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When a Stranger Calls

2006Movie1 h 27 minPG-13

HorrorMystery
34
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IMDb5.1Letterboxd2.5/5Metacritic275.5Rotten Tomatoes8%44%
34
BadGoodWatch score
IMDb5.1Letterboxd2.5/5Metacritic275.5Rotten Tomatoes8%44%

Summary

Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening. Soon, the ringing of a phone and the frightening words of a sadistic caller turn Jill's routine experience into a night of terror.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Binge-friendly
  • Pure escapism

Skip it if

  • You need an uplifting mood
  • You scare easily

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  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Puts you inside a crime.
  • Scares you.
  • Gets your pulse racing.
  • Feels like real life.

Not for warmth, laughs or uplift.

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Tropes

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