In the fall of 1987, a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a sinister couple after a tragic accident occurs. Needing only to make a single phone call, the request seems horribly ordinary until they realize that this call could change their life…or end it.
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Is The Call worth watching?
49
MediocreGoodWatch score
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 49 (IMDb 4.3 and Rotten Tomatoes 46%).
Will The Call scare me?
Not scaryTerrifying
At times: scares are rated 7 of 10.
What tropes does The Call use?
What Are Records?No Good Deed Goes UnpunishedMan Bites ManAbusive ParentsRescue Equipment AttackPsychotic SmirkEstablishing Character MusicSleeping DummyRepressed MemoriesScars Are ForeverSet Right What Once Went WrongOff-into-the-Distance Endingand 33 more
TV Tropes lists 45 tropes for it, including What Are Records?, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, and Man Bites Man.