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3.3/10   283 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Percival Rubens (writer)
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Tagline:
The screams you hear may be your own! more
Plot:
Random people are terrorized by a malevolent man who brings their worst fears to life. full summary | add synopsis
User Reviews:
What a disjointed, sloppy mess... more (29 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jennifer Holmes ... Mary
Cameron Mitchell ... Col. Bill Carson
Craig Gardner ... Dean Turner
Zoli Marki ... Jo (as Zoli Markey)
Peter J. Elliott ... Mr. Parker
Moira Winslow ... Joan Parker
Mark Tanous ... Bobby
Diane Burmeister
George Korelin ... Doctor Stuart
Vera Blacker ... Mrs. Stuart
Ashleigh Sendin ... Emily Parker
John Parsonson ... The Truck Driver
Graham Kennard
April Galetti
Jannie Wienand
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Midnight Caller (USA) (reissue title)
The Unholy (working title)
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Runtime:
USA:94 min
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: Throughout the entire movie, the killer's mask appears and disappears between shots. more
Quotes:
Joan Parker: Did your extrasensory perception prepare you for this?
[shoots Carson in the head]
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Movie Connections:
References The Amityville Horror (1979) more
Soundtrack:
Funkytown more

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3 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
What a disjointed, sloppy mess..., 29 January 2001
1/10
Author: matoolz2 from North Carolina

I recently saw this movie in a video store, for sale, on DVD (for only $5.99). Thank God, I did`nt buy it. I ended up renting it, for a buck, a week later and wished I had`nt done that either.

The first part of the movie deals with a man, the "Demon", abducting a 14 year old girl and murdering her. When the parents can`t find her (dead or alive) they enlist the services of an ex-marine colonel with ESP no less (Cameron Mitchell).

Mitchell`s overacting aside the movie has some flow at this point but not for long. It quickly becomes a disjointed mess as it jumps completely away from it`s beginning plot.

I kept getting the sense that they started a movie and after getting so far into it they decided the plot was`nt working so they scrapped their original idea and went for something else but left in the footage they had already shot.

After breaking away from the Esp aspect (plot) the movie jumps from one plot to another until they decide to mercifully end the movie as well as the watchers misery.

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