The Caller

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First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Myself

Ooooooooooo problematic. It's cool to come up with a cool high concept plot device and I really loved the idea behind this one but paying it off and filling in the plot holes that pop up once questions start being asked, you know, actually making it work. That's another skill altogether.

I think even in the trailer you can see the problems with this one. I'm not one for alternate timeline theory but to be fair, the film sets up rules and sticks to them so I guess that's fine. But it's really tenuous. It doesn't bother to explain it's conceit either, it just is and expects you to go along with it.

Conceit aside, this film played up the horror right from the get go and doesn't ease you into it at all. This film really doesn't care much about suspension of disbelief. The suspicion and fear is cranked up to 11 from the opening and there's just no way to get in as an audience. You kinda get used to it as you go along but it makes those opening moments very hard to take seriously and consequently you're never quite onboard for the rest of the film.

Vampire Bill is in this. As is Luis Guzman whom I just cannot take seriously which makes his role problematic here too.

Yep. The whole film is just problematic. Points for trying. Some nice ideas that just don't develop too well and lack the execution needed to make it work.