When a stranger calls..

Movie: When a Stranger Calls
Language: English
Date Watched: 10th May 2006
Venue watched: The Cathy
Watched with: Param














How the both of us went about watching this movie is a a hilarious story on its own. but that shall be for my other blog.

So about the movie now.
The movie is about a highschool student getting a baby- sitting assignment for a family with the most amazing house!!! I toaly feel in love with the house. It was simply breathtaking. Back to the story.. The baby sitter has a very easy job, the kids are asleep and she has free access to the fully loaded fridge. So she settles in for a quiet evening. However suddenly the phone rings. She picks up and no one talks. These phone calls continue and get more and more sinister...

The movie was surprisingly refreshing for its genre. The suspense was kept throughout. And certain scenes took you by total shock.
However the pace at which the events were unfolding was very slow. For the first 1 hour the suspense just kept building. (It looked like a episode of "Lets explore the huge house") There were numerous false shock (typical of suspense movies). Soon we were both begging for something to "happen" in the story. And boy did something happen!!! In the last half hour the story simply jumped to life and caught your full attention. The sequense of events was good and the sounds and light effects added to the ambience of the story.
When the suspense was eventually over (it took a grand total of 15-20min), we were shocked once again at the very end. I personally like that ending. It sure left an impact.
I give the movie 3 stars out of 6.