The Caller (2011)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

This one gave me a surprise... glad I watched it. It is scary at times - it's a Thriller but seems to be splashed with a bit of Horror. Suspenseful!! She moves into a new apartment during her divorce from an abusive husband and begins to get strange calls from an elderly woman. This is when the scares begin. This film is not graphic in any form - minor violence shown that gets it point across loud and clear. 7/10

This wasn't a bad or good movie. It was meh, dull and dragged in some parts. The settings were all bland and uninteresting. The pace was a little weird. The only thing I enjoyed was the premise. The plot is a woman moves into an apartment and immediately makes fast friends with the gardener / groundskeeper, who gives her information about previous tenants when asked throughout the movie. The main character starts getting calls from an old rotary phone. It's from a woman from the past. Main character does something that offends her and slowly present reality starts to change cause this upset woman from the past can change things.She puts a drawing in a cupboard, walls off a closet, kills the gardener (in the past), kills somebody else, etc. The woman starts to lose it and the movie ends with her killing her ex husband? I hate it when movies give these anti climatic, weird endings. Nothing really got resolved. Too bad.Anyway, there's some cool back and forth between the two female leads during some scenes. That's about all this movie has going for it.

I've watched a lot of crappy horror movies on Netflix, so when I run into an actual good one, it's a refreshing treat! I didn't expect a whole lot out of this flick -- I assumed it would be like so many others I've watched: sub-par acting, a predictable plot, the ubiquitous jump scenes. Instead, I got pretty much the exact opposite: a cool premise with not only supernatural elements, but a little time-manipulation as well; believable, sympathetic characters, and a fresh take on the usual horror fare.I thought the lead actress, Rachelle Lefevre, did an excellent job conveying the right mix of toughness and vulnerability, given her situation, and it was nice to see Stephen Moyer NOT being a vampire. I even liked that the "villain" was a woman -- not something you see all that often in the genre. All in all, this movie was a very pleasant surprise, and for anyone out there getting bored with the cheezy horror available on Netflix, give this one a watch. I doubt you'll be disappointed!

Troubled divorcée Mary Kee is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman. When the stranger reveals she's calling from the past, Mary tries to break off contact. But the caller doesn't like being ignored, and looks for revenge in a unique and terrifying wayOne of the reviews said this took place in Venezuela. Somehow I missed that detail and it doesn't even make sense since everyone speaks English and it sure looks like America (even tho according to IMDb this was filmed in the UK and PRAnyway, that was just an aside. From the very first scene I was pretty riveted. It's an odd story that will captivate you.The scenes with the creepy husband put a bit of a drag on the movie, but I stuck with it.There are other sort of anomalies like why doesn't she have an answering machine instead of having to rely on always answering the phone. Why is the apartment always so dark? Doesn't she have electric? And some of the scene are contrived for suspense.Also, maybe I'm just jaded, but I knew VERY early on where 90% of this movie was going. Especially with regard to the brick wall where the phone comes out.Still, it's a fairly well done film. Doesn't keep you on the edge of your seat the entire time, but still definitely worth a look.