With spooky season upon us (or right here now, should you measure it by the supply of pumpkin spice lattes), there’s a complete bunch of upcoming horror films on the best way. However arguably probably the most anticipated is Black Cellphone 2, which we’ve been ready for since we discovered it was formally taking place two years in the past. Whereas the primary Black Cellphone film was touted for bringing a freshly bloody tackle the style, the sequel is getting some welcome comparisons to A Nightmare on Elm Road – together with with new feedback from one in every of its stars.
Black Cellphone 2 Star Compares Ethan Hawke’s Grabber To Freddy Krueger
Mason Thames is again for Black Cellphone 2 alongside quite a lot of his co-stars from the primary film, like Ethan Hawke, in fact, reprising The Grabber, and Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies and Miguel Mora. When speaking in regards to the upcoming sequel with Leisure Weekly, he stated this about what’s to come back:
The best way the Grabber is on this movie jogs my memory plenty of Freddy Krueger, simply angrier and, to me, so much scarier simply ‘trigger he’s attempting to kill me. Genuinely, he’s terrifying. This film and the powers he is gained, with out saying something, it is loopy and it is so scary to see ‘trigger it’s actually nearly like an unstoppable power, that man.
As you would possibly recall from the 2021 film, Mason Thames’ Finney succeeds in killing the terrifying serial killer often known as The Grabber by the tip. So how can he return for a sequel? Properly, for the reason that complete premise of The Black Cellphone needed to do with the road between the useless being open, Finney and his sister’s run-ins with him aren’t over. And, very like Freddy Kreuger, it looks as if The Grabber can now hang-out and trigger hurt in goals.
Followers Have Been Evaluating Black Cellphone 2 To A Nightmare On Elm Road, Too
On condition that A Nightmare on Elm Road is regarded as one of many greatest horror films of all time, it’s actually a praise for Mason Thames to match the film’s villain to the franchise. I imply, we’re nonetheless occupied with all of Freddy Kreuger’s ugly kills although the movie collection has been with no new entry since 2010.
However Thames feedback echo what followers have been saying about Black Cellphone 2 for the reason that newest trailer dropped on YouTube final week. Take a look at among the prime feedback:
- “They turned Black Cellphone 2 into an 80s supernatural slasher like Nightmare on Elm Road and I am all for it.” – @XMen-m1t
- “Freddy Krueger: I am so pleased with you, son… The Grabber: TY, dad…” – @nightponyinrface6009
- “I do know many people in contrast it to Nightmare on Elm Road after the primary trailer, however….this REALLY elevates that, particularly with the goals, and the folks getting thrown round, however then the people who find themselves awake seeing nobody. It actually jogs my memory of the primary demise within the first NOES. I am so hyped for this!!” – @h20delorian
- “Hey, if we won’t get one other Nightmare on Elm Road, I will take this as a substitute” – @SelfDescribedNerd
The Black Cellphone relies on a 2004 brief story by Joe Hill, who’s the son of Stephen King. Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill wrote the script for the film adaptation, which earned $161.4 million worldwide in opposition to the modest finances of round $17 million. The second film relies on an thought Joe Hill pitched to Derrickson and tailored by the identical script group of the unique. You possibly can see it in theaters on October 17.