The Night Caller (1998)A woman goes to desperate measures to meet a successful radio psychologist, even if it means killing in order to do so. Director:Robert Malenfant |
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The Night Caller (1998)A woman goes to desperate measures to meet a successful radio psychologist, even if it means killing in order to do so. Director:Robert Malenfant |
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Shanna Reed | ... |
Dr. Lindsay Roland
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| Tracy Nelson | ... |
Beth Needham
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| Mary Crosby | ... |
Nikki Rogers
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Cyndi Pass | ... |
Marge Hampton
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| Eve Sigall | ... |
Mama
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| Howard S. Miller | ... |
Lee Dixon
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| Christopher Kriesa | ... |
Mr. Brill
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Zack Hopkins | ... |
Matt Roland
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Luisa Leschin | ... |
Consuela
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| Rance Howard | ... |
Hank
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| Jean Speegle Howard | ... |
Olivia
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| Brad Sherwood | ... |
Andy Saden
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| J.J. Cohen | ... |
Bicyclist
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Shannon Welles | ... |
Customer
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| Judy Nazemetz | ... |
Operator
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A woman goes to desperate measures to meet a successful radio psychologist, even if it means killing in order to do so.
It's hard to come up with a totally original idea in the thriller genre, so it's forgivable if a movie's plot is familiar as long as the execution is good. But when your thriller bears a superficial resemblance to a well-known classic like 'Play Misty for Me,' it better have something of its own to recommend it. 'The Night Caller' falls way, way short.
Tracy Nelson has that haunted, hungry look that's well suited to one playing a mentally disturbed person, but she's not a good enough actress to pull this one off. Actually, any actress would have a hard time making this character work in this mess. The screenwriters decided to make it easy on themselves and the audience by having Nelson's character talk out loud to herself throughout the film, explaining everything and saving them some work. It degenerates from a just-below-par effort to a fiasco as the story nears the end. I'd avoid it.