Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Infamousta brilliant actors, brilliant editing

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Aquatica8-540-339259 I've read most of the reviews on here and not one mentions these points, so here they are. Chick is on the cell, walking to a house to babysit, in the dark no less, and has to refer to directions to get there. Did she click her heels together to get to the neighborhood? She must have, because if she lived on the road she'd know where the house was. If someone dropped her off? Why not AT the house duh!?! She feels like someone is watching her walking, yet HANGS UP with her friend?!? Swiss cheese for brains?!? THE BIG ONE. She assumes it's her boyfriend calling her cell phone all the times it's really the killer? She looks at the phone screen a lot, yet doesn't know it's NOT him?!? YOU SHOW ME A CELL PHONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE CALLER ID. I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE. If you answer a cell phone call that comes up blocked? Dumber than dirt. If they don't leave voice mail, they don't know ya. THE PARENTS. They spot the killer to let the audience know that the killer is KNOWN the dad says to mom " is that who I think it is?" Really?!?! Why not " wonder if they need help. Mentally challenged writer. I like my plots to have common sense. Not a good movie without that. There's "Suspension of disbelief" used to further a plot, then there's WTF. GUESS which one this is.

mdnobles19 An extremely amateurish rip off of When A Stranger Calls but unlike the well filmed, atmospheric remake of the 1970's chiller this one has balls. Right from the beginning of the film it has the feeling of unease and dread with brutal and effective yet generic kills that were disturbing and gutsy. This movie has a very visibly low budget and less than impressive acting that were the movie's downfall but the body count was decent and the killer was sadistic and stopped at nothing to bring fear to this poor babysitter and the stalk sequences though handled in a silly amateurish way did bring some suspense and creepyness to the film enough to make you look over your shoulder especially if you watch it alone in your home. The acting was beyond atrocious thanks to a horrible script and unoriginal story but towards the end it seems like everyone tried their best to step up their game which led to an effective, harrowing finale which might make you think twice about babysitting. Overall it's obviously a ripoff, unoriginal, flimsy but its brutality, creepyness and ballsy nature will creep under your skin, sure it wasn't amazing but as a generic rip off of stalk and slash it isn't half bad. Rent it. Have zero expectations, leave your brains at the door, grab some popcorn and enjoy. 6 out of 10

Toronto85 When a Killer Calls is clearly an obvious rip off to the remade 2006 film "When a Stranger Calls". The plot is pretty much the same too. A babysitter named Trisha receives anonymous and scary phone calls late at night, asking her if she checked the child she is babysitting. The exact same thing the stalker asks in "When a Stranger Calls". This film opens up with a rather chilling murder scene, which also includes us seeing two young children and their mother being stabbed to death. Probably a first in horror to actually see children being murdered on screen, it was pretty brutal. Then we meet Trisha who is babysitting little Molly. The scenes with them had a real Laurie and Tommy from "Halloween" feel to it which was nice.Most of the call scenes involving Trisha and the killer were actually very well done and a little unsettling. The house was lit just well enough to give that spooky atmosphere. We get introduced to some other characters as well. Trisha's boyfriend Matt, their two friends Chrissy and Frank, as well as a nosy neighbour. All of course are put in the film to add to the body count. The murders are pretty brutal. Not really gruesome, but the number of times he stabs each victim is just brutal.There is a decent revelations to the killer's identity, but the last twenty to thirty minutes of the movie is where it fails for me. I don't need to see Trisha tied up and being tortured by watching her friends be cut and stabbed. It was REALLY overdone. There was a scene at the end that lasted almost five minutes of just her tied up screaming and crying. It was definitely overkill to say the least. I also didn't think showing three kids being murdered by the killer was necessary.Overall, an average low budget horror movie. The acting is decent, but you could clearly tell it was low budget. There were some unnecessary torture/murder scenes, but some genuine creepy moments during the phone calls helps make the movie watchable at least once.5/10

stsinger "When a Killer Calls" is an unusually nasty slasher flick, with some very unpleasant and unsettling sequences. The decision was clearly made to try and cash in on the remake of "When a Stranger Calls" by pretty much putting in -- almost word for word -- the phone call sequences from that movie. They seem very forced.Additionally, the filmmaker commits the cardinal (but all too common) sin of having the heroine's friends being repulsive jerks. So for the beginning of the film, we really like and are rooting for the babysitter (a nice believable job by Rebekah Kochan), but then she's joined by standard slasher-flick teenage friends and the mood is ruined.The flick sort of works, but it probably a lot more unpleasant than you'll be expected, so be fore-warned.