Bob GarverContributorHow is it that Halloween of 2025 couldn’t give us a better horror movie than “Black Phone 2”? It’s not that I’m shocked that a Halloween horror movie is a disappointment. I’m just shocked that we got such a disappointing movie this year. 2025 has been such a banner year for horror thus far. “Sinners,” “Weapons,” “Final Destination: Bloodlines,” and “The Conjuring: Last Rites” were all blockbusters. There’s serious Oscar talk around those first two films; the latter two are the best box office performers of their respective franchises. We should have gotten a film that could stand alongside those giants for Halloween.Instead, we got “Black Phone 2,” a movie that has barely scrounged up an estimated $60 million at the domesti
