Le Visiteur

Original title: The Caller

1987
R
1h 37m

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Malcolm McDowell and Madolyn Smith Osborne in Le Visiteur (1987)

Suspense Mystery Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

A woman, living in an isolated cabin, lets a mysterious stranger in to make a phone call.A woman, living in an isolated cabin, lets a mysterious stranger in to make a phone call.A woman, living in an isolated cabin, lets a mysterious stranger in to make a phone call.

Director
- Arthur Allan Seidelman
Writer
- Michael Sloan
Stars
- Malcolm McDowell
- Madolyn Smith Osborne

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6.1/10

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Director
- Arthur Allan Seidelman
Writer
- Michael Sloan
Stars
- Malcolm McDowell
- Madolyn Smith Osborne

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Malcolm McDowell

The Caller

Madolyn Smith Osborne

The Girl
(as Madolyn Smith)

Director
- Arthur Allan Seidelman
Writer
- Michael Sloan
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Trivia
About 39 minutes in The Caller, Malcolm McDowell, makes reference to Jack the Ripper. He played H.G. Wells in the film C'était demain (1979) where he pursued Jack the Ripper who uses H.G. Wells' time machine to escape the time period 1893.

Goofs
Madolyn Smith said she took a wheel from the 'T'-Bird to replace the one on her Land Rover, but it would not have fitted. T bird wheels had a fitment of 5 x 4.5" x 1/2" stud. Land Rover's have 5 x 6.5 x M14 or M16 stud.

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5/10

Unwieldy

THE CALLER is a very strange psychological thriller put out by Charlie Band's Empire Pictures outfit. It plays out as a two-hander in which a mysterious young woman is visited by an older stranger at her cabin-in-the-woods home, and the story follows their developing relationship which appears to be based on secrets, lies and game-playing. The chief draw here is Malcolm McDowell, who gives a typically eccentric performance, but sadly the actress they've put him up against simply isn't very good. The script is pretty poor too, with little suspense and then a big twist at the end which reminded me of Norman J. Warren's PREY, albeit less effective.