Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening. Soon, the ringing of a phone and the frightening words of a sadistic caller turn Jill's routine experience into a night of terror.
Camilla Belle Katie Cassidy Tommy Flanagan Brian Geraghty Clark Gregg Derek de Lint Kate Jennings Grant Steve Eastin Karina Logue Dianna Agron Tessa Thompson David Denman Arthur Young Madeline Carroll Escher Holloway Rosine 'Ace' Hatem Molly Bryant John Bobek Brad Surosky Owen Smith John Waugh Lance Henriksen
Cuando llama un extraño, Chiamata da uno sconosciuto, Cuando un Extraño Llama, Quando um Estranho Chama, Terreur sur la ligne, Когда звонит незнакомец, Unbekannter Anrufer
USAPG-13
Australia
Ukraine
Germany16
Hungary16
Italy
France12
Netherlands16
Netherlands16
Australia
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
USA
Ukraine
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I love this movie. I have seen it one and one-half times and I have loved it from the moment that I initially laid eyes upon it. Of the many 00's big-budget studio remakes of 70's and 80's horror films, Simon West's (!) 2006 When A Stranger Calls is not only one of the best, but one which understands the structural weaknesses of its host material the best and completely reverses that polarity. 1979's When A Stranger Calls has an amazing initial opening with my hero Carol Kane ! and then bogs itself down in police procedural goings-ons for most of the rest of its runtime. When A Stranger Calls (2006) has a near-useless cop-centric opening gambit which I hated…
When Tiffany calls. When Bobby calls. When Cody calls. When the alarm company calls. When Mrs. Mandrakis calls. When Roy from The Office calls. When Tessa Thompson calls.
Oh yeah and I guess the stranger calls once or twice.
Way before I ever saw many of the classics the film was and will later inspire, including the original, this was one of those films I went in and watched in theaters as a preteen. I loved it then, and probably because of nostalgia or because it’s lowkey entertaining, I always have a good time with this and this 10th or so rewatch of the movie still holds up so incredibly well.
As I type this, despite having it listed below the original, I watched this first, but I do remember seeing the Carol Kane one and loved the first few minutes when the whole killer inside the house happened, but then for whatever reason it…
“Have you checked the children?”
Thank god someone reminded her she was a effing babysitter! She never checked the children!
I’m not speaking in hyperbole. HEAR ME when I say this. NOTHING happens in this movie. Until maybe the last 10 minutes. Save yourself. Please
