
When a Stranger Calls(1979)
A student babysitter has her evening disturbed when the phone rings. So begins a series of increasingly terrifying and threatening calls that lead to a shocking revelation.



Carol Kane
Jill Johnson

Charles Durning
John Clifford

Jill Schoelen
Julia Jenz
Gene Lythgow
William Landis

Karen Elizabeth Austin
Skid Row Woman

Babs Chula
Agent

John Destry
Detective 1

Duncan Fraser
Club Owner
Jenn Griffin
Club Girl 1

Gary Jones
X-Ray Technician
When a Stranger Calls Back is a horror, thriller, tv movie film released in 1993 exploring themes of babysitter, stalker, sequel, ventriloquist, phone terror. Directed by Fred Walton, it stars Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Jill Schoelen. A retired detective and a crisis-center counselor hunt a killer stalking a coed.
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