Larry Cohen schreef al twee thrillers die over telefoons gingen: Phone Booth en Cellular. Hier volgt de scenarist nu een derde film aan toe: Messages Deleted. Er zijn hoofdrollen weggelegd voor Matthew Lillard en Deborah Kara Unger. De film wordt het regiedebuut van Rob Cowan, die hiervoor enkel als producer optrad The Net, Righteous Kill).

Hieronder het onvertaalde synopsis van Messages Deleted:

A quivering voice begs screenwriter, Joel Brandt, to pick up the phone on a message from his answering machine. Thinking its a prank, Joel deletes the message. The caller is found dead. Another caller leaves Joel a message; there is another murder...then another...then another. The killer has Joel's attention, and Joel now has the attention of the police. Now the prime suspect in a series of murders, Joel discovers this psychotic killer has targeted him for a reason found within his body of work. Will Joel be able to re-write his ending, or be forced to pay the ultimate price?

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