{"id":233,"date":"2026-10-04T04:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T04:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hmad.jamietoon.com\/website_0593dac7\/?p=233"},"modified":"2026-10-04T04:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T04:05:13","slug":"day-3-black-phone-2-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hmad.jamietoon.com\/website_0593dac7\/day-3-black-phone-2-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 3: Black Phone 2 (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-header-background-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">Black Phone 1 was a film I reviewed in 2022 (which you can read about HERE (*coming soon, still have to migrate it over)), and I&#8217;m surprised to find when I look back that I gave it 5 skulls out of 5.  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