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DVD : When a Stranger CallsIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson, Brian Geraghty directed by: Simon West  List Price: $14.94 Amazon.com's Price: $9.99 You Save: $4.95 (33%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Sony EAN: 0043396145108 Format: Full Screen, Closed-captioned, Color Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 99 Release Date: May 16, 2006 Running Time: 87 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: February 03, 2006 Sales Rank: 18476 MPN: COLD14510D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Includes DVD, Case, cover Art. Might have minor scratches. Does not affect playback. We offer FAST shipping & Great Customer Support!! Amazon.com: The smartest thing about the remake of When a Stranger Calls is that it strips the original 1979 version to its bare essentials as a primal exercise in stormy-night terror. While taking the original film's suspenseful first act and expanding it into an 87-minute cat-and-mouse game, screenwriter Jake Wade Wall adds a few clever updates involving cellphones and home-security services, as well as the maze-like menace of a lavish modern home that serves as the setting for mayhem when cute teenager Jill (Camilla Belle, in the role originated by Carol Kane) takes on a babysitting job that she may live to regret. Someone is stalking her in the big, expensive glass palace that her employers call home (a splendid set designed by Jon Gary Steele), and that creepy voice on the phone (belonging to Lance Henriksen, master of doom-laden threat) should've been her first clue to grab the pair of terrified kids she's supposed to be protecting and leave the house ASAP. But no, the script, the overwrought score, and the uninspired direction of Simon West (Con-Air, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) insist that poor Jill be put through a Halloween-like night from hell, complete with a black cat as an omen of nasty things to come. Kudos to Wall and West for attempting to generate horror through suggestion (by keeping the homicidal stalker mostly off-screen), but let's face it: the original film is hardly a classic (its TV-movie sequel, When a Stranger Calls Back, is considerably better), and the remake takes too long to yield minimal rewards. Maybe Jill should've just unplugged the phone. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating: - When A Stranger Hits Redial"What are you going to do tonight?" a friend of mine asked. "I'm going to watch a movie, an old scary one. When a Stranger Calls. It's supposed to be good." "Is that the one with the babysitter?" "I don't know. I haven't seen it." "Yeah. I know that one. It's famous, right? It's the one where you find out he's calling -- " "Shut up shut up shut up! I don't want to know anything about it. I like to go in fresh." So ... Read More Rating:  - great servicefast service, I ordered this product and another product the same day and I recieved this product first. movie was in perfect condition. Rating: - Great thrillerThis is a great thriller that will keep you at the edge of your seat. A good one to watch to have a little fear while taking a break from blood and gore. Rating: - Eh, could have been better, was a tame movie (includes a Spoiler)Not a bad movie, it kept me in suspense the entire time wondering when the killer would show up, and so I won't say it was an entire waste of my time to watch, but it could have been better. Maybe it's because this movie is rated PG-13, so not much they can do horror-wise to scare the audience, and as a PG-13 suspense/horror movie it was okay. Jill is a high school teen who unfortunately ran up the minutes on her cell phone, and in punishment she has to work to pay it off, so she gets ... Read More Rating:  - IT'S PRETTY SCARY...THIS MOVIE WAS SUSPEND, SCARY AND INTERESTING. I ENJOYED THE MOVIE. THIS MOVIE STORY WAS GOOD. SOME SCENE WAS BORED BUT IT'S OKAY. THIS MOVIE WAS PRETTY SCARY. I FELT THAT. Browse for similar items by category:
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