When a Stranger Calls (2006)

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

What's everyone whining about?

Maybe it's because I love suspense movies. Maybe it's because this is the first scary movie I ever saw in theaters and it holds a spot in my heart. But I personally loved this movie.

People are complaining about it being cliche and boring. For the cliche part: Hello! Come on, it's a remake of a seventies movie. How can you expect them to butcher it and make it all modern and crappy. If they'd made it modern and uncliche, you'd be complaining that they didn't stick to he original. Can't you people be pleased with anything?

The story goes that this girl Jill (Camilla Belle) has run up her cell phone minutes, and has to pay a huge bill. So she babysits for this wealthy family with a cool house. Little does she know that there's someone waiting for her...

Personally, I thought the movie was amazing. I've grown up on suspense movies, which was why it surprised me that this one scare me so much. I had to leave the theater twice, because I couldn't handle it. As I said before, it was the first scary movie I'd ever seen in theaters, and I was alone, so I got creeped out a bit.

Even when we brought it home, it scared me. My mother loved it, as it stayed mostly faithful to the seventies version. My dad refused to watch it, ebcause he says it's a chick flick thriller. October 31, 2007

a very cool movie

when a stranger calls is the weirdest movie i've ever seen i mean she's the dumbest babysitter i've ever seen because she waits all that time to call the police and the killer is an idiot too because he waited to long to attempt to kill her and then he told her what he would do but besides all the idiotic moves the characters make in the movie its good October 26, 2007

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