Monday, June 15, 2020

Devil May Call (2013)

This film was more interesting than I thought it was going to be. But that's not necessarily saying a lot! It's about a killer who calls a crisis hotline on a regular basis insisting he speaks to a specific handler. She happens to be a young female who is blind. The killer calls on a night when a male student is also visiting the centre to learn about the job. He listens in on the call. Unfortunately for the killer he has to hang up to kill a woman held hostage in his house who has escaped. He does this before the call handler can tell him she is leaving. He calls again in the night and one of the other call handlers accidentally lets it out that the one he prefers is leaving. He doesn't take it well and turns up at the centre and kills the security guard and receptionist and then attacks everyone remaining in the building, its the night staff so is quiet anyway. He takes the call handler he prefers back to his house, it's unclear what he intends to do. But things don't go exactly to his plan. It's obviously a low budget movie and was shot very quickly with a limited set of locations. I disliked the killer, maybe that was intentional. Some films have a baddie you can like but this one didn't. He didn't say much and has a very flat delivery. Not a movie I'd particularly recommend or want to watch again.


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