Review of The Caller

The Caller (2011)
6/10
one to have your full attention to understand it all
19 October 2011
I came across this flick due the name Stephen Moyer. I adore True Blood so I wanted to see if he could do anything else outside True Blood. The main lead I was afraid of, Rachelle Lefevre coming out of one of the worst features, Twilight. God, I can't say it enough how bad that saga is. But I was surprised of her doings. She really was believable in this suspense thriller with a bit of horror here and there. This is the second feature that I've seen with Stephen and he act well but still it remind me of True Blood.

So the actors are okay as did the directing by Matthew Parkhill. From the first minute you want to know what's going on with the telephone. And you kept watching until the end and you have to watch closely (suspense) to get it figured out. It isn't all that bloody or so but the supernatural effect makes it a bit of horror. The editing was okay because you have flash backs and those kind of things to explain it all.

The weakness is maybe that you can see it coming from the first meeting between the main leads that they are going to fall in love. One scene do show them making love were Rachell goes full naked but filmed in a way that it isn't gratuitous. Luckily there's a twist between them so we don't have the love affair being the main lead.

Ed Quinn (also from True Blood) gives the story something to look forward to (thriller). To end, it's a nice flick but all those twists and genres some will leave it as it is but I guess due Twilight and True Blood it will have it's viewers. Not bloody at all and without many effects.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 1/5 Story 3/5 Effects 1/5 Comedy 0/5
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