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      • Columbia Pictures released When a Stranger Calls theatrically in the United States on September 28, 1979.
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  3. When a Stranger Calls is a 1979 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Fred Walton, co-written by Steve Feke, and starring Charles Durning, Carol Kane, Colleen Dewhurst and Tony Beckley (in his final film role).

  4. The film was theatrically released on February 3, 2006. It was panned by critics but was a moderate box office success, grossing $67.1 million worldwide on a $15 million budget. Plot. A local sheriff enters a home where multiple homicides occurred; an intruder killed three children and their babysitter using his bare hands.

  5. The When a Stranger Calls franchise consists of American psychological-thriller installments, including the original 1979 theatrical release, its television movie sequel, and its 2006 theatrical remake, and also the 1977 short film The Sitter, which started it all. The plot centers around a teenage high school student who works as a successful ...

  6. When a Stranger Calls: Directed by Fred Walton. With Carol Kane, Rutanya Alda, Carmen Argenziano, Kirsten Larkin. A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.

    • Fred Walton
    • 1 min
  7. Feb 3, 2006 · When a Stranger Calls ranks among the more misguided remakes in horror history, offering little more than a rote, largely fright-free update to the original. Read Critics Reviews. Rated: C...

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    • Simon West
    • PG-13
    • Camilla Belle
  8. Released in theaters just in time for the Halloween season in 1979, When a Stranger Calls was sandwiched between two other October titles from Columbia Pictures, …And Justice for All and Skatetown, U.S.A., in one of the studio’s rare bids to capture the horror market that had proven elusive earlier that year with its killer bat film, Nightwing.

  9. Feb 3, 2006 · When a Stranger Calls: Directed by Simon West. With Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson. During a babysitting gig, a high-school student is harassed by an increasingly threatening prank caller.

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