Day 42: When a Stranger Calls (1979)

Directed By- Fred Walton

Writer(s)- Steve Feke, Fred Walton

Starring- Charles Durning, Carol Kane, Colleen Dewhurst, Tony Beckley

Critics Review- "Glorified slasher flick never advances beyond a great first act."- Scott Weinberg "eflimCritic.com"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 40% Audience- 68%

Out of a possible of 5 stars- 2 1/2 stars

My Review-

This movie is based off of the urban legend of the babysitter and the kids she is watching, and it is kind of scary hearing over the phone "have you checked the children". I have always wanted to watch this movie, because I made the mistake of watching the remake first instead of this one; and in the remake that girl cannot act for shit. This was one of those true horror films, that did not show a lot of blood or killing, just good ol' fashion suspense. However for me the best part was the first 30 mins and the last 15 mins, other than that i believe that it did not need go into such detail about the killer and everything else. But that's just me, like the other one in way I wish it was mostly in the house and not seven years later however, for me it could have ended when what the movie is known for had ended, in the echo while she was on the phone. I did rather enjoy this movies in some parts of it, and other parts I thought did not need to be in the movie.