| The Caller | |
| Starring: | |
| Director: | Matthew Parkhill |
| Producer: | Amina Dasmal Robin C. Fox Piers Tempest Luillo Ruiz |
| Distributor: | Bankside Films (United States) Universal Pictures (United Kingdom) |
| Runtime: | 92 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
The Caller is a 2011 British 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]
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?
Brittany Murphy was originally cast as Mary Kee, but left the production and was replaced by Rachelle Lefevre.[3]
The film was remade into the 2020 South Korean film The Call.[4]