Who was the killer in When a Stranger Calls Back?

Who was the killer in When a Stranger Calls Back?

Curt Duncan is an English merchant seaman who is a bloodthirsty serial killer and the main antagonist of the 1979 psychological horror film When a Stranger Calls, based on the classic folk legend of “The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs”. He was portrayed by the late Tony Beckley.

What was the original When a Stranger Calls?

When a Stranger Calls is essentially an expanded remake of Fred Walton’s $12,000 short film for Columbia Pictures, The Sitter, which comprised the first 20 minutes of this film. Walton was inspired to turn the short into a feature-length film after the considerable success of John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978).

Is there a When a Stranger Calls 2?

When a Stranger Calls Back is a 1993 American made-for-television psychological horror film and a sequel to the 1979 classic When a Stranger Calls which reunites stars Carol Kane and Charles Durning (reprising their roles as Jill Johnson and John Clifford, respectively) with director Fred Walton from the original film.

Did they ever find the strangers killers?

Disturbingly, the motive for those murders is still unknown, as the Keddie police department never caught the real-life killer(s), and the case remains unsolved.

What happened to the children in When a Stranger Calls?

Officers soon discover that the caller had savagely murdered the children hours before and made the calls on a phone the parents had never disconnected.

Is the call based on a true story?

The Call is not, in fact, based on a true story. The project was originally conceptualized as a television series before D’Ovidio combined forces with his wife, Nicole D’Ovidio and Jon Bokenkamp to rewrite it as a feature film.