Black Phone 2 writer: Everyone ‘is a Christian’ when they watch horror movies

Black Phone 2 isn’t an overtly faith-based movie — at least, it isn’t the kind of religious-themed film people are usually thinking about when they discuss Christian movies finding a foothold in modern multiplexes. But director Scott Derrickson and co-writer C. Robert Cargill (partners on both Black Phone movies, Sinister, and Sinister 2), who both identify as Christians, do openly address Christian beliefs, the nature of Hell, and particularly what separates a “true Christian” from a pious hypocrite.