This horror movie shocked us in the very first scene.
The Big Picture Horror films work only if they find some way to shock the audience. If everything plays out predictably, hitting all the familiar beats, then what is there to be scared of? There are many ways to do this, from a surprise kill of a main character to keep us on our toes, such as when Marion Crane is stabbed to death in Psycho, to a jaw-dropping ending, like Jigsaw's reveal at the end of Saw.
Another film that does it perfectly is Wes Craven's Scream in 1996. Drew Barrymore was the big star and the one on the poster. She was going to be our final girl. When the killer we will come to know as Ghostface calls her late at night when she's in her house alone, we know she's going to have to fight, but she'll overcome. Instead, Ghostface stabs her to death in the first 15 minutes. Now no one's safe. Scream can literally do anything to us now and get away with it.
We're not even five minutes into When a Stranger Calls when those calls start happening. First, Jill answers the phone and no one's there, but then the caller rings again, and a man calmly asks, "Have you checked the children?" They hang up, only to call back with the same question. We hear something move in the house, ominous music plays, and now concerned, Jill walks through dark rooms. The movie is playing hide-and-seek with Jill and the audience.
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