When a Stranger Calls (2006)

Great thriller

This is a great thriller that will keep you at the edge of your seat. A good one to watch to have a little fear while taking a break from blood and gore. August 19, 2008

If the stranger calls, tell him you want a refund!!!

I loved the house, big, spooky and I WISH I could afford a place like that.
Sorry, that's where the compliments end.
NOT scary!!
NOT interesting!!!
NOT memorable!!!!
Blah acting, a villian who couldn't scare a three year old.
Does she even try to *69 him in the movie???
I honestly don't remember, I think I dozed off a few times.
Caller ID???
Gee, here's a thought......call the police after the FIRST phone call.
You don't wait till the hundredth terrifying phone call before you decide to act.
Then, I suppose that wouldn't make a very interesting movie.
Then again, this WASN'T a very interesting movie.
No atmosphere in the direction, no feeling in the acting, a script that was written by people who have never seen a horror movie.
From start to finish, crap!!!
Another Hollyweird remake that's a total disaster.
AVOID!!! June 30, 2008

Eh, could have been better, was a tame movie (includes a Spoiler)

Not a bad movie, it kept me in suspense the entire time wondering when the killer would show up, and so I won't say it was an entire waste of my time to watch, but it could have been better. Maybe it's because this movie is rated PG-13, so not much they can do horror-wise to scare the audience, and as a PG-13 suspense/horror movie it was okay.

Jill is a high school teen who unfortunately ran up the minutes on her cell phone, and in punishment she has to work to pay it off, so she gets a baby-sitting job.

The family lives out in the middle of nowhere, off a lake in a huge house with lots of glass windows (floor-to-ceiling). Very nice place, and very isolated and I thought the scenery and location was very effective in adding to the suspenseful atmosphere of the movie.

Throughout the night she begins to get strange phone calls, heavy breathing or creepy remarks from a strange man. At first, she puts it off as prank calls, but as they increase in frequency and creepiness, she beings to get fearful of who is calling her and why.

Okay, I will say this movie did keep me glued to the TV wondering when the killer would show up and why he was stalking Jill and playing this phone game with her. But once he appeared on the scene I was disappointed. He didn't do anything frightening, he just chased her around, grabbing her throughout the house.

**SPOILER AHEAD**



*****SPOILER*****


Okay, don't say I didn't warn you! You've been warned!!! =)


The ending was also a disappointment, the killer doesn't die, there is no great struggle/fight scene between the killer and Jill, and then the police come, he gets caught, and that's that. The end. You don't learn why the killer has stalked and killed other teen baby-sitters before Jill, you don't learn the motives of the killer either. You don't even get scenes from the killer's perspective, it's all told from Jill's POV.

If you are looking to be truly scared or disturbed then this is the wrong movie for you. It's a pretty tame movie, and although it will get your heart pounding for a bit, it's not a very good horror movie. If you're still curious, by all means go ahead and watch, but don't expect anything great. May 30, 2008

IT'S PRETTY SCARY...

THIS MOVIE WAS SUSPEND, SCARY AND INTERESTING. I ENJOYED THE MOVIE. THIS MOVIE STORY WAS GOOD. SOME SCENE WAS BORED BUT IT'S OKAY. THIS MOVIE WAS
PRETTY SCARY. I FELT THAT. March 27, 2008

One of my favorite suspense films

This is one of my favorite suspense films. Has the same film as the original SCREAM film, but the difference is that it requires an imagination. Do not put this film on when you are bored with nothing to do; instead you want to watch this film on a dreary rainy night. It will keep you on your toes. December 26, 2007

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