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Babysitter | Phone Call
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1980 | Fred
1980 | Fred
Budget 1,500,000 USD
Box Office Collection 25,000,000 USD
Throughout the opening segment, director Fred Walton gradually increased the feeling of suspense by making each subsequent phone call ring a touch louder than the previous one. They escalate from eerie to jarring and finally infuriating.
Fred Walton originally shot this film as a short entitled 'The Sitter', which was essentially the opening 20 minutes of 'When A Stranger Calls'. However after the huge success of Halloween (1978) Walton saw the potential of expanding the short into a full-length feature. The script was then expanded into a feature length film about the pursuit of villain Curt Duncan.
In an interview for the film, Carol Kane stated that while watching the film in the theater that people were screaming and talking to the screen during the iconic opening 20 minutes.
Star Tony Beckley was terminally ill throughout the production, because of this he did not fit the description of the killer but Fred Walton refused to recast him as they were good friends. He later passed away just after the principal photography was shot. Director Fred Walton dedicated the film's 1993 sequel 'When A Stranger Calls Back' to the memory of Beckley.
The original teaser trailers gave away the shock twist ending, as well as all the other plot points in the movie.
"Jill Johnson: [thinking it's Curt again] Leave me alone! Sgt. Sacker: Jill, this is Sergeant Sacker. Listen to me. We've traced the call... it's coming from inside the house. Now a squad car's coming over there right now, just get out of that house!"
"[repeated line] Curt Duncan: Have you checked the children?"
