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Beautiful young women who work at the offices of a phone-sex company are being stalked by a psychopathic killer.Beautiful young women who work at the offices of a phone-sex company are being stalked by a psychopathic killer.Beautiful young women who work at the offices of a phone-sex company are being stalked by a psychopathic killer.
Lynn Danielson-Rosenthal
- Kristi
- (as Lynn Danielson)
Karen Lorre
- Jo Ann
- (as Karen Witter)
Angela Robinson Witherspoon
- Vanessa
- (as Angela Robinson)
Teresa Crespo Hartendorp
- Debbie
- (as Teresa Crespo)
Hector Morales
- Mexican Man
- (as Hector M. Morales)
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Did you know
- TriviaDivine's final film role. It was released a year after his death.
- GoofsThe car that runs down victim #2 appears to have three different license plates.
- Quotes
Kevin Silvers: You know what they do to killer clowns?... They send them to the funny farm.
- Alternate versionsUK cinema and video versions were cut by 1 min 34 secs by the BBFC for an '18' certificate with heavy edits to the sexual telephone conversations and the murder scenes, plus the removal of shots of a bondage photograph and a carrot being placed in a dead woman's mouth.
- ConnectionsReferences Late Night with David Letterman (1982)
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In OUT OF THE DARK, a maniac in a clown mask threatens the women working for a "fantasy phone call" service. This is no ordinary pervert, and soon the girls are biting the dust one by one. The cops are baffled, and there are several suspects, some more obvious than others.
This is one of those rather lackluster, late 1980s slasher films that came along after the subgenre had mostly been played out. It's sluggish, sort of goofy, and not all that frightening. The killer is absurd, which would have been alright if this had been more of a comedy. As it stands, it's not very memorable. There's also plenty of soft core cheeeze, if that's to your liking.
It is nice to see Karen Black, Bud Cort, and Geoffrey Lewis, though their talents are wasted here. Paul Bartel produced this movie. If only he'd directed it as one of his comedies and starred in it (watch for his cameo as a be-wigged hotel manager), it might have at least been funnier...
This is one of those rather lackluster, late 1980s slasher films that came along after the subgenre had mostly been played out. It's sluggish, sort of goofy, and not all that frightening. The killer is absurd, which would have been alright if this had been more of a comedy. As it stands, it's not very memorable. There's also plenty of soft core cheeeze, if that's to your liking.
It is nice to see Karen Black, Bud Cort, and Geoffrey Lewis, though their talents are wasted here. Paul Bartel produced this movie. If only he'd directed it as one of his comedies and starred in it (watch for his cameo as a be-wigged hotel manager), it might have at least been funnier...
- azathothpwiggins
- Jun 9, 2024
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- Budget
- $1,600,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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