When A Stranger Calls (2006)

Director: Simon West

Written By: Jake Wade Well (Based On The Original Screenplay By: Steve Feke & Fred Walton

Cinematography By: Peter Menzies Jr.

Editor:  Jeff Betancourt

 

Cast: Camilla Belle, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson

 

Yet another remake of a Classic Or at least well remembered horror film. Now They call it a re-imagining. Some work some don’t well guess what this is one that doesn’t the filmmakers of this one’s big idea is let’s take the first 20 minutes of the original and make it the whole movie all 90 minutes of the film takes place with our lead character running from a killer who is in the house of course this house is big but at 90 minutes there is only so many places she can hide. So many times the audience can experience false scares and not get tired of it. Then you take out things that would have at least been distracting extreme violence and brutality (killing the young kids comes to mind) that the original had. Since it is based on 20 minutes of the original I guess that is why everything is thin in this movie the actors the characters the script the premise. The only thing that is interesting is that they never show the killer or his face.  But what else can I expect when it was directed by simon west the director who I don’t understand how he gets work he is a hack and worse a hack who copies another hack named Michael bay. But at least Michael bay knows how to blow things up well. Trust me teen melodrama added into the mix doesn’t help a thing or make anyone more interesting we know this is not a joke played on her though maybe the film would have been more interesting if it was at least that would have been a twist I never saw coming and when she defends herself against the killer it ends up being a friend of hers now there that’s entertainment. But in the end the joke was played on the audience who spends anytime watching this.

 

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Grade: F