Chill Factor: House Call
2004-08-24 · 28 min · ★ 9.0
In poor and lonely farm country, a woman calls a doctor out to make a house call on her strangly-ailing son. And what the old doctor finds when he gets there isn't listed in any medical books... Originally a pilot for a proposed television series, now exists as a stand-alone short film, and as the final segment in the film "Deadtime Stories Volume 1."
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- Directors
- Tom Savini
- Production companies
- 72nd St. Films, Sanibel II Films
- Countries
- United States of America
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- Released
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