| Release Date | 03 February 2006 |
| Budget | $15,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $48,000,000 |
| Tagline | Evil Hits Home |
| Genre | Horror, Thriller |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Teen Movie, Slasher Film |
| Mood | Nail-biters |
| Themes | Nannies and Caregivers, Serial Killers, High School Life, Woman In Jeopardy |
| Tones | Tense, Creepy, Slick, Menacing, Visceral |
| Tags | Babysitter, Caller, Maniac, Stranger, Telephone, Telephone Operator |
When a Stranger Calls is a 2006 American horror film and a remake of the 1979 horror film of the same name based on the urban legend "The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs". In the film, a teenage babysitter receives increasingly threatening calls from a brutal serial killer whom she first assumes is simply a prankster.