When a Stranger Calls (1979)

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...Fear is the Message!

Directed By Fred Walton Fred Walton Starring Carol Kane Carol Kane  •  Colleen Dewhurst Colleen Dewhurst  •  Rutanya Alda Rutanya Alda  •  Bill Boyett Bill Boyett  •  Michael Champion Michael Champion Genres Home Invasion Film  •  Horror  •  Psychological Horror  •  Psychological Thriller  •  Slasher Film  •  Thriller Studios &
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Release Info 1979-10-26T00:00:00Z October 26, 1979
Color  •  97 minutes R Rated R
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HorrorHistorian5 said on 10/3/2022

"Felt more sense of Dread in Stangers, a creepy film! Yet Stranger Calls is very good too." more ►

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Ufhamlet

Ufhamlet on 12/12/2020 Reply  · 

Remarkably underrated film which doesn't have all the tell-tale gratiuitousness and hackneyed scripts so common of 70s horror. Kane and Durning are at their best. Great suspense building and, as far as I can tell, this film introduces the glissando effect used in the THX sample!

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