When a Stranger Calls
Simon West’s do-over of Fred Walton’s 1979 creepfest – in which babysitter Belle menaced by a stranger with a phone who probably isn’t that guy from Verizon – is a hollow, shallow, and just plain boring exercise in snooziness.
"...probably isn’t that guy from Verizon. And with no Carol Kane on hand (as in the original), this might..."