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When A Stranger Calls
2006
To Jill it was the perfect babysitting job. The parents were away. The fridge was stocked. The children were tucked into bed. But when the phone rings and an ominous voice asks "Have you checked the children?" Jill's quiet night of babysitting is about to turn into a nerve-shattering nightmare of suspense, horror and dread. Read more
| Starring | Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Tessa Thompson, Brian Geraghty |
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| Director | Simon West |
| Genres | Thriller |
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When A Stranger Calls
To Jill it was the perfect babysitting job. The parents were away. The fridge was stocked. The children were tucked into bed. But when the phone rings and an ominous voice asks "Have you checked the children?" Jill's quiet night of babysitting is about to turn into a nerve-shattering nightmare of suspense, horror and dread.
| Starring | Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Tessa Thompson, Brian Geraghty |
|---|---|
| Director | Simon West |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 23 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, Hindi |
| Released | DVD: 11 Sep 2006 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
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17 out of 18 people found this review helpful
Awful
The trailer for the film gave away the whole point of the film so the suspense was removed before even watching the movie.
The purpose seemed to be to build up the suspense only to be let down by anti-climax after anti-climax.
Cue chilling music, POV camera shots, shots of the actress looking suitably terrified, only to find it was a cat moving about or a door slamming due to the wind, or a thousand other pointless red herrings.
Agree with the flaws in editting/continuity - example a top of the range alarm system but her friend just wanders into the house without setting it off.
Terrible ending.
Terrible beginning.
Terrible middle. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
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Dissapointing
This film was a shame, the film was set in a good location, all be it an unknown cast, but the film failed to delivery anything new to a thriller that other films, like Scream, Hostage and other films haven't already done better. It didn't really fit together in parts, and it was a little predictable. Shame!
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- MrG from Hadley, Telford
- Posted 07 Apr 2007 23:43
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To Jill it was the perfect babysitting job. The parents were away. The fridge was stocked. The children were tucked into bed. But when the phone rings and an ominous voice asks "Have you checked the ... -