Movie Review: When A Stranger Calls

I saw this yesterday with Rhian, a friend from work. We headed off to Oscars for lunch but neither of us were very hungry so we only had starters. The film didn't rely on showing gory details, it was just implied. One scene caused a couple of young girls in the cinema to scream which was amusing.

We both like a good thriller and both liked this one. I would like to see the original to compare.

Plot: While most of her friends head off for a high school bonfire, Jill must take on a babysitting job to pay her parents some of the money she owes them for her excessive cell phone bill. The babysitting job is for a doctor and his wife who live in an upmarket, but remote and rambling, three-storey lakeside home. It looks like it’s going to be an easy stint for Jill. The kids are already tucked up in bed with the flu, so when the doc and his wife leave, she settles down for what she believes will be a quiet night. First, there are strange noises, then the phone rings, there’s no one there. It rings again and there’s heavy breathing. Is it a prank? The calls keep coming, culminating with the blood-freezing question, Have you checked the children? Moving from room to room in the creepy house, Jill’s fears intensify with each menacing call as she tries to work out what’s happening and what to do. When she finally knows, a terrifying cat and mouse game begins.