The Caller (2011 film)

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The Caller
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Directed byMatthew Parkhill
Written bySergio Casci
Produced byAmina Dasmal
Robin C. Fox
Piers Tempest
Luillo Ruiz
The Pimienta Film Company [1]
Starring
Distributed byBankside Films
Release dates
  • April 15, 2011 (2011-04-15)(Gulf Film Festival)
  • August 26, 2011 (2011-08-26)(United States)
  • September 1, 2011 (2011-09-01)(Puerto Rico)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryPuerto Rico
LanguageEnglish

The Caller is a 2011 British and Puerto Rican supernatural horror film directed by Matthew Parkhill and written by Sergio Casci, starring Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer and Lorna Raver. The movie was filmed entirely in Puerto Rico. The Gala Premiere of the movie was on August 23, 2011 at Metro Cinema in Puerto Rico. [2]

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Plot

When troubled divorcee Mary Kee sets up home in her new apartment, she stumbles across an old telephone which she quickly falls in love with. Struck by its antique charm, she gives it a place of pride in her home. Before long, Mary begins to receive strange phone calls from a mysterious, unknown caller. Over time, she discovers that the caller is a woman named Rose, and the two strike up an unlikely friendship. However, when Rose claims to be calling from the past, Mary begins to question her new friend's motives.

As Rose's phone calls become ever more disturbing, Mary's sense of terror escalates. Feeling haunted in her own home, she cuts all contact with Rose. Enraged by Mary's absence, Rose threatens to exact her terrible revenge, not on Mary in the present but on Mary as a child in the past. Mary finally realizes that she will have to kill Rose in order to save herself. But how can she kill someone living in the past?

Cast

Production

Brittany Murphy was originally cast as Mary Kee, but left the production and was replaced by Rachelle Lefevre. [4]

Remake

The film was remade into The Call (2020 South Korean film). [5]

Awards

AwardYearCategoryNomineeResultRef
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival 2011Narcisse Award for Best Feature FilmMatthew ParkhillNominated [6]

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