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Out of the Dark

Out of the Dark

The phone sex line was for fantasy... now it's for murder!

19885.41h 29m

Overview

A deranged killer wearing a clown mask begins preying on a group of young women working at a phone-sex company.

Directed by Michael Schroeder
Written by Zane W. Levitt, J. Greg De Felice
Produced by J. Greg De Felice, Zane W. Levitt
Box OfficeBudget: $1.6M0

Top Cast

Cameron Dye

Cameron Dye

Kevin Silvers

Karen Black

Karen Black

Ruth Wilson

Bud Cort

Bud Cort

Dave Stringer

L

Lynn Danielson-Rosenthal

Kristi Larson

Starr Andreeff

Starr Andreeff

Camille

Divine

Divine

Det. Langella

Geoffrey Lewis

Geoffrey Lewis

Dennis

Tracey Walter

Tracey Walter

Lt. Frank Meyers

Karen Mayo-Chandler

Karen Mayo-Chandler

Barbara

Silvana Gallardo

Silvana Gallardo

McDonald

Themes & Keywords

mannequinphotographerspannerclownmurder of prostitutebaseball batstranglemurderserial killercabinphone terrorslasherphone sexkiller clown

About Out of the Dark

Out of the Dark is a comedy, horror, thriller film released in 1988 exploring themes of mannequin, photographer, spanner, clown, murder of prostitute, baseball bat. Directed by Michael Schroeder, it stars Cameron Dye, Karen Black, Bud Cort. 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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