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Hell-ephone (2008) is a English movie. George Bonilla has directed this movie. Billy W. Blackwell,Ari Lehman,Katie Stewart,Frank Santoroski are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2008. Hell-ephone (2008) is considered one of the best Horror,Thriller movie in India and around the world.
The story of a prank gone horribly wrong. A group of college students, led by "The Circuit Maker", a Svengali-like professor, make prank calls to funeral homes. After intently researching the obituaries, they try and convince whoever answers the call that they are the deceased calling from the great beyond. As the prank gets larger than life, gaining national attention, they attempt the biggest prank ever: they will 'Hell-ephone' the funeral of a recently executed serial killer, known as "The Sea-Monster". When the Sea-Monster's mother drops dead after taking the call, the kids start showing up dead. Mike Stone, the leading detective on the Sea-Monster case, is convinced that the Sea-Monster has returned from the grave to avenge his mother's death. The rest of the police force, however, doesn't buy that theory. Now cavorting with the ultimate evil on the other side; has the Sea-Monster been given to power to come back and continue the reign of terror that was interrupted for ten years...
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Hell-ephone is the story of a prank gone wrong backfiring on the right people: a bunch of snot-nosed teenagers. And their demented teacher. I caught a test screening of this and found it to be quite more of a cop movie than a slasher flick, which was good in some ways but sort of lagged a bit editing-wise. I'm sure this wasn't the final cut, though the first half was nearly flawless in the editing department. All in all, good flick for a Friday night with a keg and some pals. Not to mention there's boobies and stellar performances by Jim O'Rear, Billy Blackwell, and Katie Stanley (who is the hottest actress in indie film today). I really dug Edison Death Machine--so catch Hell-ephone-- --before it calls you.
Pretty good and enjoyable indie horror shocker
A group of college students led by irreverent Svengali-like college professor The Circuit Maker (a lively and delightfully impudent performance by Ari "First Jason" Lehman) make crank calls to funeral homes. Things go horribly awry when the group decides to crank call the funeral of recently executed serial killer the Sea Monster (essayed with frightening intensity by Michael S. Shouse) and inadvertently cause his mother to drop dead. Naturally, members of the group start to get bumped off left and right. Is it the Sea Monster or someone else behind these slayings? Writer/director George Bonilla generates a reasonable amount of tension, develops a fairly creepy atmosphere, and pulls off a cool surprise twist at the end. Moreover, Bonilla delivers a handy helping of graphic gore, strong moments of savage violence, and a smidgen of tasty gratuitous female nudity (buxom blonde former Penthouse Pet Melissa Wolf briefly pops up as a gal who gets brutally butchered in a bathtub). Billy W. Blackwell contributes a sturdy portrayal as drunken burn-out Detective Mike Stone; he receives sound support from Katie Stewart as the guilt-ridden Nancy, Frank Santoroski as Stone's cynical partner Detective Tony Fusco, and Jason Crowe as the geeky Eric. The rough, but acceptable cinematography manages a few nifty stylistic flourishes. The shuddery score by Mark Oates does the spine-tingling trick. However, the occasionally sluggish pacing, hit or miss acting from a decidedly uneven cast with varying degrees of thespic competence, some clunky dialogue ("I can't go to jail -- I have a scholarship!"), and the overlong 113 minute running time prevent this picture from hitting a complete bull's eye. That criticism aside, this flick overall sizes up as perfectly passable and entertaining micro-budget fright fare.