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Out of the Dark

by Ursula Curtissliterary work· published 1964

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Out of the Dark is a thriller novel by American writer Ursula Curtiss, published on May 18, 1964, about how a prank call by a couple of teenagers ends up with a murderer on their trail. In 1965, the novel was filmed as I Saw What You Did, directed by William Castle and starring Joan Crawford; and again in 1988 for television with the same title, starring Shawnee Smith, Tammy Lauren and David and Robert Carradine.

Adaptations (2)

Out of the Dark has been adapted 2 times, across film and television film, from 1965 to 1988. The most recent is I Saw What You Did (1988).

  • Poster for I Saw What You Did
    I Saw What You Did
    1965 · film · 82 min · dir. William Castle · IMDb ↗
    IMDb6.2

    Teenage friends Kit and Libby make prank phone calls for fun but then find themselves involved in a brutal double murder committed by one of their targets.

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  • Poster for I Saw What You Did
    I Saw What You Did
    1988 · television film · 93 min · dir. Fred Walton · IMDb ↗
    IMDb5.5

    Two teens, Lisa and Kim, are playing games making prank calls on the phone. But when they call Adrian Lancer who has some mental problems, and say "I saw what you did", they ignite a human time bomb. Adrian has just killed someone and thinks they saw him do it. Now he is trying to find them.

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