A writer receives a series of encrypted messages and phone visions while writing a novel. This writer appears to be facing a tragic fate as he loses his grip on reality, ultimately obsessed with an ancient secret. Now, this ancient secret seems to lead to a terrible revelation about him and his loyal wife.
A neo-Hitchcockian turducken of slapdash, would-be intrigue, Private Number is the sort of film that would rather accept all manner of ridicule rather than be accused of being boring.