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'''''Murder by Phone''''' is (also known as '''''Bells''''' and '''''The Calling''''')<ref name=fsr>{{cite web|work=[[Film School Rejects]]|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/murder-by-phone-review/|title=That Ringing In Your Ears? It's 'Murder By Phone' Calling|author=Hunter, Rob|date=June 26, 2017|accessdate=September 6, 2018}}</ref> is a 1982 Canadian [[science fiction]] [[ |
'''''Murder by Phone''''' is (also known as '''''Bells''''' and '''''The Calling''''')<ref name=fsr>{{cite web|work=[[Film School Rejects]]|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/murder-by-phone-review/|title=That Ringing In Your Ears? It's 'Murder By Phone' Calling|author=Hunter, Rob|date=June 26, 2017|accessdate=September 6, 2018}}</ref> is a 1982 American-Canadian [[science fiction]] [[slasher film]] directed by [[Michael Anderson (director)|Michael Anderson]]. Its plot follows a series of murders committed by a disgruntled phone company employee who designs a device that kills victims when they answer their telephones. |
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Revision as of 04:28, 26 December 2018
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Directed by | Michael Anderson |
Starring | Richard Chamberlain John Houseman |
Music by | John Barry |
Distributed by | New World Pictures[1] |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Countries | United States Canada |
Language | English |
Murder by Phone is (also known as Bells and The Calling)[2] is a 1982 American-Canadian science fiction slasher film directed by Michael Anderson. Its plot follows a series of murders committed by a disgruntled phone company employee who designs a device that kills victims when they answer their telephones.
Cast
- Richard Chamberlain as Nat Bridger
- John Houseman as Stanley Markowitz
- Sara Botsford as Ridley Taylor
- Robin Gammell as Noah Clayton
- Gary Reineke as Lt. Meara
- Barry Morse as Fred Waites
- Alan Scarfe as John Websole
- James B. Douglas as Jack Gilsdorf
- Ken Pogue as Fil Thorner
- Neil Munro as Winters
- Jefferson Mappin as Photographer
Production
Murder by Phone was filmed in 1980 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[3]
Release
Murder by Phone was released in the United States on October 8, 1982.[a]
Critical response
Leonard Maltin noted the film's cast and direction as being legitimately "talented," but deemed the film a "hoary horror exercise."[5]
Home media
Murder by Phone was released on VHS by Warner Home Video in 1984.[6] The VHS was reissued in 1998.[7]
Notes
References
- ^ Muir 2011, pp. 116–117.
- ^ Hunter, Rob (June 26, 2017). "That Ringing In Your Ears? It's 'Murder By Phone' Calling". Film School Rejects. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ^ Fischer 2011, p. 50.
- ^ "Midnite Movie Express". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. October 8, 1982. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Maltin 2009, p. 946.
- ^ Murder by Phone. Warner Home Video. 1984 [1982]. 24005.
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Works cited
- Fischer, Dennis (2011). Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895–1998. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-48505-5.
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(help) - Muir, John Kenneth (2011). Horror Films of the 1980s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5501-0.
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