Date: 29 October 1999
Summary: Succinct,shocking,unforgettable and entirely indelible
I have not seen this film for a while but I have seen it several times on tv and I have never forgotten it,it is a film with no dialogue just pieces of classical music,the story is simple a man takes his son to school on the way home he enters a telephone box which has its door slightly ajar like a venus fly trap waiting to snare its victims,he finds it is out of order and cannot open the door he is helpless people try but fail to get him out then the phone company's truck arrives along with several men,I wont reveal anymore but the finale is terrifying and shocking and is unforgettable,I first watched this movie when I was eight years old and after I wouldnt go into a phone box for a while in fear of being trapped inside.One of the great short silent films."
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