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The Caller(1987)
Status: Released
Date: 1987-05-01
59%
33 Votes
Time: 1h 37m
A strange visitor. A mysterious woman. A surprise ending...
Overview:
One night, an unusual stranger in need (Malcolm McDowell) asks a woman living alone in a house in the woods if he can use her phone. It soon becomes clear that they're playing a strange mind game and that there's something very wrong about the woods.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Empire Pictures
Altar Productions
Movie: The Caller
Top 2 Billed Cast
Malcolm McDowell
The Caller
Madolyn Smith Osborne
The Girl (as Madolyn Smith)
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Overview
One night, an unusual stranger in need (Malcolm McDowell) asks a woman living alone in a house in the woods if he can use her phone. It soon becomes clear that they're playing a strange mind game and that there's something very wrong about the woods.
Release Date
1987-05-01
Average
5.9
Rating:
3.0 startsTagline
A strange visitor. A mysterious woman. A surprise ending...
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