Netflix‘s true-crime documentary Don’t Pick Up the Phone follows the story of a mysterious caller impersonating the police to provoke fast-food managers to strip search and assault employees accused of theft. The news surrounding these sick and twisted phone calls inspired fictionalized retellings of the hoax, leaving many viewers just as shocked and appalled.
If you enjoy true crime shows and documentaries, here are some things you’ll want to watch after Don’t Pick Up the Phone:
A shot from Netflix’s Don’t Pick Up the Phone trailer | Netflix via Youtube The 2012 film ‘Compliance’ based on the events
In 2012, Compliance premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, starring Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, and Bill Camp. Available on Amazon, the movie is largely based on one of the incidents described in Don’t Pick Up the Phone that occurred in Mount Washington, Kentucky, in 2004.
Like the three-part Netflix documentary,...
If you enjoy true crime shows and documentaries, here are some things you’ll want to watch after Don’t Pick Up the Phone:
A shot from Netflix’s Don’t Pick Up the Phone trailer | Netflix via Youtube The 2012 film ‘Compliance’ based on the events
In 2012, Compliance premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, starring Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, and Bill Camp. Available on Amazon, the movie is largely based on one of the incidents described in Don’t Pick Up the Phone that occurred in Mount Washington, Kentucky, in 2004.
Like the three-part Netflix documentary,...
- 3/1/2023
- by Rose Burke
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Mark Lewis, who wrote and directed one of the most talked about (and disturbing) true-crime docseries in recent memory, is back on Netflix with a new series, “Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi.”
Like “Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer,” “Vatican Girl” was produced by British TV production company Raw. The four-part docseries will premiere globally on Netflix on Oct. 20.
“Vatican Girl” is the latest probe into a case that started on June 22, 1983, when Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old girl living in Vatican City, disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The case made headlines around the world. Various theories have linked the girl’s presumed abduction to intrigue involving secret services of various countries, the Italian mob, and the Vatican, which has denied accusations of a coverup.
“Vatican Girl” features interviews with Orlandi’s family and witnesses to her disappearance.
Variety spoke with Lewis, who won a Primetime Emmy for “Don’t F** With Cats,...
Like “Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer,” “Vatican Girl” was produced by British TV production company Raw. The four-part docseries will premiere globally on Netflix on Oct. 20.
“Vatican Girl” is the latest probe into a case that started on June 22, 1983, when Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old girl living in Vatican City, disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The case made headlines around the world. Various theories have linked the girl’s presumed abduction to intrigue involving secret services of various countries, the Italian mob, and the Vatican, which has denied accusations of a coverup.
“Vatican Girl” features interviews with Orlandi’s family and witnesses to her disappearance.
Variety spoke with Lewis, who won a Primetime Emmy for “Don’t F** With Cats,...
- 10/19/2022
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
What happens when you mix cats, a couple of Facebook watchdogs and a deranged killer who publishes homicidal videos to the Internet? One of the most talked-about (and disturbing) true-crime shows in recent memory.
(Spoiler Warning: Plot Details Ahead)
“Don’t F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer,” about a group of Facebook sleuths attempting to track down Luka Magnotta, the Montreal native arrested for the killing and dismembering of Jun Lin in 2012 – this after Magnotta anonymously recorded himself torturing and killing several cats – has been clawing at Netflix viewers ever since its December release. Just two weeks after debuting, “Cats” was listed as one of Netflix’s Top 5 most-watched documentaries of 2019. One month later, the pulpy three-part series remains one of streamer’s buzzier titles.
Variety recently caught up with director Mark Lewis as well as one of the series’ primary gumshoes, Deanna Thompson, who, using the alias Baudi Moovan,...
(Spoiler Warning: Plot Details Ahead)
“Don’t F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer,” about a group of Facebook sleuths attempting to track down Luka Magnotta, the Montreal native arrested for the killing and dismembering of Jun Lin in 2012 – this after Magnotta anonymously recorded himself torturing and killing several cats – has been clawing at Netflix viewers ever since its December release. Just two weeks after debuting, “Cats” was listed as one of Netflix’s Top 5 most-watched documentaries of 2019. One month later, the pulpy three-part series remains one of streamer’s buzzier titles.
Variety recently caught up with director Mark Lewis as well as one of the series’ primary gumshoes, Deanna Thompson, who, using the alias Baudi Moovan,...
- 1/27/2020
- by Stuart Oldham
- Variety Film + TV
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