Movies and TvShows featuring "cut-telephone-line" theme.

Critters is a sci-fi horror comedy about a group of small furry aliens called Krites who escape from a space prison and crash-land on Earth in a small town in Kansas. The Krites start terrorizing the town and soon a group of locals, including a family and the town's sheriff, must band together to stop them. With its dark comedy and low-budget charm, Critters has become a cult classic and a guilty pleasure for many fans of creature and monster movies.

Murder by Death is a comedy crime film that parodies famous detective characters and classic murder mystery tropes. It takes place in a mansion where a group of eccentric detectives and their sidekicks are invited to solve a murder mystery. As the night unfolds, unexpected twists and turns occur, leading to a surprise ending.

In this dark comedy, a man named Simon James finds his life turned upside down when his doppelganger, James Simon, starts working at his office. As Simon tries to uncover the truth behind James' identity and their connection, he begins to question his own sanity and reality. With themes of identity, duality, and paranoia, 'The Double' is a surreal exploration of one man's descent into madness.

In Dead of Winter, a woman becomes trapped in a country estate during a snowstorm. She soon discovers that the people in the house are not who they seem to be and must fight for her life.

Strayed is set in the autumn of 1940. A soldier fleeing the war finds himself in an abandoned house with a small group of refugees. Together, they must navigate the dangers of the German occupation while also dealing with their own personal struggles. As they fight to survive, they form unexpected bonds and discover the resilience of the human spirit.

After the tragic death of her sister, a young girl experiences supernatural occurrences in her new home. She soon realizes that she is being haunted by a vengeful spirit and must uncover the truth behind the paranormal events before it's too late.

To Trap a Spy is a campy secret agent comedy set in the 1960s. The film follows a spy who is tasked with trapping an enemy agent. The plot includes elements of action, adventure, comedy, and crime. The story revolves around a fictional country, a dead woman being carried, gunshots wounds, and a long-distance telephone call.

While on a road trip, a struggling author named Zara and her boyfriend encounter a mysterious man who begins to relentlessly pursue them. As they seek refuge in an old dark house, they soon realize that they are trapped and must fight for their lives against a psychopath determined to kill them. With no way to communicate with the outside world, they must rely on their wit and courage to survive the night of horrors.

A deeply disturbed person terrorizes a female babysitter by cutting the telephone line and trapping her in an old mansion. As she tries to protect herself and the child she is babysitting, the terror escalates.

Charlie Tully and womanising Reggie Peek con two rich Italians out of £500,000, but during their flight out, Charlie is arrested for scamming an American and a dog. Reggie stores the money in a Swiss bank and after Charlie is released, is about to tell him where...when he is suddenly killed by Sid Sabbath's gang, whose girlfriend was dating the (now) deceased! The only leads are four tattoos on the girls Reggie had affairs with while Charlie was in jail, but Sabbath is on Charlie's trail, and the tricked Italians have contracted the mob - to find the money, and then kill him...

In the fictional Shama Town in Northwest China, legend has it that that robbers buried many hidden treasures among the town. Tang Gaopeng, the town leader, then decides to promote Shama Town as a bandit-themed tourist destination. Tang Gaopeng's plan doesn't go to well with the town attracting nearly zero tourists, but a group of international thieves do show up intent on finding the buried treasures ...

In this comedy-drama, a struggling actress living alone in a small apartment becomes obsessed with her telephone. She spends her days talking to imaginary people and watching herself on TV. One day, her telephone bill arrives and she decides to cut the telephone line to save money. However, this decision leads to a series of unexpected events that test her sanity.

A desperate young mother, Karen, takes a job as the night shift janitor at a large furniture factory. She is told that she is the only one working at this time. But, after seeing a strange vehicle idling in the parking lot and finding a door to the factory ajar, she gets the feeling she might not be alone after all.

A young nurse gets a new job at an insane asylum and soon realizes that something sinister is happening within its walls. As she uncovers the truth about the asylum's patients and staff, she finds herself trapped in a downward spiral of horror and violence.

In Berlin, when the journalist Greg Bachmann is released from prison six months before the end of his sentence, there is a driver named Jupp waiting for him. Soon he learns that the famous journalist Cesar Boyd was the responsible for the shorter sentence. Cesar offers a position of his assistant to Greg; in return, Boyd would write his story about his interviews to war criminals and Greg would help him in other matters. Meanwhile Boyd welcomes the daughter of a deceased friend, Bettina, and he becomes her guardian.

Sunday in the Country is a crime drama thriller set in a rural setting. The peaceful and quiet day of a family in the countryside turns into a harrowing experience when a bandit arrives, leading to violence, murder, and torture. The family's grandfather fights back, taking matters into his own hands and seeking vigilante justice. With the periphery of the police officer and the law, the story explores themes of rural life, hicksploitation, and the generation gap.

A troubled young man mysteriously appears in a rural Minnesota town from which he claims he was abducted 16 years ago.

Joe and Casey trouble-shoot for the phone company. They try to prove that Joes's girl Ethel's boss Dan is a crook but are trapped by criminals and left in a burning building.

A group of people are invited to a party at a creepy mansion where legend has it a ghost appears once a year.