I pretty much couldn't babysit ever and NOT think of these movies.
WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (1979)
Jill goes to the Mandrakis' to babysit. She's talking to her friend on the phone about Bobby and how her friend should give him her number and call her.
After that she starts studying and then the phone rings. Silence and then it disconnects.
More studying.
The phone rings again. This time there's a voice whispering, "Have you checked the children?"
Of course, she thinks it's Bobby pranking her but he hangs up.
The phone rings again. "Have you checked the children?" Hangs up.
Then she hears a noise coming from somewhere on the first floor so she walks through every room, checking windows and doors. She goes into the kitchen...
Phew! It's just the ice machine.
Another phone call. "Have you checked the children?"
Then she fixes herself some Jameson (my kind of babysitter). Another call but this time silence. She tries to call the Dr. at the restaurant that they said they were going to but they had already left. So she calls the police.
The police tell her that there's nothing they can do. Another call. "Have you checked the children?"
She unlocks and locks the front door, turns down the lights and starts going upstairs (finally!). The phone rings and she lets it but instead of going upstairs, she grabs a cane near the bottom of the stairs and calls the cops again. They tell her they're going to try and trace the call.
The phone rings. She answers.
"It's me." he says.
"I know. Who are you?" Silence. "I'm not going to be here much longer?"
"I know."
"Can you see me?"
"Yes."
"What do you want?"
Silence and then he says the most chilling thing ever.
"Your blood. All over me."
Wooo! I just gave myself chills. I'm not going to tell you any more but don't think I ruined this for you because that was the first 10 minutes!! LOL!! There's more. Much more.
Until tomorrow...
REMINDER: Contest entries must be received tomorrow by midnight!! Eeek!! My whole Saturday will be spent reading and judging. Dazzle me folks! Dazzle me!
WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (1979)
Jill goes to the Mandrakis' to babysit. She's talking to her friend on the phone about Bobby and how her friend should give him her number and call her.
After that she starts studying and then the phone rings. Silence and then it disconnects.
More studying.
The phone rings again. This time there's a voice whispering, "Have you checked the children?"
Of course, she thinks it's Bobby pranking her but he hangs up.
The phone rings again. "Have you checked the children?" Hangs up.
Then she hears a noise coming from somewhere on the first floor so she walks through every room, checking windows and doors. She goes into the kitchen...
Phew! It's just the ice machine.
Another phone call. "Have you checked the children?"
Then she fixes herself some Jameson (my kind of babysitter). Another call but this time silence. She tries to call the Dr. at the restaurant that they said they were going to but they had already left. So she calls the police.
The police tell her that there's nothing they can do. Another call. "Have you checked the children?"
She unlocks and locks the front door, turns down the lights and starts going upstairs (finally!). The phone rings and she lets it but instead of going upstairs, she grabs a cane near the bottom of the stairs and calls the cops again. They tell her they're going to try and trace the call.
The phone rings. She answers.
"It's me." he says.
"I know. Who are you?" Silence. "I'm not going to be here much longer?"
"I know."
"Can you see me?"
"Yes."
"What do you want?"
Silence and then he says the most chilling thing ever.
"Your blood. All over me."
Wooo! I just gave myself chills. I'm not going to tell you any more but don't think I ruined this for you because that was the first 10 minutes!! LOL!! There's more. Much more.
Until tomorrow...
REMINDER: Contest entries must be received tomorrow by midnight!! Eeek!! My whole Saturday will be spent reading and judging. Dazzle me folks! Dazzle me!
That was a creepy film. Shame the formula has been twisted and used with less effect in movies since that time.
ReplyDeleteSuch an amazing fright flick...
ReplyDeleteUhhhhhh *shudder*. I've never seen that movie FOR A REASON! You know that movie The Strangers from last year or whenever? Yeah, I had to change the channel whenever a preview for it came on, mostly because the apartment we lived in had vertical hanging blinds over 2 sets of french doors, and they didn't always hang just right, so there were gaps...yeah...and I'd imagine those scary-ass people from the movie watching me through the cracks...*shudder*
ReplyDeleteeeks! now that's awesome!
ReplyDeleteMy mom talks about this movie ALL THE TIME and how it freaked her out. She said the last bit of the movie is the absolute worst, and when she was in the middle of watching it, my dad snuck up behind her. Eeks!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, creepiest movie ever!
ReplyDeleteehh, people bad guys never really scare me. I typically only get scared by the paranormal.
ReplyDeleteWhich is why we're hitting Paranormal Activity 2 this weekend!
Hoo yeah!
why in the hell didn't she just check the children?! and those sound like pretty crappy cops- especially if she was worried someone was in the house (i assume that's where it's going...)
ReplyDelete@ Sarah- I am excited and terrified of seeing PA2 tomorrow
The pacing on that film was perfect for frightening someone!
ReplyDeleteOh, man! That's one I'll have to rent for Halloween. It sounds super creepy. The older ones tend to be the best!
ReplyDeleteMichele
SouthernCityMysteries
Creepy. Makes me want to go check all the doors and lock the windows.
ReplyDeleteShe unlocks and locks the front door, turns down the lights and starts going upstairs (finally!)
ReplyDeleteSeriously! Dude just wants to know if she checked the children. Answer "no", or go check on them and then answer "yes" next time he calls.
Bam! Problem solved.
...this is probably why horror movies don't scare me much...
I saw the remake of this...now I think I should check out the original.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to write creepy, but I'm also trying to work in a demonic goat.lol. Fingers crossed I get my entry in tomorrow. :)
Never watched this one! Then again, the only remotely scary movie I've seen is Urban Legends. :)
ReplyDeleteThat movie freaked me out! I've brought that movie up before and not many people have seen it (or least the people I've brought up to haven't seen it).
ReplyDeleteI used to turn on all the lights in the house when I would babysit after dark because of this movie and other movies and books like it. Now I wonder what the parents thought when they came home and found every light in their house on.
ReplyDeleteOh crap! That gave me a shiver! I saw part of this when I was much younger....*shudder* I couldn't watch it now....*shuddering again*
ReplyDeleteDang. I need to turn on the tv now....good job!
This one was spooky. I also read an R.L. Stine book called The Babysitter that was very similar when I was right around babysitting age... YOIKS!!!!
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one who didn't think Paranormal Activity was scary? There is a VERY similar movie called Paranormal Entity that is almost the same exact movie except I think it's a little better. At least the ending is (and we saw both PA endings).
This story freaks me out every time! They tried to do that remake recently and it just wasn't as powerful.
ReplyDeleteJai
I wasn't able to babysit after I had a horrible nightmare about a young girl who had been watched with each house she visited, a black sedan would follow her around town and eventually kidnapped her.
ReplyDeleteWhat's funny is I thought it was a story I read and just could never find the book, when actually it was something my imagination made up. I should have realized I was a writer a long while ago!
Eek! I'm excited to see who has won!
Dangerous - i will have to check out Paranormal Entity
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