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Don't Answer the Phone! is a american film of genre Thriller released in USA on 29 february 1980 with Nicholas Worth

Don't Answer the Phone! (1980)

Don't Answer the Phone!
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Released in USA 29 february 1980
Length 1h34
OriginUSA
Genres Thriller,    Horror,    Slasher
Rating48% 2.404562.404562.404562.404562.40456

Don't Answer the Phone! is a 1980 low-budget cult classic horror thriller film directed by Robert Hammer, written by Hammer and Michael D. Castle.

Synopsis

Former Vietnam vet, amateur body-builder, and talented porno-photographer Kirk Smith is a crazed killer who stalks the streets of Los Angeles, picking up young women, strangling them in lurid fashion, and sexually abusing their dead bodies. Between murders, he carries out twisted religious ceremonies, talks to his dead father, and weeps like a baby. He repeatedly contacts Dr. Lindsay Gale, a psychologist with a radio show as well as a private therapy practice. He calls her show, speaking with an assumed Spanish accent and complaining of chronic headaches and blackouts. He follows one of Dr. Gale's female patients home from her therapy session, and tortures her (the patient) to death. He also murders a prostitute while on the phone to Dr. Gale's show, forcing Dr. Gale to listen to the victim's cries.

Actors

Nicholas Worth

(Kirk Smith)
Denise Galik

(Lisa)
Ben Frank
Chuck Mitchell

(Sam Gluckman)
Don Lake

(Man in Plastic)
Victor Mohica

(Ventura)
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