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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs  Although it's been a few years since I last watched it, When a Stranger Calls is probably the weakest of the three films from 1979 in which the babysitter is terrorised – Halloween and The Amityville Horror are better – but the first act alone almost makes the film worth watching. When the action leaves the house, the tension almost disappears |
Agreed. It becomes pretty boring. No wonder when they remade it they concentrated solely on the first third of the film.
As for 'hider in the house/ babysitter' movies it doesn't come close to
Fright,
Black Christmas,
Halloween or many others.