Don’t Answer the Phone!

Year: 1980

Runtime: 95 mins

Language: English

Director: Robert Hammer

HorrorThrillerThrillers and murder mysteriesHorror the undead and monster classicsIntense violence and sexual transgression

A Vietnam‑war veteran spends his days photographing attractive women, but at night he stalks and strangles them. Driven by the haunting mantra “He’ll Know You’re Alone!”, he fixates on a late‑night radio psychiatrist’s callers, turning the psychiatrist’s patients into his next victims and using the airwaves as a hunting ground.

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