THE NIGHT CALLER is a Stalker-ella fable about a mousy psychotic who tries to validate herself through friendship with a radio shrink. Those who detest truism-spouting talk show hosts may enjoy watching this call-in killer drive a psychiatrist batty, but the film itself is routine
boogeywoman fare.
After 11 years, mousy Beth Needham (Tracy Nelson) tires of caring for her ungrateful, bedridden mother (Eve Sigall) and slaving for her demeaning convenience store boss. Mesmerized by the dulcet tones of radio show guru Dr. Lindsay Roland (Shanna Reed), Beth finds bliss by quitting her dead-end
job and by tacitly killing her mother, who suffocates after Beth fails to...
Released:
1997
Rated:
R
Length:
94 mins