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film can deliver The final 15 minutes of the film are just terrifying but in between When Stranger Calls meanders through long middle section that comes close to boring the viewer and deadening the imr pact of that opening sequence In this middle section set scvin yiars later Charles Durr ning plays private detective hired to track down the killer ilony Beckley after hes escaped from mental hospital Duinmg does lot of running and so does Beckley who looks like real psychopath recruited for the part ollcen Dewhurst becomes decoy tor the killer but even her aging earthy While quantities lat charm cant save this overlong poorly plotted portion of the film PICKS YP But the pace of When Stranger Calls dramatically when the film returns to Kane now married and the mother of two children Beckley decides to terrorize her again Kane is forced to relive nightmare of the opening se quencc and the audience once again gets the chance to be scared witless When Stranger Calls doesnt try to be particularly original or creative in its evoca tion of terror The films struc ture is suspiciously similar to that of John Carpenters Hallo ween and the camerawork is often sloppy and too obvious Director Fred Walton signals all his suspenseful scenes well in advange but its credit to his understanding of what scares an audience that When Stranger alls works as well as itdoes Kane whose palefaced ulnerability has typccast her in most previous films is the perfect choice for the terrorized babysittermother she looks as helpless as newborn puppy and that draws the viewer into the film as effectively as dramatic plotline We reserve the right to limit Quantities fr picks up CARRY ROLES Dewhurst and Burning carry their roles competently enough but its Beckley as the killer who makes the stronger im pression The film almost dilutes the impact of his bloodlust by trying to create some sympathy for his psychopathic condition but Beckley fills the screen with haggard desperate face that makes the killer something more than cliche One look at Beckley is enough to make anyone bolt the door and refuse to answer telephone Beckleys favorite medium of terror is the telephone much despised instrument that con stantly intrudes when it isnt wanted When you hear his tensed whisper Have you checked the children you know something terrible has happened The suspense of hav ing to wait to have that fear confirmed is what makes When Stranger Calls such thriller PENALTY AlSED RIOT When hockey playrr Maurice Richard was suspended by the National Hockey League on March i7 1955 riots broke out in Montreal Filming in Canada Actor Lee Majors is in Toronto filming his latest movie The Last Chose futuristic thriller scheduled for release next fall Director Martin Burke chose the Civic Centre in Scarborough Ont because it has the cleanest lines in non rectangle way Majors is scheduled to spend another five weeks shooting in Toronto before moving to Arizona for final twoweek shoot CP Photo 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