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“Black Phone 2” Rated R for Violence, Gore, Language, and Drug Use

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7 months ago

August 7, 2025

The Grabber is back from the dead in director Scott Derrickson’s Black Phone 2 this coming Halloween season, and the film’s official “R” rating from the MPA has arrived.

Black Phone 2 is rated “R” for “Strong violent content, gore, teen drug use, and language.”

For the sake of comparison, The Black Phone was rated “R” back in 2022 for “Violence, bloody images, language and some drug use.” So it sounds like Part 2 is increasing the gore!

The horror sequel opens in theaters on October 17 from Blumhouse and Universal.

Scott Derrickson returns to direct from a script he co-wrote with C. Robert Cargill. Joe Hill, author of the short story on which the 2021 film was based, executive produces.

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Born in the cold month of December, Scotty grew up as a horror fan. With his first horror film ever seen being "Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood," Scotty immediately fell in love with horror. Having written six books, the most recent being "The Ultimate Halloween Movie Experience," published by BearManor Media, and being represented by Universal Talent Bookings and 3iBooks Literary Agency, Scotty is excited to bring his horror expertise to GoreCulture to entertain the audience with his vast knowledge of the "spooky things!"