When a Stranger Calls Movie Review 2006

The call is still coming from (gasp!) inside the house in this remake of the 1979 nail-biter, except the house is now a modern high-tech glass palace (strangely without caller ID though)--in the middle of nowhere, of course (because that's where most palaces are). The violence that marked the original is toned down to make it more teen-friendly. Unfortunately, so is the suspense.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 100 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Classic Horror, Teen Horror, Trapped with a Killer!, Serial Killers, Babysitting, Phone Terror, Psycho-Thriller, Psychotics/Sociopaths

Screenplay

Jake Wade Wall

Cast

Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Tess Thompson, Brian Geraghty, Clark Gregg, Derek De Lint, David Denman, Madeleine Carroll, Kate Jennings Grant, Arthur Young, Steve Eastin, Lance Henriksen

Cinematography

Peter Menzies

Director

Simon West

Music

James Dooley

Other

Glenn Berkovitz, Jeff Betancourt, Gerry Sullivan, Marie-Sylvie Deveau, Jon Gary Steele

Producer

John Davis, Wyck Godfrey, Ken Lemberger, Screen Gems, Davis Entertainment Company, Sony Pictures Entertainment