When a Stranger Calls/Boogeyman (2-Disc Set; Side by Side) (US Version) DVD Region 1

WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (2006): A slick remake of the 1979 original, Simon West’s WHEN A STRANGER CALLS is a contemporary update of a well-known suburban legend. When 16-year-old Jill (newcomer Camilla Belle in the part originally played by Carol Kane) exceeds her cell phone minutes, her parents force her to spend the night babysitting instead of attending a huge bonfire bash. As Jill’s father drives her to Dr. Mandrakis’s house for the evening, we are given the sense from the long drive, spooky music, and winding roads, that the home is literally at the end of the Earth. Perched over the edge of a steamy lake, the mansion-like structure is made entirely of dark wood and glass. With an arboretum built into its center, the palatial home feels both Zen-like and forbidding. With the children already asleep, Jill spends the first hour indulging in secret babysitter pleasures like snooping and trying on Mrs. Mandrakis’s jewelry. Without a cell phone or car, and all her friends' phones out of range, Jill is particularly isolated--the perfect victim for a psychopath on the loose. As she begins to get calls from a heavy-breathing stranger, what at first seems like a prank slowly becomes a real threat, creating a panic-filled evening that's any babysitter's nightmare. Using modern-day luxuries like caller ID, security alarm systems, and motion-sensor lights to its advantage, the film plays with themes of technology and wealth, pondering how much protection they actually provide. Clearly targeted at a teenage audience, the PG-13-rated film contains relatively little violence (lacking some of the graphic scenes that most people remember the original by), and instead uses unfamiliar spaces and a sense of the unknown to keep audiences scared. BOOGEYMAN: Stephen T. Kay's stylish thriller, BOOGEYMAN, takes one of horror's mythical figures and transports him into the 21st century. Though Tim Jensen (Barry Watson) is a successful magazine editor with a beautiful girlfriend (Tory Mussett), his childhood continues to haunt him. When he was only eight years old, Tim watched his father get eaten by the Boogeyman, or at least that's how he remembers it. Of course, no one believed him then--not even his mother (Lucy Lawless), who has just recently passed away. Wracked with guilt for not having been there to say goodbye, Tim decides to spend the night in his childhood home and confront the Boogeyman once and for all. But before that happens, he reunites with his old friend Kate (Emily Deschanel) and meets a young girl (Skye McCole Bartusiak) who is holding onto a dark secret of her own. Kay and cinematographer Bobby Bukowski pack BOOGEYMAN with enough tension for several films, finding terror in every doorknob and around every corner. Watson and Deschanel deliver grounded performances even as the supernatural insanity swirls around them. The result is a work that relies more on shocks and thrills than actual blood and guts in order to frighten its audience.

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Product Title:	When a Stranger Calls/Boogeyman (2-Disc Set; Side by Side) (US Version) When a Stranger Calls/Boogeyman (2-Disc Set; Side by Side) (US Version) When a Stranger Calls/Boogeyman (2-Disc Set; Side by Side) (US Version) When a Stranger Calls/Boogeyman (2-Disc Set; Side by Side) (US Version) When a Stranger Calls/Boogeyman (2-Disc Set; Side by Side) (US Version)
Also known as:	Boogeyman/When a Stranger Calls Boogeyman/When a Stranger Calls Boogeyman/When a Stranger Calls Boogeyman/When a Stranger Calls Boogeyman/When a Stranger Calls
Artist Name(s):	Jared Leto (Actor) | Camilla Belle (Actor) | Lucy Lawless (Actor) | Emily Deschanel (Actor) | Barry Watson (Actor) | Philip Bartusiak (Actor) 祖烈力圖 (Actor) | 卡美娜貝兒 (Actor) | Lucy Lawless (Actor) | Emily Deschanel (Actor) | Barry Watson (Actor) | Philip Bartusiak (Actor) 祖烈力图 (Actor) | 卡美娜贝儿 (Actor) | Lucy Lawless (Actor) | Emily Deschanel (Actor) | Barry Watson (Actor) | Philip Bartusiak (Actor) ジャレッド・レト (Actor) | Camilla Belle (Actor) | Lucy Lawless (Actor) | Emily Deschanel (Actor) | Barry Watson (Actor) | Philip Bartusiak (Actor) Jared Leto (Actor) | Camilla Belle (Actor) | Lucy Lawless (Actor) | Emily Deschanel (Actor) | Barry Watson (Actor) | Philip Bartusiak (Actor)
Director:	Simon West | Stephen Kay 西門韋斯 | Stephen Kay Simon West | Stephen Kay サイモン・ウェスト | Stephen Kay Simon West | Stephen Kay
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Release Date:	2006-05-16
UPC Code:	043396150812
Language:	English
Country of Origin:	United States
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	R (MPAA)
Publisher:	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Other Information:	2 DVDs
Package Weight:	190 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004400515

Director: Simon West, Stephen Kay

DVD Features:

2-Disc Set
Side by Side

Disc 1: WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (2006)
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.78
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dubbed - French - Optional
Subtitles - English - Optional
Subtitles - French - Optional

Disc 2: BOOGEYMAN
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
Subtitles - English - Closed Captioning
Subtitles - French, Chinese - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Alternate Ending
Behind the Scenes - 1. Animatics
2. Visual Effects Progessions
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes - (2) Making-Of Featurettes