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Don't Hang Up

Don't Hang Up

Horror · Thriller · 2016

An evening of drunken prank calls becomes a nightmare for a pair of teenagers when a mysterious stranger turns their own game against them.

Movie details

Don't Hang Up

“Be Careful Who You Prank”

2016 Horror · Thriller 1h 23m

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

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An evening of drunken prank calls becomes a nightmare for a pair of teenagers when a mysterious stranger turns their own game against them.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Alexis Wajsbrot · Damien Macé

Written by

Joe Johnson

Gregg Sulkin

Gregg Sulkin

Sam Fuller

Sienna Guillory

Sienna Guillory

Mrs. Kolbein

Garrett Clayton

Garrett Clayton

Brady Mannion

Robert Goodman

Robert Goodman

Larry

Chris Wilson

Chris Wilson

L'officier de police

Jack Brett Anderson

Jack Brett Anderson

Jeff Mosley

Bella Dayne

Bella Dayne

Peyton Grey

Court is in session

Put Don't Hang Up on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Cool Ironist

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.