"Everyone in north Denver knows Finn as the kid who escaped (and killed) the Grabber, but for some reason this hasn't led to his valorization; quite the contrary, when we first see him, he's beating the crap out of some new kid at school who dared to bring up his past. In other words, Finn is on the verge of becoming the surly bully he always feared."
"The sensitive Gwen, meanwhile, gifted (or cursed) with psychic visions that allowed her to locate her brother in the first film, is called a witch at school. Now, she's beset by a new set of dreams: In these, she sees her mother, Hope (Anna Lore), as a young girl in 1958 making a mysterious phone call in the middle of a frozen expanse near Alpine Lake,"
Black Phone 2 follows Finney Blake and his younger sister Gwen in 1982, years after the Grabber's death. Finn returns as a traumatized teen whose escape fame has not led to admiration, and he threatens to become a surly bully. Gwen retains psychic visions and is ostracized as a witch. Gwen begins dreaming of her mother Hope as a young girl in 1958 making a mysterious phone call from a frozen expanse near Alpine Lake. Gwen also sees boys pursued and killed near the camp, and the victims appear to be sending messages across time to Hope in 1958. The sequel intentionally reinvents familiar horror sequel tropes.
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