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When a Stranger Calls
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5.7Far 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.
Cast
- Camilla Belle as Jill Johnson
- Katie Cassidy as Tiffany Madison
- Tommy Flanagan as Stranger
- Brian Geraghty as Bobby
- Clark Gregg as Ben Johnson
- Derek de Lint as Dr. Mandrakis
Themes
- loss of loved one
- babysitter
- killer
- strange person
- call
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Ratings
IMDb
5.1/10
49,587 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
8%
Metacritic
27/100
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Genres
- Horror, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Simon West
- Written by
- Jake Wade Wall
- Based on
- When a Stranger Calls , by Steve Feke and Fred Walton
- Produced by
- John Davis , Wyck Godfrey , Ken Lemberger
- Starring
- Camilla Belle Brian Geraghty Katie Cassidy Clark Gregg
- Cinematography
- Peter Menzies Jr.
- Edited by
- Jeff Betancourt
- Music by
- James Dooley
- Production companies
- Screen Gems , TeleStranger Productions, Inc.
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release date
- February 3, 2006 ( 2006-02-03 )
- Running time
- 87 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $15 million
- Box office
- $67.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- serial killer
- Director
- Simon West
- Cast member
- Lance Henriksen
- Composer
- James Dooley
- Producer
- John Davis
- Production company
- Davis Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Peter Menzies
- Narrative location
- Colorado
- Duration
- 87
- FilmAffinity ID
- 872338
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- sonypictures.com/movies/whenastrangercalls/site
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- publication date
- 2006-06-15
- title
- When a Stranger Calls
- film editor
- Jeff Betancourt
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 27/100
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Encyclopedic overview
When a Stranger Calls is a 2006 American psychological horror film directed by Simon West and written by Jake Wade Wall. The film stars Camilla Belle, Brian Geraghty, Katie Cassidy and Clark Gregg. Belle plays a babysitter who starts to receive threatening phone calls from an unidentified stranger, played by both Tommy Flanagan and Lance Henriksen. It is a remake of Fred Walton's 1979 film of the same name, which became a cult classic for its opening 23 minutes, which this remake extends to a feature-length film.
The film was theatrically released on February 3, 2006. It was panned by critics and was a financial success, grossing $67.1 million against a $15 million budget.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “When a Stranger Calls” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.