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27 out of 100

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4.9 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 86 Ratings

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  • Starring: Camilla Belle
  • Summary: A hundred miles away from the scene of a grizzly murder in small town American, Jill Johnson (Belle) settles in for a routine night of babysitting. With the children sound asleep and a beautiful home to explore, she locks the door and sets the alarm. But when a series of eerie phone calls from a stranger insists that she "check the children," Jill panics. Fear escalates to terror when she has the calls traced. And what the police find turns the perfect babysitting job into a 16-year-old's worst nightmare. (Screen Gems) … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 20
  3. Negative: 11 out of 20
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    50
    Designed to capitalize on the title and premise of the original but offers little to those who fondly remember it.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    38
    Rather than remake the entire original movie, Simon West and screenwriter Jake Wade Wall have taken only that now-classic first act and padded it out into a dull, filler-filled feature that's remarkably void of any new ideas.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tim Grierson
    30
    Amounts to an assault of jarring music cues and peek-a-boo scares that starts off mechanical and ends up utterly desperate.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 42
  3. Negative: 19 out of 42
  1. ChieuN.
    10
    The terror is really great. It has a weird mystery about the stranger. Jill Johnson from the movie was very brave. The make-up and the hair-style are great too.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. jimmytancredi
    5
    This movie was a great movie and was far better than the original. In this movie they stretched out the opening scene of the original. There are more characters which makes it more interesting. This movie has more chase scenes in it, unlike the original which basically had one. The set is also a lot more likable. Jill's acting in this one isn't superb, but it's pretty good, and also it seems like she actually cares about the children in this one. The stranger's voice isn't half as scary as the original which is the only downfall. But, you don't see the stranger's face until the end, so it makes him even more scary. Over all I recommend this movie and would give it a solid C.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. BrianL.
    2
    Spawns a new generation of film: Surivival-Boredom. Chocked full of red-herrings. In fact, for most of the movie the lead female has nothing to be frightened of; save for portentous horns and strings. Disparate camera work. A director in search of a movie.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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