Fred Walton’s When a Stranger Calls is a classic horror oddity. There’s an entire generation of moviegoers convinced it’s one of the scariest movies ever made, and for two distinct sequences, it’s ...

It's unlikely that you have a landline or a flip phone anymore, but at one point, having either of these could induce some fear and anxiety around who's calling. No one wants to answer their phones ...

When a Stranger Calls is a 1979 American psychological horror film written and directed by Fred Walton and co-written by Steve Feke. It stars Carol Kane, Colleen Dewhurst, Tony Beckley and Charles ...

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Allow me to start with a disclaimer: When a Stranger Calls (2006) is no masterpiece. In fact, it’s plagued by multiple issues. To start, the flick is instantly identifiable as a product of its time.