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Derrickson broke down the differences, adding, “You know, a high school coming-of-age movie demands more.

It has to be more visceral.

Ethan Hawke in The Black Phone

It has to be, I think, more graphic, scarier.”

We’ll see what happens when the phone gets picked up again later this year.

In the meantime,check out upcoming horrors worth keeping an eye out for this year here.

Ethan Hawke as The Grabber in The Black Phone

The Black Phone

Michael B. Jordan in Ryan Coogler�s vampire horror Sinners

Adam Scott in Severance

Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller as Drasa and Levi in The Gorge

Georgina Campbell in Barbarian

Kaitlyn Santa Juana as Stefanie in Final Destination Bloodlines

Julia Garner in Weapons

A still from a Weapons teaser

Sarah Michelle Gellar as Helen Shivers waving in I Know What You Did Last Summer

Keir Dullea in 2001: A Space Odyssey

Sinners movie

A sprite sheet for Hollow Knight Silksong

Podracing on a screen in Andor season 2 episode 4

Eva Victor as Agnes in Sorry, Baby

Mister Terrific in Superman

Oblivion Remastered

a halo screenshot put on a nintendo switch 2 screen

Articulate box, cards, board, and tokens on a wooden table

The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Logan Kim as Hershel and Lauren Cohan as Maggie in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2