Opens 4th may.
A slick remake of the 1979 original, Simon WestÂ’s WHEN A STRANGER CALLS is a contemporary update of a well-known suburban legend.
When 16-year-old Jill (newcomer Camilla Belle) runs over her cell phone minutes, her parents force her to spend the night babysitting instead of attending a huge bonfire bash.
With the children already asleep, Jill spends the first hour indulging in secret babysitter pleasures like snooping about and trying on Mrs. MandrakisÂ’s jewelry. Without a cell phone or car, and all her friends' phones out of range, Jill is particularly isolated--the perfect victim for a psychopath on the loose.
As she begins to get calls from a heavy-breathing stranger, what at first seems like a prank slowly becomes a real threat, creating a panic-filled evening that's any babysitter's nightmare. Using modern-day luxuries like caller ID, security alarm systems, and motion-sensor lights to its advantage, the film plays with themes of technology and wealth, pondering how much protection they actually provide.
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