Don't Answer the Phone!

Don't Answer the Phone!

...He'll Know You're Alone!

Directed by Robert Hammer

Produced by Scorpion, Crown International Pictures

198095 min4.6 / 10

A brutal, exploitation-era slasher that weaponizes paranoia and vulnerability, tracking a Vietnam-damaged serial killer's predation on women with graphic sadism.

A Vietnam veteran that spends his days photographing pretty girls, and his nights strangling them, sets sights on the patients of a radio psychiatrist.

Questions people ask

  • Is Don't Answer the Phone! scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 99% of films.

  • Is Don't Answer the Phone! easy watching? No. Less comforting than 99% of films.

  • Does Don't Answer the Phone! end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 99% of films.

  • Is Don't Answer the Phone! violent? Yes, very. More violent than 98% of films.

  • Is Don't Answer the Phone! sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

9/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity21

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise7

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Don't Answer the Phone!

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Don't Answer the Phone!, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Don't Answer the Phone!, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Don't Answer the Phone!, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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