The Night Caller

"The Night Caller" is a remake of an episode from the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents". The original show was good but not outstanding. Can the remake be any better?

Betsy just recently got a divorce and she's moved into a new apartment. However, she soon starts getting weird and vaguely threatening phone calls and the guy in the apartment overlooking hers is creepy and keeps staring at her. So she contacts the police...and the detective on the case is pretty useless and a sexist guy. He tells her to buy a gun but there's nothing the cops can do other than warn the neighbor to stop staring at her. In some ways, you can understand the cop since she isn't positive who is making the calls...though, as I said, he's useless. Plus, the phone calls continue...and they get more threatening.

Like the original episode, this one is pretty good but not exactly a classic. It is worth seeing but Betsy did seem to overreact towards the end...making the show a bit less believable.

This "AHP" episode from season one of 1985 called "The Night Caller" is one that's a tease as it's like mind fear and it twist in a strange way. The story has Betsy(Linda Fiorentino) as a recent divorcee who's just moved into a new apartment and she starts to receive strange and creepy phone calls plus she feels like she's being watched by a peeping tom thru her apartment window. Really this rivals Hitchcock works like "Rear Window" or "Psycho" as it has you thinking only to surprise as in the end you ask did Betsy really solve her problem or not? Also look for comic Sandra Bernhard in a small part as Betsy's best friend.

Night Caller was a very riveting little episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents,-cleverly directed by John Byrum and very stirring.The plot centers around Betsy Van Kennon,(Linda Fiorentino) who is a recent divorcée moving into a new apartment in Marina Del Rey, set up for her by her ex-husband.

The music in this episode is very eerie,and plays very well to some of the chilling moments the viewer is treated to.A very intense mystery, and you are constantly wondering what is going to unfold next.This episode was adapted from a story by Gabrielle Upton.You are on the edge of your seat and guessing from start to finish.Solid performances from Fiorentino,Michael O'Keefe,Tony Bill, and guest star Stephen Davies chips in nicely as Detective Duane Calvin.

A psychopathic peeping tom neighbour has an opportunity to plaque a young woman's life by phone. A remake of the 1964 episode ( starring Felicia Farr), but with some differences. The ending, of course, is similar, but there's minimal conversation between the suspected caller and the lady. It's creepy, has seedy atmosphere and some tension, however, the characters aren't too likeable, and it's rather flat in places.