Don't Answer the Phone! (1980) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • A nurse has her bra ripped off by Kirk Smith and her bare breasts are exposed.
  • Carol is attacked by Kirk, her bare breast 'falls' out of her night dress before Kirk rips it to expose both of her bare breasts.
  • Kirk rips Sue Ellen's jacket open exposing her bare breasts, her dead body is also seen lying down with her breasts exposed.
  • In a brothel a photo of a naked woman is seen in the background of one scene.
  • Lieutenant Chris McCabe and Dr. Lindsay Gale are seen having sex, bedsheets cover their bums but Gale's bare breasts are seen.
  • Kirk pulls down his victims dress to expose her bare breasts, she is seen naked as he strangles her, her roommate is also seen bare breasted as she walks into the room.

Violence & Gore

  • Kirk Smith grabs a nurse by the throat, he punches her around the face and carries her across the room and dumps her on a table, he strangles her then rips her top open and pulls her bra off.
  • Kirk attacks Carol in her bedroom, he forces her onto her bed and ties her hands and feet together with rope. Kirk then rips her dress off and drips candle wax over her breasts, nothing graphic is shown and there is just a closeup of Carol's screaming face.
  • Kirk pulls Sue Ellen's jacket down and strangles her from behind with a stocking, her dead body is seen.
  • Kirk strangles a prostitute with a stocking.
  • Kirk is attacked by a pimp named Adkins holding a flick knife, they fight and struggle before Kirk smashes a bottle over Adkins head and knocks him out.
  • Adkins shoots at McCabe and Hatcher who shoot back, Adkins is shot dead, some blood stains on Adkins clothes is seen but nothing else.
  • Kirk forces woman onto a couch and strangles her, her roommate enters the room and she hits Kirk over his head with a lamp. Kirk grabs her and strangles her as well.
  • Kirk grabs Dr. Lindsay Gale and slaps her around the face several times before tying her to a chair with rope, he forces a rag into her mouth and ties some cloth around her head to hold it in place.
  • McCabe and Kirk have a fight, punches are thrown and the two struggle. McCabe shoots Kirk in the groin area and he goes down, blood is seen on his jeans and blood stains are seen on the floor where he lands. Kirk attacks McCabe again and McCabe throws him through a patio door and repeatedly shoots him in the back, blood is seen on his shirt and he is also seen coughing up blood from his mouth. Kirk falls into a swimming pool and the water starts to turn red with his blood.

Profanity

  • Frequent use of strong profanity and bad language including racist insults and derogatory terms.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Alcohol: Social drinking
  • The pornograhic magazine publisher Sam is seen smoking a fat cigar.
  • Kirk Smith is seen drinking a glass of beer.
  • The film has several slang references to drugs and they're usage, drug injecting kits are seen, a couple of character's are seen to be sniffing coke, bags of white powder are seen and there are a few instances of insruction as to usage.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The film has a constant tone of seediness & Violence.

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