When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 6
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Release Date: Sep 28, 1979 Wide
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In this thriller, a baby-sitter is terrorized by an anonymous telephone caller who turns out to be a particularly persistent serial killer. When a stranger calls to ask, "Have you checked the children lately?" teenaged sitter Jill Johnson (Carol Kane) is understandably spooked. After a series of increasingly creepy calls culminates in a request for "your blood...all over me," Jill learns from the police operator that the man is calling from inside the house. One narrow escape and two dead
Sep 28, 1979 Wide
Oct 9, 2001
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Cast
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Carol Kane
Jill Johnson -
Charles Durning
John Clifford -
Colleen Dewhurst
Tracy -
Tony Beckley
Curt Duncan -
Rachel Roberts
Dr. Monk -
Rutanya Alda
Mrs. Mandrakis -
Carmen Argenziano
Dr. Mandrakis -
Steven Anderson
Stephen Lockart -
Arell Blanton
Policeman #3 -
Charles Boswell
Policeman -
Michael Champion
Bill -
DeForest Covan
Officer #1 -
Frank di Elsi
Policeman #2 -
Trent Dolan
Policeman #1 -
Kirsten Larkin
Nancy -
Dennis McMullen
Maintenance Man -
Carol O'Neal
Mrs. Garber -
Joe Reale
Bartender -
Wally Taylor
Cheater -
Louise Wright
Retired Woman -
Randy Holland
Maitre D' -
Cheryl Wilson
Mrs. Shifrin -
Lenora May
Sharon -
Bill Boyett
Sgt. Sacker -
Ed Wright
Retired Man
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All Critics (13) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (6) | DVD (11)
Grim psychothriller with a few teen urban legends.
Seus vinte minutos iniciais e finais (ou seja: as seqüências envolvendo Carol Kane) são suficientemente tensos, mas o longo segundo ato que traz a investigação feita pelo personagem de Durning jamais empolga.
The ultimately slow-moving film is book-ended by some truly classic horror movie moments.
Aggravatingly devoid of suspense.
I dare you to try sitting through the middle 70 minutes.
Glorified slasher flick never advances beyond a great first act.
Effective suburban legend suspenser that becomes unintentionally funny by the end
Audience Reviews for When a Stranger Calls
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- John Clifford: [to Tracy, about Curt's murders] After the coroner's investigation the bodies were taken to the mortuary where the undertaker took one look at them and said their bodies couldn't be reconstructed for the burial without six days of steady work. Then he asked what had been the murder weapon, because looking at the mess in front of him he couldn't imagine what had been used. The coroner told him there had been no murder weapon. The killer had used only his hands.
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- Curt Duncan: Have you checked the children lately?
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