

Your mother, right there. There's your mother. You're just like your mother. Stubborn. You're so. stubborn right to the end even in the face of reality the end oh no let me tell you about the end dad mom didn't kill herself oh here come that's it let's all get in the goddamn no no wait what what are you talking about she was dreaming about a missing kid wasn't she so she found

him and he saw her and he came to our house no yeah he showed me that he killed her dad what was the first thing you said when you saw mom you asked her what did you do what What did I do? And you blamed yourself. And there's no way she could know that. You were asleep when it happened. When you found her. How else could I know what you said?

Exactly. Wasn't you fault that? Oh my god. Damn. The man who took Finn took her away from us because she was on to him. Because her dreams weren't just dreams. And neither are mine. This is wild.

What a shot. Damn. Well, I'm just gonna wait in the plow then. All right. You guys do your thing. Yeah. just let me know if you want to head out and I'll be here.

Sitting in the truck. Oh, Jesus. Wow. Nice. Also, Mason Thames' performance when he was saying that shut up, it kind of reminded me of Andrew Garfield. Yeah.

I hate to that. I need help. Some real fucking help. We've got to find those other two boys. You know who I would have loved to have figured out about the grabber? Dexter. Yeah.

We're pretty much out of light. Maybe a spy can call her down too deep. I was thinking the same thing. we should have seen it by now i do appreciate that they just let her have the faith feel like it's not as common of a thing no oh no uh-oh oh oh go narcoleptych on microneaps oh boy need some help oh shit what do we got here good thing is she's got that power right in there so she needs to use it

Quinn wake up she accidentally fell asleep Accidentally. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Oh, she's seeing where he carved the hole. Oh, no, he's coming to an ice skate. They said he was a good skater. Skating right out of the center circle of hell.

Do a triple lutz. When I'm home. Oh! Holy shit! Whoa. That's crazy. Ah. Do you believe now?

Wow. He's here. Where you go? Nice poltergeite refs. Dude, it's human curly. Oh, shit! Damn! Holy crap!

Oh, these two are... I'm not doing so good. Oh. Ooh. No. Norley. Morely. That was very freaky.

Whoa! Oh my god. These two. Do you believe it now? Just get sliced up out here. God, he buried them in drums. Where is he? Where did he go?

He left the bodies, John. Wow. Wow. The cable. Oh no. Save Josh Brolin. Josh Brolin. Oh, now, into the drink.

Oh, oh, oh, just like what he did to him. Oh, how the tables have turned. How the turns have tabled. Yeah, you got to protect her, my man. Let's go, Pops. go pops let's go pop save that cable i remember the feeling breathless scared come on do your

punching thing away oh my god i remember my first crabby patty hey teamwork oh my god oh my god dad Get him, Finn! They're doing a good job with the inner cutting for the most part. Wow. Grim. Very. Oh, grave, where is thy victory?

Oh, death, where is thy sting? Wow! Nice. And quote poetry too, you know. Damn, what an image. God's not here. You're alone. No.

God. No. I got friends. Hi, Broad Bread. Whoa, the kids? Yeah. Yes. Yeah.

Oh, they want revenge. They don't tear you apart. Look at that bicect. Yeah. That's so cool. Pathos, my friend. Whoa. Oh.

Isn't that what he did to his brother? I would love if we just got that scene from off to space and the three kids to start beating on him to that song that they beat the copy machine too. Oh, the copy machine, yeah. The boys are found. You're powerless. Woof. Ah. Oh.

Oh my God. Exposed again. Oh damn. Oh damn. Oh, damn. fennie got to deliver one last ass kicking yeah oh you're so yeah oh in flames bill it's eyes oh wow wow wow wow guifified them this is for mom yeah yeah sorry little one try to put his mask back on that's his face

Jesus, man. Ha ha ha ha ha. Whoa. Each one, another rock pulling you deeper into the infernal abyss. Into the abyss, yeah. Into the sunken place. Hey, I understood that reference. He just needs to get it.

He just needs to get out. Oh, my God, creepy. Hey, you okay? What about that kiss? There we go. Hey, hey, hey, my man. Let's go. Did a good job, Ernesto.

You did good, Dad. Yeah, man. You're the most improved player. If we were giving out sports awards at the end of the season. He's gone. Hey, he's earned that three-year badge. Where did he go? The boys took him back to where he belongs.

Oh, the synthetics again. So good. I love that the dad was watching a commercial that was like, go to the mountains. Yet he did, literally. Yeah, he had two options. Dad doesn't ignore signs. Hi, this is Amanda Reyes from Alpine Lake.

Yeah. Good, good. Yeah. The reason I'm calling is I have some news about Calvin. Oh, boy. Yes. Yeah, we finally found him. Oh, my God.

Is it Mom? Handygram. I think it's Mom. Can't hear that? Is it hope? The phone is ringing. Oh. Go to her.

Must be free you then. My daughter, you freed me. Hello. Hi, sweetie. Oh, mama. Thanks for freeing my soul. Mom. Yeah, baby.

I don't have much time, but it's me. Where are you? You know where. It's beautiful here. Oh. I miss you mom. I miss you too, sweetie, but you did so well. You saved those boys.

Yeah. I didn't save anyone. Yes, you did. You set them free. They're here where they belong now. Spirits are with God. I have to ask you something. Ask me anything.

Will I always be this cursed? It's a gift. It's not a curse, baby. I have to go. Oh, mom. Tell your brother, I love him. Oh, Robin, hi. Oh, that's very sweet.

Just one shot, too. She's doing amazing. And the light went off to him. It's a nice touch. much they have been through guys are gonna be okay time to go get a move on oh she's going with her nest so he's going with dad that's sweet so what do you think about Ernesto war he's a lot worse yeah yeah man how about you huh and Mustang girls seem pretty yeah Mustang no man you gotta come back

Let's wait till black phone three. I hope for their sake, it's not a black phone three. If there's an actual idea, sure. Let them be at peace. Wow. Amazing. Not bad, gang. If you are here at this point in the video, we have just completed Tyler Perry's

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Just real brief first impressions, Aaron. I'm going to come to you first. How are you feeling? black phone two feeling good man i'm happy that we arguably got a more i don't know if it's i to say more but the story was just as satisfying as the first one the ending was just as satisfying the character if not even a little more because finney got to get in that ass and got to you know grab her got to grab up in that ass you did He did.

I especially enjoyed the moment where he got up specifically in that ass. He'll rule that ass. And the grabber's butt cheeks had a little sad mask on them too. A sad mask quiver. But no, I think this movie did a great job of justifying its own existence by exploring these characters not only as they're a little bit older, but how they feel about their experiences that they went through in the last one. and also got to resolve that relationship they had to their mother's death, but also got to really examine their trauma. And, yeah, I think that them creating a second one was smart.

Like, I feel like the story is concluded. I don't know what the story would be if they did a grabber black phone three. But, yeah, I think the way that they were able to expand upon what they did with first one and have it still be unique and visually interesting was really great. I thought this was a very entertaining time. Two thumbs up from me. Andrusif, what do you think about? I agree with everything you're saying. The only thing I could think of just off the top of my head if they didn't end up going with a black phone three is you could get into the backstory, although I don't know if that's something I'd want to see. Dude, there's so many different kinds of phone. You got a white phone. There's the red phone.

Yeah, what am I saying? Courtesy phone. Let's diversify. Let's divers. diversify. I really enjoyed this film a great amount. Yeah, it doesn't go for the spectacle, but it goes for the character-driven drama. And I think this film really exceeded when it came to that. It was very well executed. I would agree that while Finn is a very big contentious point in this film, that the film really did focus on Gwinalot, which I'm glad because she was the emotional pivot point in this film. And I think that she is at so much. a great level of depth, of human depth, as well as Finn, and as well as the dead. There's so many characters that add so many levels of depth. And those are my favorite kind of horror films when you really give a shit about the characters. The example I would always use, of course, as everyone knows, is Jaws. You really, when we get onto the adventure of hunting the shark down, you really care about those characters that when we're in tension and suspense,

you don't want anything to happen to them. Same thing with these characters. And I was thinking as well, like, I have no idea where we're going to go with this storyline before we got into the film. I truly did not know anything. And I wasn't sure if, like, are we going to repeat the tropes of the first film?

We're going to go down to a basement, just do the same thing over. And I'm so happy that they decided to go in the direction because I think the first film did this brilliant job of blending supernatural with the grounded reality that they did. This work may not be used to train A.O. And how they had Ethan Hawks' character, and how they brought Ethan Hawke's character, I thought was done in such an intellectual way.

And I thought it was executed again so fantastically to have him be able to, because they are, especially with Gwen's character as clairvoyant, and to have him come back that way, and to expound upon his past without going too much into the backstory, while connecting it to their mom, it really immersed us as an audience. and just was very interesting as a storyline as well. But it really also gets into why their father was the way he was in the first film

and in the drunk stupor that he got. Of course, if the mom had just taken her own life, that could drive a man to do that, but the fact that we now find out that's not the case and she was taken from them, just even a worse case scenario. but I thought such rich characters

awesome storyline Scott Derrickson the direction he gave these actors are just so fantastic Mason how do you say Mason's last name's Mason Thames he is

I really think coy is made such a great like I can't unsee it too as Aaron said earlier I would love to see him as Dick Grayson he's a phenomenal actor I will watch anything he's in he's great as well as Madeline

McGraw she's terrific as Gwen and she really is the heartbeat of the film, I feel like, as well as Ben. But this was incredible. I did not feel the pacing in any way in terms of dragging. I was literally invested. It didn't feel... When it did feel slow, I didn't mind because I was so invested in what was happening.

It's deliberate. Yeah, for sure. And I don't mind deliberately slow when I'm so enthralled by what is happening. And I thought it was a great film. What about you, Donald? yeah I really like the way this built on the first one you know I wasn't sure either what to expect and I didn't really even watch trailers for this so I just knew that it would be cold because of all the posters but yeah as far as sequels go this felt and it's funny this is based on a short story because this felt like a you know completing sort of companion chapter yeah what happens like it feels almost like there's a chapter break in the middle of the black phone to black phone two transition. And yeah, I really liked the way that this built on that and used both of their unique gifts, obviously Joe Hill, son of Stephen King. There's a lot of Stephen Kingy kind of stuff in here.

And yeah, like I really liked how they built on the sort of, you know, airy, cold, sort of quietly desolate tone of the first movie and then made it even more punishing in this movie with the mountain landscape and all that stuff. And yeah, just the way that. that they used. I think it's really smart the way they built out this world because it's not like, oh, we need another grabber adventure.

Like, we do get a grabber-centric installment, but it's clear here that they recognized that he's not the main motif of this world. He's just one of the motifs of this world. And so, yeah, having it be that, you know, we get this link to her mother and the dreams are becoming more vivid and she's sleepwalking now.

And, yeah, Finn, having his own sort of journey toward acceptance of what happened and letting go of the fear and the trauma of that and the struggle. I thought this just did a really nice job to hone in on the drama and take a conscientious look on where they would

be after the first movie without making it too melodramatic or too over the top. I thought their responses felt very natural and at first when you've come in on Finn beating that kid to a pulp I'm like oh damn. This is going to be a rough journey

for Finn and it is, but he's not as abrasive as that opening moment would have you maybe expect. And yeah, the growth with the dad, I thought their family unit was great. I really liked having Ernesto in here as a link to Robin from the past. And yeah, this

felt like the rare sequel that you know, probably was just looking back on the first movie and going, what else could we do here? But it really feels like this was planned out all along and for an arguable retcon with the mom. I feel like that actually works really well

and the reason they came up with as to how and why the grabber would be there, how he would know her, what the significance was, and a way to get us on another journey similar to the first one where there's a mystery of some sort about these other boys, these ghosts, you know, communicating through the phone. It's that, yeah, they built really nicely on the supernatural.

They built really nicely on the tone. Then all the visuals and the music to go along with that. It just had such a vivid style. And yeah, I really like these one to the next. like you know at the moment I might prefer this one a little bit just because it's more indulgent of tone and style and I'm a sucker for old you know celluloid and stuff like that and strange soundscapes so this definitely appeals to me in a lot of ways and I like I like a grounded sort of yeah like the first one is supernatural but it is definitely like a psychological serial killer thriller of sorts yeah I was gonna say these are you feel like more supernatural international thrillers and horror movies. Yeah, and I like the way that this one brought in a very defined horror element with, you know, how much of a physical transformation the grabber undergoes and how he slowly onsets into the story.

And yeah, the sharing of the perspective between, yeah, focusing more on Gwen, but having Finn be a strong part of it, going back to solve this mystery of their mother, like, and these other kids, like, yeah. It's really conscientious and really, like, it seems like they really just took their time and, pounded and folded this thing until it was really tight for sure i think the drama too in this film was so handled so delicately and so beautifully like how thin used this facade of anger and was really in a place where this trauma had built up from the events of the first film and he was really hurting and he was not feeling his feelings understandably so and he could not embrace that and couldn't speak

to anyone about it and he numbed himself through Ganja and his sister also because of the things she was experiencing with this clairvoyance because her brother was not opening up to him she could not really open up to him as well about the things she was dealing with and I love this catharticness towards the end of the film that

by the end of it they're like hey look it's always you and me we have each other for life no matter what shit we are going through whether it be a clairvoyant thing or whether it be about this awful experience that I dealt with, we have each other no matter what. We're binded with each other for life. Sibling bonding is here

and we will always be here for each other to self-heal. And I think that was a beautiful delivery of that. And I think those two actors have such incredible chemistry. You really feel the history dynamic between the two of them, whether it be that they are struggling to tell each other things or whether they finally get that cathartic release to finally embrace, embrace that to finally share with each other.

And I thought that was just, like, that's why I love these movies. Like, they're not just horror films. No, they're also, the dramatic stuff too is really immersive and it's really beautiful. Yeah, it's pretty grounded. Touching. Like, yeah, it's really well acted,

really well written out, and they only have as many characters as they need. And it's weird, because it's like this movie, in some ways, gets bigger and more indulgent in some aspects, but it still feels restrained and it still feels like you're isolated

and you're in this sort of small-knit situation. I was also delighted to be wrong by the fact that even though I guess it's technically a horror movie, outside of the people that were dead before the movie started, nobody died. We didn't have any real cannon fodder. Yeah, everyone's death is in the past.

And it's just about freeing souls and freeing trauma. Did they not die the two Christian people? No, I think they got down. I thought they got sliced on the head. Okay. Yeah, they got, They got ghost whooped, but they didn't get actually.

I think they would have made a moment out of that. But I appreciate it because it doesn't need it and it feels like there's a lot of carnage still. And I mean, yeah, like the fate of each of the boys in the 50s is really striking and unsettling and the gore gags. It's a great example to me of a movie that really knows how to have its cake and eat it too. It's like you have some really striking, icky horror movie gore gags. But they're used in just the right place. and you have a lot of like really cool stylistic elements that are motivated by aspects of the story and things like that there's not a lot of waste here and i really appreciate and i would say they are paying homage to quite a few horror films of the past i would say they are paying homage to nightmare and elm street to friday the thirteenth to polter guys to the shining so and i like that i appreciated that yeah and i like that that stuff's in there for you to be like oh it's reminiscent of this or that, but they're not really doing any of that

like, ah, we're making a reference Of course not. No, no, no, totally. It's doing its own thing. It's not the kind of movie. It's not the kind of tone that supports doing that. I appreciate that they didn't. And I also appreciated it it does what a good sequel does. It respects the lore of the

first movie while doing its own thing and being very ambitious. Yeah. And I appreciated that about this movie. Absolutely. Well, gang, we got some feedback from our lovely royal rejects over Patreon. If you want to submit a question for the next review slash post react discussion, head on over to patreon.com slash the real rejects.

Jaden Rhodes kicking us off. This is the same question I asked yesterday. And by the way, Roxy and Greg reacted to the black phone. If you didn't hear it in the intro. Black phone too. Yeah, Blackphone, Blackphone, too. Both of them streaming now on the channel. So go check out their video.

But yes, this is the same question I asked yesterday. but do you all have a favorite performance and do you like this one more than the first one because I think I liked it better by a mile. Oh, favorite performance? God dang, dude. Gwen was unbelievable and they were both so good. If I had the grabber holding my neck

and saying you have to pick one, I might just edge Gwen by a little, but they were both so damn good. It was like tit for tat when I'm picking one of those. I do agree I like this. one a bit more than the first one, although I love the first one as well. But it's not just the emotional places and the depth that where Gwen was able to go, I love her quick wit and her lines. They're so freaking funny, like the F-Wod and all the other stuff and her foul mouth. Like,

I just, I love it. And so like one of the reasons why I love Deb so much in Dexter, I love characters who can wear their heart on their sleeve, but also it can be very direct as well. So I would slightly edged Gwen, but I truly love Gwen and Finn so much together. They're like my favorite characters by far. I think that's the easy choice, but I would say that. Yeah, I'd say

that's tough because I think of both of their monologues, both of their scenes. You know, the Gwen's scene talking to her mom and just that one shot was so powerful but then also when Gwen was calling Finney on his BS and he just had that

confession about how he's always scared, that was also really powerful scene so i'm kind of tossed up and they both really bothered i'm saying it's hard so it's really tough so i probably have to go on on this one yeah by a hair by a hair literally yeah and i i think now that i'm thinking about it i really really did like this movie i feel like i like the first one slightly more because there are just some things that i don't know felt like a little convenient they're not not not fleshed out but you know like freaking uh Gwen got sliced the hell up And she was just fine, like, the next day as if it never happens. Just the post you wound.

You know, so, like, small stuff like that or, like, a homeboy getting tossed to the ice and him just, like, kind of being fine. Fair enough. So, I felt like physical stakes were on the lower side, but obviously the emotional stakes were really high. So I feel like as far as the tension and scariness goes, I feel like the first one edged out for me, but I appreciate the unique storytelling and expansion that this one had to offer. To Aaron's point, when Gwen. was whipped and spun into like four circles. I'm like, I thought she was dead for a moment. I was like, how is she fine, though?

I'm glad she was fine. I'm like, oh my God, thank God. But I'm like, how is she fine? Yeah. It's tough. It's tricky, you know, I always have trouble picking between things like this. I mean, I think they're both really good and I think part of the charm is that they are a bit different of disposition

and they are certainly cut of the same cloth. But, you know, from one to two, there's certainly some element of stylistic leap and i like that it's like they both need each other for me to like that so i don't know i think second this one has slightly more things that just naturally appeal to my direct taste in terms of horror and stuff like that uh just you know gags and and you know things i you know the style and the tone and the use of the horror elements are very much for me in this movie they were for me in the first movie this one just has more of that kind of stuff. So maybe

by that margin, I would say this one. But I really love them both as one big story. And as far as performances, I would just, I guess, for me, because I agree, you know, with your guys' assessments, and I mean, Mason Thames and Madeline McGraw, like,

are terrific in those roles. And I love their, you know, grounding and centering of the movie. But I would guess want to highlight I loved Ethan Hawks' evolution in terms of, you know, in the first movie, he's a very sort of eerie, strange, but also human adversary, whereas in this movie, he's like a hell demon thing, and, you know, both in the way he delivers and the way he

just feels like he's becoming more and more monstrous as his, you know, visage becomes bloodier and more disheveled. I really loved just what he brought to that, even though he's not as much the focus of this movie and I really liked yeah I don't know the inclusion of the grabber and his whole treatise on hell and what it is to be in hell

and they take all the good parts of you and they just leave sin and I am just an endless pit of sin and hell isn't fire it's like all that stuff I really was some of my favorite stuff and that was some of my favorite dialogue and if I have one minor gripe it's that

I really liked the Gwen I really like the Gwen character. Her dialogue at times veers out into like, okay, you're the character who talks cool and says fun insults, which is good, which is the thing I like. It didn't like detract, but there were moments where I'm like, okay, I can feel you feeling the script. But yeah, I really loved what Ethan Hawke did here.

And Damian Bashir, I thought, had a really, really great warm, natural presence. and for, again, a high-profile actor who doesn't really need to be in a movie like this, I just love the credibility he brought to that and the inclusion of his character. Dark Knight 2702. Is that seven digits or how many digits is that? I don't know.

I'm trying to make a black phone reference. Six digits. We need one more. Oh, we needed one more. Thank you so much for being royal reject. We're asking a question. We appreciate you so much. what did you think of Mason's performance being able to move aside

and let Madeline take the lead I'd like to hear how you feel about their potential for the future knowing Mason has just hit a milestone of three films hitting number one in the box office in one year which has not been done since 1994 with Jim Carrey and the mask dumb and dumber and Ace Ventura

three of Andrews' favorite movies from 1994 that was a perfect question for you to read yeah it was the perfect question for you to read Damn, so what this, how to train your dragon, and what? What's the other one? He was with McKenna, with McKenna Grace? Unfortunately, I don't think it's that movie. It's not the McKinna Grace?

I don't think it's broken any records, but it could have. Oh, okay. I do. I will tell you guys, I often have conversations with people about Jim Carrey's 1994 year and saying he might have had the greatest year ever for an actor in 94 being in the mask, Ace Ventura, and dumb and dumber. Oh, okay. Well, regretting you was number one

for a weekend. Why didn't you listen to me, John? I shouldn't have downed you. So, I don't know. I thought he was in that movie. I didn't know you could make four movies in one year and still be able to get some sleep. But although I don't know if Gwen would want some sleep after this movie. Never sleep again. I think Mason is a true professional. And the fact that he probably read the script and said this is fantastic, this is deep. I love where we are

exploring the character, especially after the events of the first film, and also Madeline is my friend. And I think this gives a chance for her to really explore her acting abilities. And as I just pointed out, as a professional, I want to do what's best for the project. So I'm still going to get to shine a light on what my character needs to do and also on what I need to do as an actor. So I think

He read the script and went, I'm on board. Let's do this with Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill. Gargill. God, I ever be able to pronounce names properly. I think he read the script and went, this sounds fantastic. And I'm sure Scott and C. Robert were like, sweet, glad you're on board. Let's go. And the fact that he was able to have a Jim Carrey type of year, I don't take that kind of

shit lightly because that's the only name I ever mentioned when I talk to people about an actor ever having the greatest year ever. let me mention he followed up that 1994 year in 95 with two little films called Ace Ventura When Nature Calls and Batman Forever Nice follow-up year by the way I can't wait to see what Mason does next year

He's going to be Nightwing now right He has to after Batman When he followed up with Jim Carrey With Batman Forever It would be sick Now Coy let's make it happen my fellow geek check Let's do it for Mason What do you guys think?

Yeah I thought he was great That monologue he had You know as I was watching I was like this kind of reminds me of like Andrew Garfield from the social network a little bit but yeah I think he did an amazing job and you know we also reacted to the live action How to Train Your Dragon which he was also really great in I got to watch that it's good it's a fun expansion of the OG movie but yeah I'm excited to see whatever he does next he's a captivating performer he's very believable he's very grounded when you're watching him and I feel like

he has versatility to still offer Hollywood that we have not yet seen and I'm excited to see what other types of roles that he takes on next. Hopefully Nightwing being one of them. That would be awesome. Absolutely. I'd also be down if you ever wanted to play Terry McGinnis

as Batman Beyond I'd be cool with that as well. Either of them works for me. That would be good. I know we're all like, let's get them on the DC payroll. Let's do it. Come on, Gun. Got to get everyone into a franchise. Yeah, I mean, big receipts.

respect, you know, I mean, that's part of being a professional is, you know, sharing the spotlight and supporting your scene partners and whatnot. And, yeah, I mean, big respect to him. I mean, you know, that's what this story seemed to call for. And by my, you know, assessment of the movie, it felt like a very natural thing to, yeah, spread the focus between Gwen and Finney. And I mean, he's still a very prominent part of the movie and his story and his, you know, the motifs that come with his involvement are still very much. a prominent and important part of it. So, yeah, I think just big respect on him for sharing the spotlight with such grace and for really, again, showing up for the whole thing and really bringing a lot of great emotional layers. I thought, you know, you could really feel the different shades as he would expand and contract from being the most guarded version of himself to being, you know, maybe humbled or, you know, shaken to having, you know, a renewed sense of clarity.

I just thought he really did a great job and he managed to stand out as a completely plugged in part of the story even if his direct focus and screen time is balanced differently than in the first movie. And I love when actors do that as well since we're talking about the year 1994 I'll just share a little trivia with you guys.

Arnold Schwarzenegger in one of my favorite films of his I would call a top five John will be my witness as I just mentioned this true lies which came out in 1994. He did not see Jamie Lee Curtis's name was going to be on the poster with him and he told James Cameron in the studio I want her name on the poster.

She's a very integral part of this film and I want it to happen and he did or it was either on the poster or it was before the True Lies title sequence came up before the movie. It's one of those two but he made sure it happened and I think like that's very professional and very awesome to do

to take care of your co-stars like that. I think that's awesome of Arnold and just someone like Mason as well to do when you were a team professional like that. Yeah, I mean, I don't imagine he really had a big say in like the script and stuff, but yeah, but yeah, and I mean, I could see his... To not make a problem

is all I'm saying on Mason's end. Like, no, I need more screen time, I need more line. He could have done that and been you know, negatistical as well as I'm saying. Yeah, yeah, for sure. But yeah, I mean, it seems like his star is definitely on the rise and, you know, with these three successes that you've just pointed out, it seems like

the sky is the limit and it seems like he's certainly poised for you know only more success down the line so you know keep kicking ass out there Mason if you're watching to this point in the video we see you we love you Mason you're awesome you're turning excellent work you and the whole gang all right Maple Mory a lot of what made the first Blackphone work for me was how little we actually knew about the grabber and his motive behind why he was kidnapping and killing Blackphone 2 goes more into his quote origin story which is in my opinion

takes away from the uncertainty and the psychological fear that came from not fully understanding him. Do you think giving him more of a backstory helped or hurt the sequel? Well, I feel like they give us just enough to know where he came from, but not enough to unveil

the entirety of what he's about. I feel like there's still a lot of error of mystery around the guy, just knowing what he did 20 years prior to the event of the story doesn't really change much. But I think that it is interesting how they were able to tie that back into

Finney and Gwen's story, having a connection to the mom, even all those years prior to the events of the first movie. So, yeah, it didn't really bother me all that much. I thought it was cool. We learned his name was Wild Bill. That's, yeah, I was going to say, you know. Yeah, we know he went to the camp. I feel

like we didn't learn a ton about him other than he went to the camp. His name was Wild Bill and he killed the mom. Yeah, and he killed the mom. So it didn't take away the mystery from me and there's times where I don't, I I love mystery. I'm like, okay, he's just a straight-up cold stone killer.

And then there's other times from, like, I like exploring the backstory. It doesn't give a justification for why this character is doing the things that he or she is doing, but it gives some exploration of why, you know? So it gives perspective from us the audience. And can we have an understanding? And those are the scariest types of villains, right? When you have an understanding of why they are doing. So I still feel like we've got that mystery.

ever wanted to do a third film or we could always just have rob zombie reboot the series and have wild bill you know have long hair again and do all that have him be a child he has longer longer longer hair and you know we could put a white horse in there and do all that fun stuff but i think again the air of mystery is still completely there i still don't know a ton about him so yeah i don't think it i think they were smart in how they handled it at least for my taste because i it's not like they and did a whole, like, prequel, you know, Bill origin movie showing you, yeah, doing as much as I love the Rob Zombie Halloween, they didn't do that thing where it's like, oh, we got to go see his childhood, and we got to see what made him this way, and we got to see all the, where do you

get the hat, where do you get the math? I wouldn't want to do that, but I do feel like this, yeah, I managed to give you a bit of a glimpse further into his past, but only insofar as it pertained to the mom and the camp and other aspects already pertinent to the story. So it's like you get glimpses of him as a young man and you get glimpses of certainly what happened truly with their mom. So you have

like other little parts of the map sort of illuminated but you don't have the full picture of this guy. You haven't done a full deep dive and I think there's still plenty to wonder about in terms of yeah, what created you. How did you come to be who and what you are?

What informs your specific ammo? I feel like there's still a bunch of that stuff that you can, you know, ponder and, you know, fill in with your own nightmares. The only question I have leaving this movie, and you guys can correct me if they didn't answer it. But obviously, there's a three-year time jump between Black Fun One and Black Phone 2.

Did they narratively justify within the story why it takes place three years later? I think it was four years, right? 4882? Is that what it was? Something like that, yeah. I don't know. I mean, to me, it just sort of seemed like they've been trying to shut it out for so long

or Finn has been trying to shut it out for so long while Gwen's dreams are gradually getting stronger and you know it's these boys it's the mom to me in my head canon it just yeah as a long gestating sort of like you need the right amount of both trauma and clairvoyance to kind of unlock what is happening here

and obviously I have never been through a traumatic experience like Ben has and maybe at first when you you were done experiencing what he went through with the grabber. Life maybe just goes back to normal and everything is all rainbows and sunshines for a little bit. And then as gradually time goes on, it just gets worse and worse and worse. And I like that. We had a little bit of time in between so we could see what this character was feeling right from the get-go.

I mean, everything you get with the grabber is still pretty mad and pretty nightmarish. All right, J-Dell, if you were the one of the one, holding the black phone, or do you want to read this one, I feel like, I realized we were starting to share the mic. But yeah, if you were holding the black phone in the black phone, too, and received a call from your future self during a terrifying nightmare, what advice would you hope they gave you and would you actually follow it? It would stick in my mind. I would certainly be superstitious enough to be like, should I be following? Yeah. I don't know the signs are there. Don't text and drive. I would need to follow that one. Very low stakes, premonition. That's low

stakes i feel like that's high stakes it's dangerous to do stakes is high yes i would say uh continue your art mind your health quick quick easy to the point and if it was me you'd have to verify with some facts that only me would know and i'd be like okay i'll trust you and i'll listen to you because you're me from the future why would i have cause not to listen to you you're telling me good things if i received a call for myself during a terrifying nightmare i guess I would hope that my future self had some kind of advice about how to

escape the nightmare or how to alleviate the circumstances that the nightmare might be a premonition of. Right. Yeah, agreed. Don't tell anyone you won the lottery. I don't know what specific advice. I guess, you know, maybe you could just tell me how to, you know, whatever I'm struggling with

here in the moment, just give me some hints on how to deal with that. Yeah. Curtis Ockerman, last question of the day. What's up, Rejects? I really enjoyed the first black phone for similar reasons you spoke about during your watch-along. I loved the

sequel. In a world where horror... In a world where horror sequels typically cannot hold up compared to their originals, would you say it was as good, if not better? It was good. Final verdict? I enjoyed the first one slightly more. I felt like that one was a more...

It was like a thriller mixed with a coming-of-age story. Yeah. And I really appreciated that. And granted, is there some of that here kind of but i feel like that specific thing was more uh prevalent in the first one and i'm just a sucker for coming of age stories so that's why i go with that one but this one's also great just when you thought it was safe to go back in the theaters again i'm telling joz the revenge it's one of the best horror sequels ever i actually like you know i like jaws too it's a fun

uh slasher teen slasher film you guys didn't haven't seen that one yet have you right no that's That's a fun one. It's not as good as Jaws. I'm actually trying to think of some good horror sequels. Right now, some of the nightmare ones are really actually a lot of fun. Nightmare 3 is really good. Fire 2 is a good horror sequel. Obviously, those ones, but I'm glad you.

Saw 2. Saw 2, yes. Saw 6. Yeah. Fall 10. Yeah, Saw X. Yeah. I adore the first one.

I think it's great. I really like the exploration of the characters in this one as Aaron. just pointed out I love a good coming of age story it's one of the rare few things I like in the amazing spider-man one into the chemistry between Andrew Garfield and with emma stone had a blank there i think that was executed so well in this film i love a good sibling bonding story as well and the the drama that comes with the horror in this film the supernatural that's blended in with the groundedness i think was done really well the visuals the synthetics the direction the performances, there's just so much

I can praise about the film. I do also agree with it. I heard that there was some convenience when it comes to the stakes and the physical stakes, rather. So, I do agree with that. Having said all that, I'm more forgiving of it because I was so

immersed and so invested in the characters. I can be a slight bit more forgiving, but I would pick this one slightly over the first one. Yeah. You know, it'll depend on the day. like we're here in the afterglow and I'm like I feel like for my money for my taste they're probably right about on par with each other because they're a little bit different from each other and I like each of the things that each is doing like I would kind of agree that you know if I'm wearing my critic hat at this moment my brain says that maybe the first movie is a bit more refined and a bit more you know it's a little this certain movie certainly goes bigger in the second one but yeah I think it flows really nicely from one to the next and I was really really chuffed with what they chose to do here

contextually and in how they chose to realize it visually and orally and all that stuff and through the acting. So, I mean, I would say that this is definitely a rare horror sequel that carries the torch of its original valiantly. It seems like you said to justify its own existence

really nicely, and it did a lot of things that, yeah, you know, enriched the story for me. So, so yeah, I mean, on any given day, I might say that I prefer this one. But, yeah, I think they're both really great, and it's neck and neck for me. But, yeah, gang, we did it.

This was a good one. This lived up to the hype. This has been doing real well. Blumhouse out there getting chilly, killing the game. Y'all guys, any got them, them, any mother, stray thoughts? As Blumhouse totally off topic and then I'll be done. Has Blumhouse done? When am I ever done, right?

Has Blumhouse done any Nightmare in Elm Street films or no? No, no. I would love. No one's done Nightmare since Platinum Dunes in 2010. And I think that predates Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes partnering up for stuff. I would really love for them to tackle Nightmare and Umstery. I think that would be... I know Halloween kills and Halloween ends was not everyone's favorite films.

I did like the 2018 version, but I... Well, there was the Exorcist Believer. Yeah. Well, I still would be fascinated for them to tackle. Although I do like them doing original stuff as well. But I think that'd be fascinating to attack. But you've got to have Robert England do a cameo role. Those are my final thoughts.

And Blackphone, too. All right, well, get that Blumhouse, Freddie. You heard it here. Maybe go back to some, you know, old-fashioned movie magic, practical scares. Yes. Either way, gang, thank you for answering the call. It's not Ghostbusters. It's Black Phone 2.

Terrific sequel. Terrific chilly, spooky time at the cinema, some nightmarish imagery, some oppressive tone, some beautiful film grain, crazy-ass soundtrack. I've got to get on vinyl as soon as possible. Leave us your thoughts on the black phone two. Do you want a black phone three?

Please don't unless you have someone kind of guy. I do appreciate that for black phone two, they really like seem to think, okay, what's the furthest extent we can take this? Leave nothing, no stone unturned. For sure. I don't know how you would do a third one. I don't want them to at the moment.

They call the third, the first one's black phone, the black phone. This one's black phone too. The third one be black phones. Oh. Hey, you know what? There you go. I want to hear.

And the phones will have a three. Hey, last thing. I want to hear the music in this by Atticus Ross. I want to hear that in Teaky music. That's... Come on. How good would check out Michael Jekino's exotic themes for the silver screen or whatever it's called. Anyway, thank you guys for joining us.

We'll catch you on the next one. Much love people. Cheers. Thank you. Thank you.