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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).
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.
After she tucks the children snugly into bed upstairs, phone calls from a stranger start to disrupt her quiet evening of study. At first the unidentified caller says nothing and Jill thinks an acquaintance is playing a prank.
When a Stranger Calls. 1979 · 1 hr 38 min. R. Horror · Thriller. Terror strikes a teenager babysitting for an affluent suburban family when she starts receiving threatening phone calls from an anonymous stranger. Audio Languages: English.
When a Stranger Calls (1979) Jill Johnson, a young high school student works as a babysitter for a wealthy family. One night as she's caring for their kids, a caller begins to make strange prank calls which progresses into threatening statements towards the children.
When a Stranger Calls. A retired police detective (Charles Durning) hunts a deranged British seaman out to re-create a baby sitter's (Carol Kane) horror. Watch When a Stranger Calls...
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When a Stranger Calls (1979) Though usually classified as a slasher film since its release in 1979, this white-knuckle suspenser is far more difficult to pin down thanks to its low level of (mostly bloodless and offscreen) violence and unusual structure that recalls an anthology.
When a Stranger Calls is a 1979 American psychological horror film. It was directed by Fred Walton and stars Carol Kane and Charles Durning. The film derives its story from the classic folk legend of "The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs" and the 1974 horror classic Black Christmas.
A student babysitter has her evening disturbed when the phone rings. So begins a series of increasingly terrifying and threatening calls that lead to a shocking revelation.
