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Cinema Fearité Presents ‘When A Stranger Calls’ – The Movie That Scared A Whole Generation Away From Babysitting

February 18, 2016 by James Jay Edwards

No matter how you slice it, babysitters make great Final Girls in horror movies.  The combination of being alone in a strange place and being forced to be responsible for someone else’s safety as well as their own makes a character a great victim…and a great heroine.  The babysitter motif has been explored in many […]

Filed Under: Cinema Fearité Tagged With: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Dana Kaproff, Fred Walton, Halloween, Steve Feke, The Sitter, Tony Beckley, When a Stranger Calls

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