Breaking Down the End of Black Phone 2

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Black Phone 2 .

By the end of 2022's The Black Phone , 13-year-old Finney Shaw (Mason Thames) had managed to kill the serial child abductor and murderer known as the Grabber ( Ethan Hawke ) with the help of the spirits of some of his previous victims—all of whom were able to contact Finney through a disconnected rotary phone mounted to the wall of the basement where the Grabber was keeping his intended prey.

Unfortunately, it soon becomes clear in Black Phone 2 , now in theaters, that the Grabber is still a threat from beyond the grave. Set in 1982, four years after the events of the original, the sequel follows a now-17-year-old Finney and his psychic 15-year-old sister Gwen (Madeleine McGraw) as they track the origins of the Grabber's