When a Stranger Calls (2006 film)

2006 film by Simon West

When a Stranger Calls is a 2006 horror film about a babysitter who starts to receive threatening phone calls from an unidentified stranger. It is a remake of the 1979 film of the same name.

Directed by Simon West. Written by Jake Wade Wall.
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[The phone rings. Jill answers it.]
Jill Johnson: Hello? [No one responds] ...Mandrakis Residence?
Voice of the Stranger: Have you checked the children?
Jill Johnson: What?
[The stranger hangs up. Jill runs and checks on the children. She comes back downstairs, The phone rings again, Jill answers it.]
Jill Johnson: Hello?
Voice of the Stranger: .....How were the children?

Jill Johnson: Tiffany, I know it's you. I can see your name on Caller ID, genius.
Voice of the Stranger: This isn't Tiffany.
Jill Johnson: Who is this?
Voice of the Stranger: .....Who is this?
Jill Johnson: Cody?
Voice of the Stranger: Who's Cody?
Jill Johnson: You better cut this out!
[The stranger hangs up]

Officer Burroughs: Do you have any friends that can come stay with you?
Jill Johnson: They're all at the bonfire.

Jill Johnson: He can see me!
Officer Burroughs: Sorry?
Jill Johnson: It's Jill, the girl who called before about the man who keeps on calling.
Officer Burroughs: What's going on?
Jill Johnson: He called me again.
Officer Burroughs: What did he say?
Jill Johnson: He's out there, he's outside, he's watching me through the windows.
Officer Burroughs: Did you see him?
Jill Johnson: No, but I know he can see me, because I went upstairs..
Officer Burroughs: Okay, take a deep breath, where's the house keeper?
Jill Johnson: I don't know, I saw her purse and the keys but I can't find her.
Officer Burroughs: The house locked up?
Jill Johnson: Yes.
Officer Burroughs: Alarm system?
Jill Johnson: It's on.
Officer Burroughs: Okay, you're safe inside that house. If he wanted to break in, he wouldn't be calling.
Jill Johnson: But he must want something!
Officer Burroughs: Listen to me, Miss, it's just some asshole trying to hassle you.

Jill Johnson: You really scared me, if that's what you wanted. Is that what you wanted?
Voice of the Stranger: No.
Jill Johnson: What do you want?
Voice of the Stranger: Your blood all over me.

[The phone rings again, Jill abruptly answers it.]
Jill Johnson: Stop calling me you sick...!---
Officer Burroughs: [on phone] Jill, listen to me. We traced the call. It's coming from inside the house!...
[Jill's eyes widen in shock.]
Officer Burroughs: [on phone] ...Do you hear me? It's coming from inside the house! You need to get out! Jill?
[The power goes out. Jill hear a cellphone ringing, She turns around and finds Tiffany's dead body. Jill shrieks.]

Jill Johnson: Where is he?
Officer Burroughs: We got him. He's in that police car right over there. In ankle cuffs, handcuffs. Enought sedatives to kill a horse. We're gonna take him to the hospital. We'll have four cops guarding him around the clock.
Jill Johnson: That's not enough.

Officer Burroughs: Has he been using threatening language?
Jill Johnson: No, sometimes he doesn't even say anything, he just keeps on calling.

Taglines

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  • Evil Hits Home
  • Whatever You Do, Don't Answer The Phone.

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