The Caller

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release date August 26 2011
studio Samuel Goldwyn Films
director Mathew Parkhill
writer Sergio Casci
starring Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer, Luis Guzman
trailer 1 Trailer #1

Synopsis

When troubled divorcee, Mary Kee, begins to receive mysterious phone calls from an unknown caller she quickly begins to feel haunted in her own home. When she discovers that the person is calling from the past, Mary realizes that she will have to kill her in order to survive but how do you kill someone living in the past and what will happen if she fails.

From the director of the internationally acclaimed dot the i, Caller is a chilling supernatural thriller in the tradition of The Grudge and The Ring.

Official Review

I wasn’t sure what to think the first time I saw Matthew Parkhill’s The Caller. There was definitely a lot to like about it, but it also had a certain gauziness that kept me at arm’s length. After seeing it a second time, I can definitely say that I like the film as a whole – but it’s one of those frustrating forms of ‘like’ where I found myself wishing the filmmakers had just a few more resources at their disposal to really bring it home. As it stands, it’s a good movie with great potential that I wanted to work just a little bit better than it did. …Read More

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Official Score: 3.5 / 5