Out of the Dark

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Out of the Dark

R

1989

1h 30m

Comedy

Mystery & Thriller

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An employee at a telephone fantasy service helps hunt for the killer preying on her silken-voiced colleagues.

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Dennis Schwartz

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A titillating nasty suspense thriller that has a string of attractive women slashed to death by a serial-killer operating out of LA.

Rated: B-

Feb 10, 2015

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 3/5

Jul 4, 2013

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Jul 21, 2005

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Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 26, 2002

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Joey O'Bryan

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Bruce M

An odd little movie, tonally all over the place. You've seen it all before in much better movies. Gets an extra point for Karen Black and Paul Bartel, though. At least one former Playmate appears.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/30/25

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Steve D

It has a really odd tone that sinks this mess of a film.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Soooo bad that it’s good! You get tricked with who the killer is!

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/19

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This was a wild hair purchase in a bulk lot of Warner MOD discs, and I have to say, I had no idea what I was getting into. It's not bad, but it's more of a thriller than the slasher I mightve expected, but I have to say I really loved the setting of the phone sex call center, which feels like such a dated reference nowadays. Rental?

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Am I actually the first to write a review of this movie on Flixster? (hah!) Bud Cort of Harold and Maude is in this and it is Divine's last film. Karen Black is in this too, I have recently watched a lot of her movies. If you read the synopsis it is about how you would imagine. It feels like a cop drama/investigation show. It basically is. We see the crimes. We see the cops investigating the crimes and we get an inside view of the people affected by the crimes. I watched this on free ondemand. Certainly hadn't heard of the movie before, but after looking at the cast I figured I'd give it a shot. It was okay.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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A man dresses up as a clown and calls himself Bobo as he kills girls from a phone fantasy line. No need to clown around with this one, its not worth watching.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Synopsis

An employee at a telephone fantasy service helps hunt for the killer preying on her silken-voiced colleagues.

Director: Michael Schroeder
Producer: Zane W. Levitt, J. Greg De Felice
Screenwriter: J. Greg De Felice, Zane W. Levitt
Production Co: CineTel Films, Zeta Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 15, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $419.4K
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Stereo, Surround

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