Joey (1985)

When Joey's dad dies Joey is starting to act strange. He's got psychic powers. He can talk to him on the phone! His red toy telephone! But what he doesn't know is that he is not talking to ... See full summary »

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Writers:

Roland Emmerich, Hans J. Haller,

Stars:

Joshua Morrell, Eva Kryll, Tammy Shields

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joshua Morrell	...	Joey Collins
Eva Kryll	...	Laura Collins
Tammy Shields	...	Sally
Jan Zierold	...	Martin
Barbara Klein	...	Dr. Haiden
Jerry Hall	...	William
Sean Johnson	...	Bobby
Matthias Kraus	...	Bernie
Ray Kaselonis	...	Steven
Christine Goebbels	...	Alice
Axel Berg	...	Ralph
Joel Kleinman
Berit Morrell
Christoph Lindert	...	Sheriff (as Christopher Lindert)
Sandra Freeding Myers

Storyline

When Joey's dad dies Joey is starting to act strange. He's got psychic powers. He can talk to him on the phone! His red toy telephone! But what he doesn't know is that he is not talking to his dad. He is talking to an evil dummy and the evil dummy is starting to make Joey's world a living nightmare.

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Plot Keywords:

telephone | toy | los angeles california | supernatural | ventriloquist dummy | 

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Taglines:

Only he can see it. Only he shares its magic. Only he knows the danger.

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

West Germany USA

Language:

German

Release Date:

November 1985 (Austria)

Also Known As:

Making Contact

Filming Locations:

Newport, Virginia, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Balcor Film Investors, Bioskop Film, Centropolis Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Roland Emmerich employed the children of soldiers from the local US Army base for bit parts.

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Connections

Featured in Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: Making Contact (2012)

User Reviews

Mesmerizing for kids, boring nonsense for grown ups

I used to rent this movie when I was a kid over and over again, with that compulsion little kids have, of watching something 500 hundred times until they've learnt all the dialogs. I remember it scared the s**t out of me, no matter how many times I saw it. I was 7 or 8. It was on the threshold of my tolerance to horror. It was exciting to go through it again with all your friends. Saw it many years before and it had lost all its spell. It's quite frankly, a lot rubbish. However, it has that something that mesmerizes little kids, whatever it is. Probably not an accomplishment of its director, but a fortuitous by-product.