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Plot: 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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  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    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 original 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!"
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    September 20, 2007
    Scared me just as much as the first one...tho might seem lame in todays standards...(same as original first)
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    September 12, 2007
    this movie creeped me out. especially the ending where he like opens his eyes and you realize he has painted himself to match the wall....wow...
  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    June 25, 2007
    I purchased this bastard against my better judgement, as the back of the box helpfully explained the transfer was 1:33:1. Since i knew the film had been made for tv and my online research revealed no widescreen edition avaliable, I gambled that perhaps 4:3 was its original aspect ratio. As soon as I popped it in though, and the infamous "this film has been formatted from its original version to fit your screen" message reared its ugly head, I knew I had been fucked.

    Right from the start, the film toys with your expectations. An early phone call to a babysitter leads to nothing, and it turns out we can't even hear what is said on the other end of the line. Not long after, there is a knock on the door, and a young man claiming his car broke down begs to use the phone. The babysitter, sensibly, does not let him in and so the opening sequence is established. If you've seen the original, the film continues to use your knowledge against you. Events from the first part are tweaked and the result is that the film is enhanced by experiencing Stranger 1 rather than diminished.

    Well directed though the opening is, there are problems with it, and they are only magnified as the film goes on. The original was a very plausible thriller, this one is much more typical horror fare, where a stalker goes through an inhuman ammount of trouble to mortify a young girl. It is no more plausible than a typical genre production. Nowhere is this more evident than in the ending. It is undeniably a creepy image (you'll know it if you see it) but the ammount of trouble it would take to generate is indescribable. This guy has a seriously skewed cost-reward system.

    Carol Kane returns and her performance is, once again, fantastic. Her character here is much older, harsher, working at a women's crisis center. She sells every nuance of her character. Charles Durning returns as well, though his presence is simply an excuse the writer gives himself to keep the police from being involved.

    Our stalker here, because of his line of work, has some intriguing abilities which he puts to good use. The problem is that the idea of someone from his line of work behaving as he does (something about it just seems so...hillarious) is so ridiculous that it takes away from the tension.

    If the writing is sloppy (and at times just plain bad) and the direction (surprisingly) uneven, the film does have a few highlights. A hospital visit from our boy is very unnerving, the opening has its moments as does the finale. They are not enough for me to fully recommend the film, but it is much smarter than it would first appear. Particularly for a made-for-tv production.
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    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 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.
  • Not Interested
    MCT:
    March 10, 2007
    ...back? Wouldn't that require calling them first? So you call a stranger, and make a movie about how they called back? ...Strange.
  • 1.5 Stars
    MCT:
    January 30, 2007
    The Only thing I liked about this movie was the oepning..It was quite creepy..But the rest of movie felt too long and boring..I hated the ending
  • No rating.
    MCT:
    December 21, 2006
    wow..... i luuuuuuuvvvvvvvvvv this movie..................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but then again its dumb because the title doesnt even fit.... the "stranger" never even calls... yet does he call back..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................BEFORE THERE WAS scream
  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    November 17, 2006
    Alright, but they shouldn't have tried to do a sequel after the original...this wasn't a bad follow-up though.
  • Not Interested
    MCT:
    October 9, 2006
    wait is this like the sequel to the original when a stranger calls? hmm...she has a gun so im gonna have to pass...
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    September 26, 2006
    The killer is a vantriliquist who can throw his voice and make himself 'part of a wal'l. Very creepy.
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    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.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 9, 2006
    This one is just as good as the first. Awesome can't be missed scene at the end involving the killer painting himself to look like the wall. Creepy and look-over-your-shoulder suspense!
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 8, 2006
    This movie's continuing from the first one. It's not quite as good..but still scary as hell! It's extremely good.

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  • xlisaclairex
    is dis a flow on to when a stranger calls????????fmb
    posted 556 days ago