When a Killer Calls
When a Killer Calls is a 2006 direct-to-DVD horror film directed by Peter Mervis and starring Sarah Hall, Mark Irvingsen, Robert Buckley, Derek Osedach, and Rebekah Kochan. It was distributed by B movie company The Asylum. The film was released in February 2006, to coincide with the theatrical release of the 2006 remake of When a Stranger Calls.
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| Directed by | Peter Mervis |
| Produced by | Sherri Strain David Rimawi David Michael Latt |
| Written by | Peter Mervis Steve Bevilacqua |
| Starring | Sarah Hall Mark Irvingsen Robert Buckley Derek Osedach Rebekah Kochan |
| Music by | Mel Lewis |
| Cinematography | Mark Atkins |
| Edited by | Peter Mervis |
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| Distributed by | The Asylum |
Release date | February, 2006 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
A killer goes into a house, killing a mother Linda Hewitt and her two children, Ryan and Holly. In the process, he takes pictures on his cell phone of the attack. Elsewhere, Trisha Glass (Rebekah Kochan) is babysitting a girl, Molly Walker, while her parents are out at a dinner party where her father is also meant to give a speech. She needs this to go well because her last babysitting job with the Hewitts did not end on a good note. On their way to the dinner party, Molly's parents are killed by an off-screen attacker that they obviously knew. Meanwhile, Trisha begins getting increasingly threatening phone calls and texts. Trisha looks for Molly and find her hiding outside behind garbage cans and just played a successful scaring prank on Trisha. They are greeted by Molly's next-door neighbor Charlie who also tells about Molly's ex-babysitter Mrs. Kochs, who, according to Molly, stunk.
In the house, Molly is in her bathroom brushing her teeth and Trishe drying Molly's hair. After Trisha puts Molly to bed, the caller escalates his taunting. He sends her pictures of the previous murders claiming he did it for her. Although she believes it is her boyfriend Matt calling her, she calls the police who inform her that they will trace the call.
Matt (Robert Buckley), along with his best friend Frank and the latter's girlfriend Chrissy, who are both rather reckless, obnoxious and irresponsible, arrive saying they have been chased by cops after Frank brandished his gun at a bowling alley during an altercation. They ask to stay until it is safe to leave. Charlie sees them being let in, but is then killed by the killer as well. Matt assures Trisha that he did not make that call. Going into the basement to make out, Chrissy hears a strange noise. Frank is killed when he investigates and Chrissy is beaten unconscious when she goes to find him. Worried that Frank is getting into trouble again, Trisha has Matt find out what he is doing. When he goes to the basement, he is knocked unconscious and tied up by the killer.
Watching the news of a triple murder earlier that night, Trisha realizes the pictures sent to her are real and that they are also of the Linda, Ryan and Holly. The killer calls Trisha and informs her that she needs to check on Molly. After the police call and inform her that the calls came from inside the house, she discovers a camera in the living room. She checks on Molly and finds her dead with Richard Hewitt (the murdered family's husband and father and also the killer himself, as well as the killer of Molly's parents, Charlie, Frank and Molly) in the bedroom. She tries to run from him but is quickly tripped and knocked unconscious.
Awakening in the basement, Trisha discovers she is gagged and tied to a rafter, Matt tied up on the floor, Chrissy tied up and gagged on the couch, and Frank dead on the floor. Richard tortures the group first by slashing Chrissy's breasts, throwing burning liquid on the wounds then he kills her by slitting her throat. Hearing a noise upstairs, Richard goes and checks and kills some investigating police officers. Richard also explains the reason for the murders, revealing he had become obsessed with Trisha after raping her one night. Using this time to free himself, Matt throws liquid into Richard's face and tries to free Trisha. However, Matt is killed doing this. Trisha manages to run out of the house and retrieves Frank's gun which he stashed in Matt's truck. She shoots Richard several times, ensuring he is dead, thus avenging everyone he killed (All the characters in the film killed by the knife). Trisha then walks away from the house into the streets, and obviously, going home.
Cast
- Rebekah Kochan - Trisha Glass
- Robert Buckley - Matt
- Mark Irvingsen - Richard Hewitt[1]
- Sarah Hall - Chrissy
- Derek Osedach - Frank
- Carissa Bodner - Molly Walker
- Chriss Anglin - Mr. Walker
- Tara Clark - Mrs. Walker
- Louis Graham - Charlie
- Isabella Bodnar - Linda Hewitt
- Cheyenne Watts - Holly Hewitt
- Christian Hutcherson - Ryan Hewitt
- Justin Jones - Trent Rockport
- Peter Mervis - Police Officer
- Leigh Scott - Police Officer
- Unknown - Sergeant (uncredited)
- Unknown - Woman on Police Radio (uncredited)
References
- "When A Killer Calls". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 December 2013.