When a Killer Calls
Seen it?2006 | 91 min | Horror, Crime, Mystery
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- One for anyone who likes to solve it before the characters do and anyone drawn to the darker side of the street. It plays fair with the clues, so you can play along. If you loved Psycho or Barbarian, start here.
- The mood
- Scary, gritty.
- The pace
- Tense from early on, at 1 hr 31 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect violence.
- Not one for anyone who hates jump scares.
A babysitter begins receiving threatening phone calls from a man who has just killed an entire family.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 8K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Peter Mervis
- Rebekah KochanTrisha
- Robert BuckleyMatt
- Mark IrvingsenThe Madman
- Sarah HallChrissy
- Derek OsedachFrank
- Carissa BodnerMolly
- John RasileGianluca
- Chriss AnglinMr. Walker
- Tara ClarkMrs. Walker
- Louis GrahamCharlie