Murder by Phone (1982)

Directed by

Michael Anderson

Genre

slasher film, thriller film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A disgruntled phone company employee builds a device that kills people when they answer their telephones. A college professor investigates the mysterious deaths.

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What happens

Murder by Phone (also released as Bells and The Calling) is a 1982 science-fiction slasher film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Richard Chamberlain, John Houseman, Sara Botsford, Robin Gammell, Gary Reineke and Barry Morse. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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