When a Stranger Calls
by Fred Walton (II)
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Actor: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Colleen Dewhurst, Ron O'Neal, Tony BeckleyDirector: Fred Walton (II)
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-31
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of When a Stranger Calls
Movie Review: Not how I remembered, but still good
Summary: 4 Stars
I remember being terrified by this movie as a child ...
I remembered the first 20 minutes vividly, and it is still just as scary as it was when I was a kid. Carol Kane is quite good as the terrified babysitter. The phrase: "Why haven't you checked the children?" will now make you uneasy. It is quick paced and suspenseful. (I am sure I never saw past this point.)
Then we jump forward in time to when the harasser escapes the insane asylum and begins his reign of terror again. After a prolonged police drama sequence (really unnecessary) we return to the babysitter, Carol Kane, now all grown up and with a family of her own. Her and her husband go out for the night, and disturbing things begin to happen to her babysitter!!
Overall, still a good film, even though the middle of the film (the bulk of it) lost my interest at times I still enjoyed it. Tony Beckley has some truly great scenes as the demented stalker and Carol Kane is the quintessential hysterical woman. Watch and enjoy!
Summary of When a Stranger Calls
A terrified young baby-sitter...an incessantly ringing phone...and whispered threats set the stage for one of the most suspenseful chillers ever filmed. Carol Kane stars as the baby-sitter who is tormented by a series of ominous phone calls until a compulsive cop (Charles Durning) is brought on thescene to apprehend the psychotic killer. Seven years later however the nightmare begins again when the madman returns to mercilessly haunt Kane now a wife and mother. No longer a naive girl though still terrified but prepared she moves boldly to thwart the maniac's attack in scenes that culminate in a nerve-shattering conclusion.System Requirements:Run Time: 99 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating:?R UPC:?043396143609 Manufacturer No:?14360Released a year after John Carpenter's 1978 Halloween, this thriller by longtime actor-turned-director Fred Walton has held a strong following of its own. In an exemplary piece of suspense, the film begins with a babysitter (Carol Kane) fielding threatening phone calls while on the job. She soon finds that a pair of children in her charge have been murdered in their beds; she is nearly killed herself by the homicidal maniac before police arrive. As with Halloween, the action jumps some years ahead, when Kane's character is herself a wife and mother--and the monster escapes from a mental institution to re-create his original carnage in the heroine's own home. Between these exciting bookends, the film loses its way and becomes dissatisfying and obscure. But Walton compensates by engineering a couple of great horror moments worth savoring. Tom Keogh
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