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Out of the Dark

1988 · 89 min

A sleazy, campy slasher that mixes phone-sex antics with clown-masked kills, offering trashy thrills and a few laughs.

Directed by: Michael Schroeder
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Starring: Cameron Dye, Karen Black, Bud Cort

Tagline: The phone sex line was for fantasy... now it's for murder!
Overview: A deranged killer wearing a clown mask begins preying on a group of young women working at a phone-sex company.

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Directed by: Michael Schroeder
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Starring: Cameron Dye, Karen Black, Bud Cort

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Tone: campystrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
violence
deception
isolation
crime
Places: big city
workplace
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Action	4
Horror	6
Humour	4
Realism	5
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy, horror, thriller
Directed by: Michael Schroeder
Written by: Zane W. Levitt, J. Greg De Felice
Starring: Cameron Dye, Karen Black, Bud Cort, Lynn Danielson-Rosenthal, Starr Andreeff, Divine, Geoffrey Lewis, Tracey Walter
Cinematography: Julio Macat
Runtime: 89 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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