When A Stranger Calls [HD]

Hang Up On This Stranger--A Thriller As Tedious As An Incessant Busy Signal
Another in a long line of remakes, "When A Stranger Calls" tells the story of a young baby-sitter and her two charges tormented by a madman. This is your standard omnipresent evildoer--he can be anywhere at anytime with no basis in logic. In fact, one scene involving the guest house--he's practically in two places at once! Apparently he stalks young women (so the film tells us)--however this baby-sitter was hired at the last minute, so I'm not sure how he targeted this house in the middle of nowhere and knew the owners would be going out. Quite frankly, with a live-in maid--I'm not quite sure why they hired a baby-sitter they didn't know to sit their kids who were already fast asleep. Rosa, the maid, seemed nice enough--surely she wouldn't have minded the extra bit of bother. But let's not dwell.

In truth, there's nothing wrong with the idea of remaking "When A Stranger Calls." While I'm not a huge fan of remakes, the original movie certainly had ample opportunities...

Love it!
I have watched this movie several times and jump at the same parts every time. I love the fact that it could really be true. Suspense movies that are more realistic are my favorite kind of movies.

THIS WAS AN OK MOVIE
WHEN A STRANGER CALLS

"Have you checked the children"?, and with that said right there we are hit with another remake, this one of course being "When a Stranger Calls". The first film of the same name was always a favorite of mine; I even liked the sequel, so I was a little skeptical of this one more so then I was with some of the other remakes. When I first learned of this film I wasn't really thrilled to hear about it, and even after seeing the trailer I was even more disappointed. My first mistake was judging a film by its trailer, and the second was doubting the film before I even had seen it.

The thing I liked most about this film was that instead of straight remaking the film they kind of played with the idea of what the first film did in the first 20 minutes. That of course was the part were the killer called the babysitter a toyed with her until attacking, for those who have seen the original they know that the first 15 to 25 minutes was some of the most...

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