Murder by Phone

Murder by Phone
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Michael Anderson
Starring Richard Chamberlain
John Houseman
Music by John Barry
Distributed by New World Pictures[1]
Release date
  • October 8, 1982 (1982-10-08)
Running time
 95 minutes
Country 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

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.[lower-alpha 1]

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

  1. ↑ The earliest newspaper sources displaying showtimes for the film are dated for the weekend of October 8—10, 1982.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Muir 2011, pp. 116–117.
  2. ↑ Hunter, Rob (June 26, 2017). "That Ringing In Your Ears? It's 'Murder By Phone' Calling". Film School Rejects. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  3. ↑ Fischer 2011, p. 50.
  4. ↑ "Midnite Movie Express". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. October 8, 1982. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Maltin 2009, p. 946.
  6. ↑ Murder by Phone (VHS)|format= requires |url= (help). Warner Home Video. 1984 [1982]. 24005.
  7. ↑ Murder by Phone (VHS)|format= requires |url= (help). Warner Home Video. 1998 [1982]. ASIN 6300271919.

Works cited

  • Fischer, Dennis (2011). Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895–1998. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-48505-5.
  • Maltin, Leonard (2009). Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide. New American Library. ISBN 978-0-451-22468-2.
  • Muir, John Kenneth (2011). Horror Films of the 1980s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5501-0.
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