If you’ve seen either Black Christmas or Halloween, there’s nothing new here: the hyped-up score keeps telling us we ought to be scared, but the suspense feels mechanical and fake.
When a Stranger Calls (2006)
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Clark Gregg, Derek De Lint, David Denman
Screenwriter: Jake Wade Wall
Producer: John Davis, Wyck Godfrey
Composer: Jim Dooley
DVD Info
Release:
Apr 5, 2007
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.40
Audio:
- Dolby Digital Surround Sound 5.1 - English
- Subtitles - English, French - Optional
Additional Release Material:
- Commentaries - 1. Director
- 2. Screenwriters
- Featurettes - 1. Deleted Scenes
- 2. "The Making of WHEN A STRANGER CALLS"
Reviews
You know a horror movie's in trouble when the fake scares outweigh the real ones.
I can't help feeling that this updating could have been a little more imaginative -- the only wrinkle on the basic plot is that it uses mobile phones.
Atmospheric but generally disappointing thriller, despite a passably tense climax and an eye-catching performance by newcomer Camilla Belle.
No plot, no originality, no stars -- and no reason for you to go and see this crap.
While teen chillers tend to be exercises in extreme dullness, at least director Simon West tries to wring some suspense out of the scenes here.
Having abstained from character development and stalling for something to do between calls, the movie dwells in the house’s dark corners, plugging plot holes with overzealous sound design.
This year's "I Know What You Did Last Summer"...You'll be totally immersed and near on the verge of drawing sweat
god damn why in the world would they only remake the first 20 minutes?
Não percebe que a premissa é insuficiente para sustentar 90 minutos de duração e, conseqüentemente, o resultado deixa muito a desejar com relação ao original.
…it did half the trick for me and for that…it receives half the marks.
This remake of a 1979 thriller starring Carol Kane isn't particularly mysterious ... Unexpectedly, given his background in exploitation dramas, director Simon West doesn't push the horror to the max.
Long distance information? Get me Hollywood, USA: I’ve got a rusty ice pick to bury in the gullet of whoever greenlighted this pointless exercise.
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