Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Jill Schoelen

Julia is babysitting two young kids while a doctor and his wife are out. During the evening, a stranger knocks on the door asking Julia if she can call the auto club so he can get a tow. The phone lin...( read more  read more... )e is dead though. This is all part of the act as he has made his way inside and abducted the two children. Years later, Julia has become an introvertive college student. She claims the stalker is back haunting her. Enter Jill Johnson and now retired cop John Clifford, who have reunited to help Julia find the stalker. Can they stop him before he strikes again?

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R, 94 min.

Directed by: Fred Walton

Release Date: April 4, 1993

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DVD Release Date: September 22, 1998

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  • November 24, 2007
    Campolongo more or less says it all. Tension is kept tight throughout, Walton really knows how to squeeze every once of suspense out of these kind of films. There's a few great twists (one of the main characters is knocked out of the action half way through). Nice to see the orig...( read more)inal stars once again especially Carol Kane who gives it her best & wont take any of this "Shes just a mixed up kid" crap from the cops. Wipes the floor with the first one which people really only remember when you quote the line "The calls are coming from inside the house!"
  • June 26, 2007
    A great made-for-TV movie which doesn't suck! Perhaps better than the original film, because this has horror and stalking scenes throughout. The opening scene is chilling and superbly written.

    It begins with a young babysitter alone in a big house, and some guy banging on the ...( read more)front door, saying his car had problems and he needs to come in and use the phone, but then freaky things start to happen from there. The killer torments the girl throughout the course of the movie.

    Offering assistance are the experienced cop (Charles Durning) and the post-trauma babysitter (Carole Kane), both from the first "When A Stranger Calls" film. They investigate the alleged stalkings, and help track down the spooky dude, who has some crafty voice-throwing and concealment skills, making him harder to catch. I liked the weird scene in the bar with the ventriloquist act. The end battle is unbelievable in what the killer does.

    The first film will always be considered a classic, but had a flawed middle act. This one is more consistently scary throughout, though largely overlooked.
  • April 26, 2007
    This was kind of a disappointment because it started off so well. The opening is more tense than the original, using yet another urban legend to set it up, but goes quickly downhill soon thereafter, ironically when Jill and Clifford return from the original. There's no character ...( read more)development here, and little to no reference to the events of the first film - where are Jill's husband and kids, for starters? It should have been so much better.
  • September 19, 2006
    The only to see this sequel is the always wonderful work of Jill Schoelen. Man, I miss seeing her in these crappy horror films.
  • November 5, 2007
    Outstanding creepy opening and the rest of the movie is In a some way better than the original.
  • June 25, 2009
    crapest fim sequel ever
  • May 26, 2009
    i have the remake but now i want to see the original
  • January 30, 2009
    I WANT TO SEE THIS ONE:(
  • November 26, 2008
    Definitely not as good as the original...But The killer in here is quite different, that's all I can say.
  • August 4, 2008
    This is the old one i havent seen this one but i have seen the new one

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  • xlisaclairex
    April 4, 2007
    is dis a flow on to when a stranger calls????????fmb

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