![]() ![]() Upon hearing about the incident, Garber alerts Clifford. While at the restaurant, Jill gets a telephone call and hears Duncan's voice asking again: "Have you checked the children?" The police escort Jill back home to discover that everything there is fine. One night, she and her husband Stephen go to dinner to celebrate his promotion while their children are babysat by Sharon. Jill is now married with two young children. Tracy screams for help and Clifford returns, chasing Duncan from the scene but losing his trail in the streets of downtown Los Angeles. After Clifford leaves, however, Duncan comes out of hiding from inside Tracy’s closet. He tells Tracy that Duncan literally tore the Mandrakis children apart with his bare hands and Tracy reluctantly agrees to act as bait at the bar that evening in an effort to draw Duncan out. Clifford tracks Duncan to Tracy's residence. Garber, who was also present at the Mandrakis crime scene, agrees to collaborate. Meanwhile, an increasingly obsessed Clifford confides to his friend Lieutenant Garber his intention to kill Duncan rather than have him recommitted. She tries to be nice to him while getting him to leave, hoping this will be the last she sees of him. ![]() Duncan follows Tracy to her apartment and she takes pity on him. Not knowing Clifford is after him, the homeless Duncan is beaten after harassing a woman, Tracy, in a downtown bar. Mandrakis hires John Clifford, who investigated the earlier murders but is now a private detective, to find Duncan. Seven years later, Duncan escapes from the psychiatric facility. He leaves Jill unharmed and, after his trial, is sent to a psychiatric facility. Unbeknownst to her, an English merchant seaman named Curt Duncan killed the children shortly after Jill arrived. Immediately after the conversation, the police phone to inform her that the calls are coming from a line located somewhere inside the house. Jill receives one final call from her harasser. She calls the police, who tell her to keep the perpetrator on the line long enough for them to trace the call. However, he calls again and again, the calls increasing in frequency and threat level, and Jill becomes frightened. Jill initially dismisses the call as a practical joke. When the children are asleep, Jill receives a telephone call from a man who asks her if she has checked the children. Jill Johnson is babysitting the children of Dr. The first 13 minutes of Wes Craven's Scream (1996) pay homage to the opening of When a Stranger Calls. The film has developed a large cult following over time because of the first 23 minutes, now consistently regarded as one of the scariest openings in film history. It was followed by the 1993 made-for-cable sequel When a Stranger Calls Back and a remake in 2006. It was commercially successful, grossing $21.4‒25 million at the box office against a $1.5 million budget, but received a mixed-to-negative critical reception, with many praising the opening scene and performances, and others criticizing its writing and lack of scares. The film was released in the United States on September 28, 1979, by Columbia Pictures. The film derives its story from the folk legend of " the babysitter and the man upstairs". Rachel Roberts, Ron O'Neal, Carmen Argenziano, and Rutanya Alda appear in supporting roles. ![]() Its plot follows Jill Johnson, a young woman terrorized by a psychopathic killer while babysitting, the killer's subsequent stalking of another woman, and his return to torment Jill years later and also the detective trying to track him down. When a Stranger Calls is a 1979 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Fred Walton, co-written by Steve Feke, and starring Charles Durning, Carol Kane, Colleen Dewhurst and Tony Beckley. ![]()
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