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When a Stranger Calls is a 2006 remake of the 1979 film with the same name. It stars Camilla Belle. In the film, a babysitter receives increasingly threatening calls from who she believes to be just a prankster. The story itself is based upon a well-known urban legend.

Plot summary

During an routine babysitting gig, a high-school student is harassed by an increasingly threatening prank caller.

For the release of the film, AOL Instant Messenger ran ads beckoning users to IM Jill020306. When messaged, "Jill" (a Conversagent program) made small talk before panicking, as she received calls from a stranger, asking her to check the children. She then gives the user her phone number (a toll-free 877 number) and asks them to call her. When users call, they hear an ad for the movie. Like many automated messaging agents, "Jill" is easily confused, which resulted in some unintentionally hilarious moments —

Jill: i think i am going crazy. look, all my friends r at a party - u need 2 call me and listen in on this call.
User: how you doing?
Jill: i'm doing great. u?

Sometimes other glitches occur, such as Jill asking what she should do before telling the user that a stranger is calling her.

Credited cast

Camilla Belle
- Jill Johnson
Tommy Flanagan - The Stranger
Lance Henriksen
- The Stranger's voice
John Bobek - Officer Lewis
Molly Bryant - Mom
Madeline Carroll - Alison
Katie Cassidy
- Tiffany
David Denman - Burroughs
Brian Geraghty
Kate Jennings Grant - Kelly Mandrakis
Escher Holloway - Cody
Derek de Lint - Dr. Mandrakis
Brad Surosky - Bookish Kid
Tessa Thompson
- Scarlet
Kevin Wethington - Dennis Sheller
Arthur Young - Will

Box office

The film's 21.6 million dollar opening set the record for a movie opening on Super Bowl weekend.

As of February 26, 2006, the film grossed a total of 45.7 million dollars in the domestic Box Office.

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Movies - When a Stranger Calls

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