When a Stranger Calls (2006)

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When a Stranger Calls
Whatever you do, don't answer the phone.
Credits
Title	When a Stranger Calls
Directed by	Simon West
Written by	Jake Wade Wall
Produced by	Paddy Cullen; John Davis; Wyck Godfrey; Ken Lemberger
Music by	James Dooley
Cinematography	Peter Menzies, Jr.
Edited by	Jeff Betancourt
Distributed by	Screen Gems; Davis Entertainment
General Information
Release date(s)	February 3rd, 2006
Film Rating	PG-13
Running time	87 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	$15,000,000
Gross revenue	$47,860,214 (US) $66,966,987 (Worldwide)
Preceded by	—
Followed by	—

When a Stranger Calls is an American horror film of the psycho-thriller subgenre. It is a remake of the 1979 horror film of the same name based on the urban legend "The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs". The movie was directed by Simon West and written by Jake Wade Wall based upon a screenplay originally developed by Steve Feke and Fred Walton. It was produced by Screen Gems and Davis Entertainment and released theatrically in the United States on February 3rd, 2006. In the film, a teenage babysitter receives increasingly threatening calls from a brutal serial killer whom she first assumes is simply a prankster.

Cast

Actor	Role
Camilla Belle	Jill Johnson
Tommy Flanagan	Stranger
Katie Cassidy	Tiffany
Tessa Thompson	Scarlet
Brian Geraghty	Bobby
Clark Gregg	Ben Johnson
Derek de Lint	Doctor Mandrakis
Kate Jennings Grant	Kelly Mandrakis
David Denman	Officer Burroughs
Arthur Young	Will Mandrakis
Madeline Carroll	Allison Mandrakis
Steve Eastin	Detective Hines
John Bobek	Officer Lewis
Brad Surosky	Boom Boom
Karina Logue	Track coach
Rosine Hatem	Rosa
Escher Holloway	Cody
Molly Bryant	Parent
John Waugh	Man calling dog
Owen Smith	Officer
Jessica Faye Helmer	Additional officer
Lillie West	Stacy
Lance Henriksen	Stranger (voice)
Andrew Aguilar	Dream man
Amber McConell	Cheerleader

Notes & Trivia

• The Asylum produced a knock-off film to capitalize on the popularity of When a Stranger Calls called When a Killer Calls. It was directed by Peter Mervis and released direct-to-video on June 19th, 2006.

The year in film

Other films that were released in 2006 include:

Altered Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon Bikini Bloodbath Black Christmas Dark Ride Deepening, The Dracula's Curse Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! Exorcism: The Possession of Gail Bowers Ghost in a Teeny Bikini Grudge 2, The Hatchet Hills Have Eyes, The Hillside Cannibals Hollow Man II I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer Last House in the Woods, The Left in Darkness Minotaur Mummy's Kiss: 2nd Dynasty, The Night of the Living Dead 3D Omen, The Otoshimono Penny Dreadful Pulse Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes Satanic Saw III Scary Movie 4 See No Evil Skinwalkers Slither Snakes on a Plane Snakes on a Train Stay Alive Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, The Ultraviolet When a Killer Calls When a Stranger Calls Whisper Wicker Man, The

Recommendations

Psycho-Thrillers

A Bucket of Blood Abominable Dr. Phibes, The Alphabet Killer, The Anamorph Brain Dead Carnival of Souls Creature With the Blue Hand Demons of the Mind Hannibal Headless Eyes House of Evil

House of Horrors I Saw What You Did Murders in the Rue Morgue My Soul to Take Nightmare Paranoiac Psycho Spiral Strange Door, The Valentine When a Stranger Calls

External Links

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• When a Stranger Calls at Box Office Mojo
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• When a Stranger Calls at The Video Graveyard

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