When a Stranger Calls is a 1979 horror-thriller film starring Carol Kane and Charles Durning, directed by Fred Walton. The film derives its story from the classic folk legend of "The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs". The original music score is composed by television composer Dana Kaproff. The film was voted no. 28 in Bravo's "The 100 Scariest Movie Moments", while the theme of a murderer telephoning his prey from inside their own homes has also been used by many other horror films, including Scream. While this particular story was entirely fictitious, there was a real-life incident, dramatized on TLC, in which a man broke into somebody's home and repeatedly telephoned their babysitter before tying a sock to the mouth of her young charge, a little boy. Unlike the film, police reacted immediately and the intruder was caught. It is followed by the 1993 made-for-television sequel When a Stranger Calls Back and was remade in 2006.
Glumačka postava:
Charles Durning
Carol Kane
Colleen Dewhurst
Tony Beckley
Rachel Roberts
Plot:
A young high school student, Jill Johnson is babysitting one night for a physician and his wife. During the evening, a mysterious phone caller begins taunting her. Sometimes he simply says nothing, other times he asks, 'Have you checked the children?'. Jill eventually becomes frightened for her safety and calls the police. The police successfully trace his next call and discover something horrifying - the calls are being made from INSIDE THE HOUSE! Police are immediately dispatched and Jill narrowly escapes into the arms of Lt. Clifford. Officers soon discover that the children had been savagely murdered hours ago by the caller, who had been using a phone the parents never had disconnected. 7 years later, the murderer escapes from a mental hospital and resumes his demented mission - this time going after Jill's husband, Steven - and their children. And Clifford - now a P.I. hired by the father of the murdered children - is also hunting the murderer...
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8ZTGxj9i0o
Poster:
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