sheesh what a stupid movie . two cousin play by hunky patrick obryan and nerd stephen geoffreys get involve with a satanic phone line ( the title ) . obryan ignore it but geoffreys love it . naturally it possess him and he start to kill anybody who ever pick on him . this be robert englund sole directorial movie it easy to see why . the basic story line be ridiculous ( a satanic phone line come on . ) and the dialogue be horrible and this move at a snails pace ( even at only 92 minute ) . the makeup at the end be laughable and the special effect be truly dismal . at time the story doesn not even make sense . a for the act not good . obryan be very handsome and have get a great body too bad he can not act . geoffreys play his role way too nerdy and be even lousy when he kill and he be so good in fright night four year earlier . what happen . small wonder that he now do gay porn . jim metzler appear drug a someone investigate the strange going on . but bad of all be the late sandy dennis in her second to last role . i think she try to be funny but she not . she loud and abrasive and incredibly annoy . but she have a great introduction she come on screen wear a bride of frankenstein hair do . i be a huge horror fan and really want to like this ( because of robert englund ) but i couldn not . i actually doze off halfway through the film . boring and silly a complete waste of time . i give this a 1 .