Don't Hang Up! (1974)
After 13 years she returned home... To a house of terror.
13 years after witnessing her mother's murder by an unknown assailant, Amanda Post returns home to attend to her dying grandmother. When she dismisses the doctor, a local magistrate and an antique collector, all of whom seem to have their own sinister agendas, she becomes the target of anonymous threatening phone calls.
- Date of release
- 1974-05-03
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Horror
- Director
- S.F. Brownrigg
Casting
- Susan Bracken — Amanda Post
- Larry O'Dwyer — Claude Kearn
- Gene Ross — Judge Stemple
- James N. Harrell — Dr. Crawther
- Hugh Feagin — Nick
- Annabelle Weenick — Annie
- Rhea MacAdams — Grandmother
- John Steakley — Local 1
- Jeffrey Swann — Local 2
Interesting facts
Don't Open the Door!, also known as Don't Hang Up, is a 1974 American horror film, directed by S. F. Brownrigg and starring Susan Bracken, Larry O'Dwyer, and Gene Ross. Its plot follows a young woman who returns to her hometown to care for her ailing grandmother, where she is tormented by disturbing phone calls from a deranged maniac.
Production
The film was one of two features director S. F. Brownrigg made with executive producer Martin Jurow, who had produced Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). The cast consisted largely of Dallas-based actors and crew members, aside from star Susan Bracken, the daughter of comedian Eddie Bracken.
It had the working title Seasons for Murder.
The film was shot on location in Jefferson, Texas, in the late summer of 1973. The historic House of the Seasons in Jefferson served as the primary filming location.
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