Genre: Horror / Thriller (more) Tagline: Every babysitter's nightmare becomes real... (more) Plot Summary: High school student Jill Johnson is traumatized over an evening of babysitting by a caller who repeatedly asks... (more) (view trailer) User Comments: Shame about the middle part. (more) User Rating: *******___ 6.3/10 (844 votes) Vote Here Cast overview, first billed only: Charles Durning .... John Clifford Carol Kane .... Jill Johnson Colleen Dewhurst .... Tracy Tony Beckley .... Curt Duncan Ron O'Neal .... Lt. Charlie Garber Steven Anderson .... Stephen Lockart Rachel Roberts .... Dr. Monk Rutanya Alda .... Mrs. Mandrakis Carmen Argenziano .... Dr. Mandrakis Sara Damman .... Bianca Lockart Richard Bail .... Stevie Lockart William Boyett .... Sgt. Sacker Kirsten Larkin .... Nancy Carol O'Neal .... Mrs. Garber Ed Wright .... Retired man (more) Runtime: 97 min Country: USA Language: English Color: Color (Eastmancolor) Sound Mix: Mono Certification: Australia:M / Finland:K-16 / Norway:18 / UK:15 / USA:R / Canada:A (Ontario) Trivia: Number 28 on Bravo Channel's 100 Scariest Movie Moments. (more) Quotes: John Clifford: Lets get something straight here, Doctor. I've been 33 years in the business of tracking people down and putting them away... spent almost a year alone on the case of Curt Duncan with the trial and the testimonies and the background investigations. Now, I didn't come here today to look in your God damn folders, in fact I probably wouldn't be here at all if you had done your job right. Dr. Monk: This is a hospital, Mr. Clifford, not a penitentiary. Everything appertaining to one of our patients is meticulously recorded in that patient's folder, whether you can make sense of it or not. (more) shop amazon WHEN A... When a Stranger Calls at Amazon.com When a Stranger Calls DVD available at Amazon.com When a Stranger Calls VHS unavailable at Amazon.com When a Stranger Calls CD unavailable at Amazon.com When a Stranger Calls at Amazon.ca When a Stranger Calls DVD available at Amazon.ca When a Stranger Calls VHS available at Amazon.ca When a Stranger Calls CD unavailable at Amazon.ca When a Stranger Calls at Amazon.co.uk When a Stranger Calls DVD available at Amazon.co.uk When a Stranger Calls VHS unavailable at Amazon.co.uk When a Stranger Calls CD unavailable at Amazon.co.uk When a Stranger Calls at Amazon.de When a Stranger Calls DVD available at Amazon.de When a Stranger Calls VHS unavailable at Amazon.de When a Stranger Calls CD unavailable at Amazon.de Memorabilia Books | All Products User Comments: 6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:- Shame about the middle part., 6 August 2005 6/10 Author: The_Void from Beverley Hills, England Going into When a Stranger Calls, I was expecting something alone the same lines as Black Christmas and Halloween, due to the film's relationship with those movies. I'm not a massive fan of either of those films, but I recognise Black Christmas as an important film for the genre, and if When a Stranger Calls turned out to be as good as that; I wouldn't be disappointed. It didn't turn out to be as good, however, as despite a great opening; the film never reaches any kind of high, and on the whole; this is just another slasher. The film starts out with a babysitter looking after someone's house. It isn't long after her employers have left that she starts receiving odd anonymous calls, and it isn't long after that before she discovers that the calls are coming from inside the house! It's the classic babysitter story, and if the film had stuck to this story for it's entire running time; I would have liked it a lot more. I realise that it would have been difficult to make a feature length film with just a girl, a house and a madman upstairs...but films have been made with less. Instead of following the babysitter story, we are presented with a story taking place seven years later. The killer has escaped from a mental hospital and is now roaming the streets, with the detective from the original case on his tail. While this film never actually becomes boring, the chase plot never gives the audience enough tension or intrigue to keep interest levels high, and if it wasn't for the smart, but abrupt, ending; it would have been hard for me to write this review without calling the film a failure. In the beginning, the film has all the elements needed for a successful horror movie in place. It's got atmosphere, suspense and a plausible plot line, which is why I cant understand why the filmmakers would ditch this for the plot that they decided the movie should take. There is very little (if any) gore in the film, as it's obvious that the director preferred the 'Halloween' approach; but this doesn't work in the film's favour as this film isn't interesting enough to not have any gory sequences. On the whole; When a Stranger Calls has a good beginning and a good end. The middle part is wholly forgettable. I highly recomend this movie. Its SCARY!
I remeber hearing this story this Halloween. Scary stuff. I am definitly gonna go see the movie. Thx for the review.
i wanna see this movie, mostly becuase of dane cook's (hes a comdeian if u dont know) litttle review about it... if u havent heard any of dane cooks comedy i woulc get some, he has a ton of funny audio clips including one that he moks this movie.
I saw it today and Might I saw worst attempt to make a scary movie, this sucks really badly. Everything is repeated in a different way for 1 hour of the movie, the last 20 minutes are good and just a bit scary............Ovearall this movie sucked.... 3.4/10 I was sitting alone and never once was I scared....
i heard this story like a looong time ago...like on are you afraid of the dark or goosebumps show or something like that anyways i might just get it when it comes out on dvd
I'm pretty sure it's rated M. I've been thinking of seeing it, it seems kind of interesting, not expecting too much out of it though.
Oh no I'm baby sitting tonight. Ya I personally didn't like this movie.. It wasn't that scary about a 6.
Don't you mean rated R? lol.... hey Junk: You gota have a small line saying where you got review from. And I think its imdb.com
