The website for the remake of WHEN A STRANGER CALLS went live recently, which is no surprise since the film opens February 3rd. There’s something about the graphic on the main page prior to entering the site doesn’t gel with me. Whether it’s the cellphone itself or the cheesy picture in the display, I don’t know. Anyways, past the flash intro, you’re treated to a synopsis of the film, a photo gallery of sorts and the chance to tell your own scary babysitting stories. The chance to abuse that last option is so tempting it’s crazy (‘One time, I ordered a pizza and when the pizza lady arrived I was short 5 bucks. She told me the only way to make it up was…’).
Based on the 1979 original, a hundred miles away from a scene of a grizzly murder in small town America, Jill Johnson (Camilla Belle) settles in for a routine night of babysitting. With the children sound asleep and a beautiful home to explore, she locks the door and sets the alarm. But when a series of eerie phone calls from a stranger insist that she should “check the children”, Jill panics. Fear escalates to terror when she has the call traced. And what the police find turns the perfect babysitting job into a 16-year-old’s worst nightmare.
Click the image below to visit the site.