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      • Murder by Phone (also known as Bells and The Calling) is a 1982 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
      Tom Butler as Detective Tamblyn
      Colin Fox as Dr. Leon Alderman
      Jefferson Mappin as Alex
      Luba Goy as Beth Freemantle
      Lenore Zann as Connie Lawson
      George R. Robertson as George Lord
      Angus MacInnes as Colin Bartell
      Neil Affleck as Phone Tracer


      Novel


      The movie was preceded by a novel called Phone Call written by the screenwriters Michael Butler and Dennis Shryack by author Jon Messman. It was published in 1979, three years before the film version. It is never credited in the film's credits. The link was mentioned on the cover in later editions of the book.


      Production


      Murder by Phone was filmed in 1980 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
      It was known as Bells and was picked up for distribution by Roger Corman's New World Pictures.
      The score by John Barry is electronic, played entirely with synthesisers. This was a rarity for Barry. Whilst he composed and conducted the score, it was performed by Jonathan Elias and John Petersen. Elias later went on to work with Barry on the scores for Jagged Edge and A View to a Kill.


      Release


      Murder by Phone was released in the United States on October 8, 1982.


      = Critical response

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      Leonard Maltin noted the film's cast and direction as being legitimately "talented," but deemed the film a "hoary horror exercise."


      = Home media

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      Murder by Phone was released on VHS by Warner Home Video in 1984. The VHS was reissued in 1998.


      Notes




      References




      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.


      External links


      Murder by Phone at IMDb
      Murder by Phone at Rotten Tomatoes

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