Words cannot express just how much I love this film. It has everything I love in a good thriller - smart heroine, high stakes, and an ambiguous, head-scratching ending.
I guess when it was released it was a bomb but ensuing years have proven its worth and stature as a classic. As with most things of awesomeness, it took years to be appreciated but now has become a film to influence and entertain others.
The now-cliche "sorority girls in distress" originated here. The group assembles to party and ring in the holidays with booze and silliness when prank phone calls start arriving at the house. The girls laugh them off at first and go on about their business.
One girl, Clare excuses herself from the party early to head upstairs to pack. She is alone on the second floor when she hears footsteps. She goes to investigate. Soon, her screams echoes through the upstairs. Unfortunately, the party downstairs is louder and no one answers her.
The killer has claimed his first victim.
Another cliches, "the call is coming from inside the house", saw it's start with this film as well but it is so well done you won't care. It just worked.
Excellent film, check it out. But don't watch it alone!!!
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