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Un asesino psicópata aterroriza a una niñera y, siete años después, vuelve a amenazarla.Un asesino psicópata aterroriza a una niñera y, siete años después, vuelve a amenazarla.Un asesino psicópata aterroriza a una niñera y, siete años después, vuelve a amenazarla.
- Dirección
- Guionistas
- Elenco
- Premios
- 1 premio ganado y 1 nominación
William Boyett
- Sgt. Sacker
- (as Bill Boyett)
Joseph Reale
- Bartender
- (as Joe Reale)
Carol Tillery Banks
- Mrs. Garber
- (as Carol O'Neal)
- Dirección
- Guionistas
- Todo el elenco y el equipo
- Producción, taquilla y más en IMDbPro
Argumento
¿Sabías que…?
- TriviaThroughout the opening segment, director Fred Walton gradually increases the feeling of suspense by making each subsequent phone call ring a bit louder than the previous one. They escalate from eerie to jarring and finally infuriating.
- ErroresBased on the year the film took place, 1 minute would not be nearly long enough to trace Curt's call. Back when the movie was set, it would've taken 10-20 minutes for several switchboards and circuits to locate the origin of the call.
- Citas
Jill Johnson: [thinking it's Curt again] Leave me alone!
Sgt. Sacker: Jill, this is Sergeant Sacker. Listen to me. We've traced the call... it's coming from inside the house. Now a squad car's coming over there right now, just get out of that house!
- Créditos curiososEven though Columbia Pictures distributed this film, the Columbia Pictures logo does not appear.
- Bandas sonorasSpace Race
Performed by Billy Preston
Written by Billy Preston (uncredited)
Engineer Thomas Vicari (uncredited)
Producer Billy Preston (uncredited)
Courtesy of A&M Records
Opinión destacada
Great opening and ending--lousy middle
A girl (Carol Kane) is babysitting one night. She keeps getting phone calls from a guy saying "Have you checked the children". (They're upstairs sleeping). The phone calls continue. She gets nervous (and never checks the children). She calls the police. They trace the calls--they're coming from INSIDE the house...
This was a big hit in 1979 with teenagers--despite the R rating kids were let into this one. It does have a great opening 20 minutes and a pretty scary ending--but the middle is dull dull dull. It involves the killer (well played by Tony Beckley) stalking an older woman (Colleen Dewhurst slumming) and a police detective (Charles Durning--also slumming) after him.
Good performances save the middle half from being totally unbearable, and there is good direction from Fred Walton. But all in all this is a mediocre thriller. Still, I'm giving it a 7 for the opening, the closing and the acting.
This was a big hit in 1979 with teenagers--despite the R rating kids were let into this one. It does have a great opening 20 minutes and a pretty scary ending--but the middle is dull dull dull. It involves the killer (well played by Tony Beckley) stalking an older woman (Colleen Dewhurst slumming) and a police detective (Charles Durning--also slumming) after him.
Good performances save the middle half from being totally unbearable, and there is good direction from Fred Walton. But all in all this is a mediocre thriller. Still, I'm giving it a 7 for the opening, the closing and the acting.
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- 20 mar 2004
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Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
- País de origen
- Idioma
- También se conoce como
- Cuando llama un extraño...
- Locaciones de filmación
- Third Street Tunnel, Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Ángeles, California, Estados Unidos(Clifford hunts the villain)
- Productora
- Ver más créditos de la compañía en IMDbPro
Taquilla
- Presupuesto
- USD 1,500,000 (estimado)
- Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 21,411,158
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 21,411,158
- Tiempo de ejecución1 hora 37 minutos
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.85 : 1
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