When a Killer Calls

10/17/2023

**_A female alone in a house at night, targeted by a madman_** On a stormy night, a babysitter (Rebekah Kochan) starts her gig with a new family in SoCal, but finds herself harassed by phone calls from an unidentified man, whom she suspects is her boyfriend (Robert Buckley). When the latter & friends stop by (Sarah Hall), she knows the caller is someone else. Havoc ensues. "When a Killer Calls" (2006) is a traditional slasher in the mold of 70’s movies “Home for the Holidays,” “Black Christmas,” “Savage Weekend,” “Halloween” and, of course, “When a Stranger Calls.” Practically every one of these involve a young female or three stuck in a house during a storm, staving off a psycho killer. Armchair critics naturally have a low opinion of it because it was produced by The Asylum as