Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Glimmerubro It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

azathothpwiggins Doremus and Helen Connelly (Ben Gazzara and Elizabeth Ashley) have been divorced for some time, and Doremus takes it upon himself to simply show up at Helen's home. He says he's come to see their daughter, Peggy, which is a violation of their divorce agreement. Soon after his arrival, Helen begins receiving phone calls from someone claiming to be the title character. Helen doesn't believe it, since her nephew Michael died fifteen years prior. Of course, the calls continue, becoming more urgent, eerie, and unhinged. Has Michael somehow returned from the grave, or is Helen losing her mind? Or, is something else going on? Helen is suspicious, and there are plenty of potential suspects for her to choose from. A school of red herrings, so to speak! Then, Michael begins forecasting death and doom, and everything changes. WHEN MICHAEL CALLS is another made-for-TV horror movie from the early 1970's. This was a time when such quality films as this were being made for network television. All these years later, it's still effective, though I do admit to finding Michael's whiny voice a bit annoying! Co-stars Michael Douglas as Craig, and Marian Waldman (BLACK CHRISTMAS, DERANGED) as Elsa Britton...

Rainey Dawn 'Shattered Silence' AKA 'When Michael Calls' (1972) Craig (M. Douglas) has lost his brother Michael 15 years prior to the beginning of the story. Michael begins to call Helen (E. Ashley) on the phone, seemingly in distress every call. Doremus (B. Gazzara) is Helen's ex-husband or soon to be ex - but he is there to help Helen through this terrible nightmare and to solve the mystery of Michael.Micheal calls Helen "Auntie" which is odd. Craig and Michael are brothers and if Michael is Helen's nephew then Craig would be Helen's other nephew. *In reality Helen and Craig are just close to one another, friends - according to the Wiki article.* Why we are lead to believe that Helen and Michael are related/family and not Craig is strange in itself. Most every source says Michael is Helen's nephew or A woman (Helen) receives phone calls from a relative. - when he is not.A good thriller - bizarre. Worth watching if you get a chance to see it. Those phone calls from Micheal will have you shivering. :) 8.5/10

honeypuppiesluv @ tamstrat "The acting is good, especially a young Michael Douglas, but there were several things left unanswered, why did Michael run away,"If I can recall correctly, (I'm not positive because I haven't watched it in over a decade) either he didn't actually run away or he did, but only because of something that Craig (Michael Douglas' Character) had done to him. But either way his death was because of something Craig said or did to him. " why after all these years do the phone calls start up, etc?"Again, it happened because of Craig. Something set him off and he had a mental break down which caused him to seek revenge for Michael's death. First, he pretended to be him and then he enlisted a young boy who was around the same age as Michael at the time of his death to play the part for him. I say "enlisted" but I'm pretty sure what he had actually done is kidnap the boy.Ironically enough, it was his guilt over what happened to Michael that caused his final mental breakdown which is why the calls didn't start right away. It must have taken years for him to come to grips with what he did but in the end he just couldn't handle the guilt anymore ergo he lost his mind and assumed Michaels identity and the subsequently had another child assume Michael's identity as well. His guilt over what happened was obvious, I think things happened the way they happened because part of him wanted to be caught and punished for his role in the death. The other part to that equation of getting rid of his guilt was to attempt to convince himself and everyone else that Michael wasn't actually dead. Which would be why he fixated on another little boy the same age and wanted to make him become Michael.

jonpd This 1972 TV movie is one of those few TV films from those days that is still broadcast today. Well, I taped it back in 1991, but anyway, the film is so corny, with a very "Okay, sure" plot, but it still has good suspenseful moments (in a strange way, you never know where the caller is or if he's watching the answerers---spooky), and Douglas is quite unique in an early role. Well worth a watch, or a few watches.