When Michael Calls

TV Movie
1972
1h 13m

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Michael Douglas in When Michael Calls (1972)

A woman begins to receive ominous phone calls from her nephew, who died 15 years earlier. With each phone call, a family member dies. Will she be the next in line?A woman begins to receive ominous phone calls from her nephew, who died 15 years earlier. With each phone call, a family member dies. Will she be the next in line?A woman begins to receive ominous phone calls from her nephew, who died 15 years earlier. With each phone call, a family member dies. Will she be the next in line?

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6.0/10

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Ben Gazzara

Doremus Connelly

Elizabeth Ashley

Helen Connelly

Michael Douglas

Craig

Al Waxman

Sheriff Hap Washbrook
(as Albert S. Waxman)

Larry Reynolds

'Doc' Britton

Marian Waldman

Elsa Britton

Karen Pearson

Peggy Connelly

Chris Pellett

Peter
(as Christopher Pellett)

Alan McRae

Harry Randall

Steve Weston

Enoch Mills

Robert Warner

Michèle Chicoine

Amy
(as Michele Chicoine)

John Bethune

Mr. Quinlin

William Osler

Prof. Swen
(uncredited)

Daniel Selby

Boy at School
(uncredited)

Director
- Philip Leacock
Writers
- James Bridges
- John Farris
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Trivia
Opens with the Robert Drasnin theme from Daughter of the Mind (1969).

Goofs
The sheriff goes into Doc's place while Doremus steals chloroform from the cop car. Doremus and Helen run off and a mic is seen on the left side over the cop car.

Connections
Referenced in Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four (2015)

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7/10

Creepy thriller with a good cast

Helen (Elizabeth Ashley) is a single mom with her hands full raising a precocious little girl, but things are complicated further when she starts receiving disturbing phone calls. It's the voice of a young boy named Michael who refers to her as Auntie My Helen - which is a problem seeing as Helen's nephew Michael died fifteen years ago.

An effective thriller that plays on supernatural elements, but is it really supernatural or is someone playing games? The phone calls are quite creepy, the atmosphere and the location help evoke the chills. Things get heady when murders occur after Michael calls with a warning - it can get tedious towards the 40 minute mark, but the plot entices you to hang on. The murders are lightweight, but it's a thriller focusing on chills than shock.