Terreur sur la ligne

Titre original : When a Stranger Calls

1979
13
1h 37min

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6,4/10

15 k

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Carol Kane in Terreur sur la ligne (1979)

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Horror Mystery Thriller

Un tueur psychopathe terrorise une nounou, puis revient sept ans plus tard pour la menacer à nouveau.Un tueur psychopathe terrorise une nounou, puis revient sept ans plus tard pour la menacer à nouveau.Un tueur psychopathe terrorise une nounou, puis revient sept ans plus tard pour la menacer à nouveau.

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NOTE IMDb

6,4/10

15 k

MA NOTE

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Récompenses
- 1 victoire et 1 nomination au total

Anecdotes
Throughout the opening segment, director Fred Walton gradually increases the feeling of suspense by making each subsequent phone call ring a bit louder than the previous one. They escalate from eerie to jarring and finally infuriating.

Gaffes
Based on the year the film took place, 1 minute would not be nearly long enough to trace Curt's call. Back when the movie was set, it would've taken 10-20 minutes for several switchboards and circuits to locate the origin of the call.

Citations
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!

Crédits fous
Even though Columbia Pictures distributed this film, the Columbia Pictures logo does not appear.

Connexions
Featured in Sneak Previews: 10/When a Stranger Calls/Starting Over/Apocalypse Now (1979)

Bandes originales
Space Race
Performed by Billy Preston
Written by Billy Preston (uncredited)
Engineer Thomas Vicari (uncredited)
Producer Billy Preston (uncredited)
Courtesy of A&M Records

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7/10

Have you checked the children?

"When a Stranger Calls" is a somewhat entertaining horror-suspense-thriller that starts off great, loses steam in the middle, then comes back for a good finish. The beginning of this movie is outstanding, with babysitter Carol Kane receiving obscene phone calls from an unknown maniac. This is far and away the best part of the film. It's scary, creepy, and downright eerie. But it doesn't sustain that level through the entire film. The mid-portion of the movie is rather dull, featuring a few lazy supporting performances. But "When a Stranger Calls" redeems itself with a nail-biting climax, even though the conclusion doesn't top the film's opening in terms of scariness. Carol Kane and Charles Durning are good in the roles of the terrified babysitter and the private detective searching for the killer when he's on the loose. "When a Stranger Calls" is not a great horror movie but a good one. And its better than the cable-made sequel that came out fourteen years later, "When a Stranger Calls Back".

*** (out of four)