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2006
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To Jill Johnson (Camilla Belle, The Ballad of Jack and Rose), it was the perfect babysitting job. The parents were away. The fridge was stocked. The children were tucked into bed. But then the phone rings and an ominous voice asks, 'Have you checked the children?' Locked in with the lights out and the curtains drawn, a panicky Jill phones the police, who trace the calls ' only to inform her they're coming from inside the house. And as the frightened teenager goes upstairs to check on the children, Jill's quiet night of babysitting is about to turn into a nerve-shattering nightmare of suspense, horror and dread.
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© 2006 Screen Gems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Lew Irwin
Film critics, who were not shown When a Stranger Calls before it was released on Friday, got a look at it over the weekend and unloaded the expected barrage of negative reviews. In the Washington Post, Ann Hornaday wrote, "When a Stranger Calls has been remade -- with undistinguished if inoffensive results -- by Simon West, who is quickly becoming a reliable purveyor of Hollywood's dreckiest dreck." Jason Anderson in the Toronto Globe & Mail suggested that the 1979 original was imitative enough in its own right. "That this remake is perfunctory is hardly surprising but it needn't have been quite so dull," he wrote. Wesley Morris in the Boston Globe predicted: "Audiences are bound to exit Stranger booing, knowing full well the movie belongs on their do-not-call list."
Reviewed by: miss20042005 on 10/5/2006 12:30:16 PM
...not a bad find for a horror fan to spend a couple of hours in the afternoon watching.I agree with the 1s writer.I was mentally and physically healthy and balanced after watching THIS movie because I was never put off, embarrassed, tense or negative with gore, language or the like.
Lew Irwin
Film critics, who were not shown When a Stranger Calls before it was released on Friday, got a look at it over the weekend and unloaded the expected barrage of negative reviews. In the Washington Post, Ann Hornaday wrote, "When a Stranger Calls has been remade -- with undistinguished if inoffensive results -- by Simon West, who is quickly becoming a reliable purveyor of Hollywood's dreckiest dreck." Jason Anderson in the Toronto Globe & Mail suggested that the 1979 original was imitative enough in its own right. "That this remake is perfunctory is hardly surprising but it needn't have been quite so dull," he wrote. Wesley Morris in the Boston Globe predicted: "Audiences are bound to exit Stranger booing, knowing full well the movie belongs on their do-not-call list."
Reviewed by: miss20042005 on 10/5/2006 12:30:16 PM
...not a bad find for a horror fan to spend a couple of hours in the afternoon watching.I agree with the 1s writer.I was mentally and physically healthy and balanced after watching THIS movie because I was never put off, embarrassed, tense or negative with gore, language or the like.
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Reviewed by: miss20042005 on 10/5/2006 12:30:16 PM
...not a bad find for a horror fan to spend a couple of hours in the afternoon watching.I agree with the 1s writer.I was mentally and physically healthy and balanced after watching THIS movie because I was never put off, embarrassed, tense or negative with gore, language or the like.
(Read More Customer Reviews...)Reviewed by: jugmaniasxtyeight on 8/16/2006 6:57:07 PM
i will like to rent your movie if thats ok wit you than you i appreseated
Reviewed by: Boxergirl1130 on 8/8/2006 9:50:16 PM
Great Movie!!! I agree they should make more of these!
Reviewed by: jamiajackson on 7/21/2006 8:54:00 PM
ive puchase 2 movie i cannot watch i donot know where to go to look at them ive tried everything
Reviewed by: markdaniel14 on 6/30/2006 10:22:05 PM
Beautifully acted, nice pace, but scary??Not really.This is a good show to scare some 12 year old girls.It's worth the money, but it is not in the same class as Jeeper Creepers.It's about as scary as The Village.It won't bore you, though.
Reviewed by: dameron06 on 6/17/2006 1:47:03 PM
Best scarry movie I have ever seen..
Reviewed by: hopesethigh on 6/2/2006 11:18:02 AM
Edge of your seat, long buildup though.No sex, f-bombs, or the like.Just a scary movie, why can't they make more of these?
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