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When a Stranger Calls (2006)

Directed by Simon West · Cinematography by Peter Menzies Jr.

PG-1387 min108 frames

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Whatever You Do, Don't Answer The Phone.

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What is When a Stranger Calls about?

Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening. Soon, the ringing of a phone and the frightening words of a sadistic caller turn Jill's routine experience into a night of terror.

When a Stranger Calls is a 2006 American psychological horror film directed by Simon West and written by Jake Wade Wall. The film stars Camilla Belle, Brian Geraghty, Katie Cassidy and Clark Gregg. Belle plays a babysitter who starts to receive threatening phone calls from an unidentified stranger, played by both Tommy Flanagan and Lance Henriksen. It is a remake of Fred Walton's 1979 film of the same name, which became a cult classic for its opening 23 minutes, which this remake extends to a feature-length film.

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What does the cinematography of When a Stranger Calls look like?

Across 106 sampled frames, When a Stranger Calls builds its coverage from medium shots (54% of the sample), with close-ups (16%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Peter Menzies Jr. keeps 63% of it in soft, low-key light. 69% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Focus stays shallow in 83% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of When a Stranger Calls?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of When a Stranger Calls (2006) are #322f2c, #11100e, #52504a, #d3d0c9, #f7f6f3, #2c241c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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