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Old 01-21-2004, 02:48 AM
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When A Stranger Calls

I just watched this and FUCK did a couple of scenes mess with me! What do you guys think about this movie? "Have you checked the children" will stick in my head for a long time I think.
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Old 01-21-2004, 05:52 AM
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It's based on a short film that is basically only the opening scene--which is where I think they should've left off, because the movie went down hill from there. The sequel is really, really bad.
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Old 01-21-2004, 08:17 AM
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Agree with Dr. K, but you should still check out the sequel for the same reason you should check out the original: the beginning is really, effectively creepy.
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Old 01-21-2004, 02:56 PM
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I didn't think the middle of that film as is bad as everyone said it was it had some good moments. There is a sequel? didn't know that whats the story about?
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Old 01-21-2004, 02:59 PM
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I didn't think the middle of that film as is bad as everyone said it was it had some good moments. There is a sequel? didn't know that whats the story about?
It's the same basic story, but the killer takes pictures of the houses he enters and paints himself to perfectly camaflouge into a part of the wall. It's really cool, but it lags in the middle.
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I might have to check it out then sounds pretty cool.
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The first 20 minutes are amazing and one of the scariest things in horror movies. I do agree that the rest is kinda draggy, you alreays read people giving kudos to the ending but I never saw anything special about it, maybe I need to watch it again. Haven't seen the sequel, it was made for TV and apparently isn't too bad.
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Re: When A Stranger Calls

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"Have you checked the children" will stick in my head for a long time I think.

As will..."The calls are coming from inside the house"...That's just chilling
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possibly the best made for tv movie of all time in my opinion. It just seemed so real
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Old 02-03-2004, 02:33 PM
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This film has seemed to become a college hit in my city... I've had more kids rent it in the past few months than it has been all last year.

I haven't seen it myself because it looked kinda stupid, but I'm hearing good things here... So I'll probably end up checking it out.
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