A supernatural slasher flick tops the DVD releases for the week of Dec. 23.

"Black Phone 2": Siblings in 1982 Denver have to fend off the kiddie serial killer the Grabber who haunts them in their dreams. Starring Ethan Hawke and Mason Thames.

"The film can’t shake its lingering scent of 'Stranger Things,' but for the sequel, the filmmakers turn for inspiration to another '80s icon: Freddy Krueger," writes Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh in her review. "The whole film is a 'Nightmare on Elm Street' ripoff, with a disfigured killer stalking his prey through their subconscious. Those sequences are fine, action-packed if not entirely scary, but at least it’s something more rousing than the awake scenes, where the characters stand in one place and make speeches to each other about their trauma and character backstory."

NEW ON DVD DEC. 23

"Bugonia": Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons star in director Yorgos Lanthimos' film about a conspiracy-obsessed loner who kidnaps a CEO of a biomedical company because he believes she's an alien.

"A Big Bold Beautiful Journey": Two terminally single people (Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie) meet at a wedding and embark on a fantastical journey through their past memories together.

"Stolen Girl": Action film starring Kate Beckinsale and Scott Eastwood about a mother who spends years tracking her daughter after she's kidnapped by her father.

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