Don't Hang Up
Summer travels to Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the wedding of a college friend. Her boyfriend Chris couldn’t make it, but she keeps in contact with him via FaceTime. After the wedding, Summer and her two friends Vicky and Eva head back to the AirBnB they’ve rented for the weekend, unaware that their presence in the house has unleashed the ghosts of a family who were killed there during the Tulsa race massacre in 1921. Now, they’re looking for justice...
Why it matters
A haunted house tale that channels the lingering trauma of the Tulsa race massacre through a modern FaceTime lens, blending historical weight with digital-age isolation.
- Uses POV FaceTime framing to heighten claustrophobic dread, tapping into our screen-saturated anxieties.
- Connects a real racial atrocity with supernatural justice, rare for haunted house fare aiming beyond jump scares.
- Practical effects take a backseat to cheap scares, which may frustrate fans craving more craft.
- Pacing drags mid-run, but the cultural context and contemporary setting offer a fresh twist on familiar tropes.
Director
3 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
0
Slow Burn
17
Psychological
0
Supernatural
40
Creature
0
Disturbing
0
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
14
Survival
33
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