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Murder by Phone

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Cast
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Critical response Home media
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References
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External links

{{Infobox film
| name = Murder by Phone
| image = Murder_by_Phone.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Michael Anderson
| producer =
| writer =
| starring = Richard Chamberlain
John Houseman
| cinematography =
| music = John Barry
| country = United States
Canada
| language = English
| distributor = New World Pictures{{sfn|Muir|2011|pages=116–117}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| released = {{Film date|1982|10|08}}
}}

Murder by Phone is (also known as Bells and The Calling)^[1] 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.{{sfn|Fischer|2011|p=50}}

Release

Murder by Phone was released in the United States on October 8, 1982.{{efn|The earliest newspaper sources displaying showtimes for the film are dated for the weekend of October 8—10, 1982.^[2]}}

Critical response

Leonard Maltin noted the film's cast and direction as being legitimately "talented," but deemed the film a "hoary horror exercise."{{sfn|Maltin|2009|p=946}}

Home media

Murder by Phone was released on VHS by Warner Home Video in 1984.^[3] The VHS was reissued in 1998.^[4]

Notes

References

1. ^{{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}}
2. ^{{cite news|work=The Tampa Tribune|title=Midnite Movie Express|location=Tampa, Florida|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23503056/the_tampa_tribune/|p=23|via=Newspapers.com|date=October 8, 1982}} {{open access}}
3. ^{{cite av media|title=Murder by Phone|publisher=Warner Home Video|format=VHS|id= 24005|year=1984|orig-year=1982}}
4. ^{{cite av media|title=Murder by Phone|publisher=Warner Home Video|format=VHS|asin=6300271919|year=1998|orig-year=1982}}

Works cited

{{cite book|last=Fischer|first=Dennis|year=2011|title=Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895–1998|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|ref=harv|isbn=978-0-786-48505-5}}
{{cite book|last=Maltin|first=Leonard|year=2009|title=Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide|publisher=New American Library|ref=harv|isbn=978-0-451-22468-2}}
{{cite book|last=Muir|first=John Kenneth|title=Horror Films of the 1980s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VJ1vcmaOd7wC&pg=PA116|year=2011|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-5501-0|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|ref=harv}}

External links

{{IMDb title|0081203}}
{{Rotten Tomatoes|murder_by_phone}}

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