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Um assassino psicopata aterroriza uma babá e, sete anos depois, volta para ameaçá-la novamente.Um assassino psicopata aterroriza uma babá e, sete anos depois, volta para ameaçá-la novamente.Um assassino psicopata aterroriza uma babá e, sete anos depois, volta para ameaçá-la novamente.
- Prêmios
- 1 vitória e 1 indicação
William Boyett
- Sgt. Sacker
- (as Bill Boyett)
Joseph Reale
- Bartender
- (as Joe Reale)
Carol Tillery Banks
- Mrs. Garber
- (as Carol O'Neal)
- Direção
- Roteiristas
- Elenco e equipe completos
- Produção, bilheteria e muito mais no IMDbPro
Enredo
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- CuriosidadesThroughout 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.
- Erros de gravaçãoBased 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.
- Citações
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!
- Cenas durante ou pós-créditosEven though Columbia Pictures distributed this film, the Columbia Pictures logo does not appear.
- Trilhas sonorasSpace Race
Performed by Billy Preston
Written by Billy Preston (uncredited)
Engineer Thomas Vicari (uncredited)
Producer Billy Preston (uncredited)
Courtesy of A&M Records
Avaliação em destaque
Solid Horror Creep Fest
If you like to watch horror films to challenge your comfort zone and get some real chills running down your spine. When A Stranger Calls(1979) is a pretty good bet to do the job. This film builds its tension quite well, partly by using well chosen and well placed music to increase the creepiness. Rather than resorting to needlessly overdone gore; This film relies mostly on the old tried and tested power of suggestion to mount most of its suspense and scare factor. A much more effective method in my view, and there is strong evidence of this here.
Make no mistake, this film is no masterpiece. It has it's flaws. I found a couple of parts pretty unconvincing. Such as how easily John Clifford is able to convince Mrs.Mandrakis to let him in, and then help him. The execution of this part is a little weak. However that really doesn't take away from the films eerie feel and overall horror enjoyment. The film is pretty well paced, and kept leaving me wanting to see what was going to happen next; Where as many other horror films leave me not even caring what happens next. The acting here is pretty solid all the way around, and the direction is decent.
Usually I would rate a decent film like this, with a couple of somewhat unconvincing parts a 6 out of 10. However this film is definitely very effective in what it sets out to do. Which is of course to give the viewer some real creepy thrills. So I find it hard to give this any less than a 7. I got from it exactly what I had hoped. It could have been a little better in some areas, but all in all it's a pretty solid film. So as far as horror films go, this is in the upper echelon in my view.
Note: I only decided to watch this film based on an interview I saw with actress Jennifer Connelly on The Late Show with David Letterman. She basically said that this film scared the crap out of her. So being the film nut I am, I figured it was worth a look. And it was, so I owe thanks to her.
7/10
Make no mistake, this film is no masterpiece. It has it's flaws. I found a couple of parts pretty unconvincing. Such as how easily John Clifford is able to convince Mrs.Mandrakis to let him in, and then help him. The execution of this part is a little weak. However that really doesn't take away from the films eerie feel and overall horror enjoyment. The film is pretty well paced, and kept leaving me wanting to see what was going to happen next; Where as many other horror films leave me not even caring what happens next. The acting here is pretty solid all the way around, and the direction is decent.
Usually I would rate a decent film like this, with a couple of somewhat unconvincing parts a 6 out of 10. However this film is definitely very effective in what it sets out to do. Which is of course to give the viewer some real creepy thrills. So I find it hard to give this any less than a 7. I got from it exactly what I had hoped. It could have been a little better in some areas, but all in all it's a pretty solid film. So as far as horror films go, this is in the upper echelon in my view.
Note: I only decided to watch this film based on an interview I saw with actress Jennifer Connelly on The Late Show with David Letterman. She basically said that this film scared the crap out of her. So being the film nut I am, I figured it was worth a look. And it was, so I owe thanks to her.
7/10
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- TheAnimalMother
- 12 de mai. de 2010
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- Data de lançamento
- País de origem
- Idioma
- Também conhecido como
- Mensageiro da Morte
- Locações de filme
- Third Street Tunnel, Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, Califórnia, EUA(Clifford hunts the villain)
- Empresa de produção
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Bilheteria
- Orçamento
- US$ 1.500.000 (estimativa)
- Faturamento bruto nos EUA e Canadá
- US$ 21.411.158
- Faturamento bruto mundial
- US$ 21.411.158
- Tempo de duração1 hora 37 minutos
- Mixagem de som
- Proporção
- 1.85 : 1
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