Despite a superficial cinematic cleverness from Fred Walton, who directed the spine-tingling WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (1979), DEAD AIR is done in by papier-mache characters and the credulity-straining universe they inhabit.
Former LA hot-shot disc jockey Jim Shepard, now known as Mark Jannek (Gregory Hines), slows down to low gear in the desert boondocks after the shooting death of his lover. Unfortunately, a deranged listener peppers the radio personality's airtime, including a weekly mystery show, with threatening
messages.
After his one-night stand, Judy (Gloria Reuben), phones in a panic and winds up shot to death, the cops investigate Mark's past while saf...
Released:
1994
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
91 mins