In a remote hilltop house, high school student Jill Johnson settles in for a routine night of babysitting. With the children sound asleep and a beautiful home to explore, she locks the door and sets the alarm. But when a series of eerie phone calls from a Stranger insists that she “check the children,” Jill begins to panic. Fear escalates to terror when she has the calls traced and learns that the calls are coming from inside the house. Jill must summon all of her inner strength if she is going to fight back and make it out of the house alive.
Release Date: February 3, 2006 Studio: Screen Gems (Sony) Director: Simon West
Screenwriter: Jake Wade Wall Starring: Camilla Belle, Brian Geraghty, Tommy Flanagan, Tessa Thompson, Clark Gregg, Derek de Lint, Kate Jennings Grant, David Dennan Genre: Horror, Thriller MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense terror, violence and some language) Official Website: HaveYouCheckedtheChildren.com
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense terror, violence and some language.
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SYNOPSIS
A remake of the 1979 Columbia Pictures cult horror film, which starred Carol Kane as a high school student traumatized while babysitting by a caller who repeatedly asks, "Have you checked the children lately?"
In a remote hilltop house, high school student JILL JOHNSON (Camilla Belle) settles in for a routine night of babysitting. With the children sound asleep and a beautiful home to explore, she locks the door and sets the alarm. But when a series of eerie phone calls from a STRANGER insists that she “check the children,” Jill begins to panic. Fear escalates to terror when she has the calls traced and learns that the calls are coming from inside the house. Jill must summon all of her inner strength if she is going to fight back and make it out of the house alive.
Movies
that take place around simple concepts and rewrite the cliches
of cinematic storytelling. How scary the thought of a stalker calling
you and keeping tabs on your every move. In its original context
left alone it is creepy and thought provoking. But this Remake
of the 1979 "When a Stranger Calls" is
not even remotely scary, the only thoughts it provokes is "When will this be over.?"
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