The Caller (1987)
MysteryScience FictionThrillerHorror
One night, an unusual stranger in need asks a woman living alone in a house in the woods if he can use her phone. It soon becomes clear that they're playing a strange mind game and that there's something very wrong about the woods.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
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Malcolm McDowell as The Caller |
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Madolyn Smith Osborne as The Girl (as Madolyn Smith) |
| Production | Frank Yablans | Producer |
| Production | Charles Band | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Arthur Allan Seidelman | Director |
| Production | Michael Sloan | Producer |
| Production | Roberto Bessi | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Art | Joe Chevalier | Art Direction |
| Production | Gianni Cozzo | Associate Producer |
| Production | Debra Dion | Associate Producer |
| Production | Anthony Barnao | Casting Director |
| Art | Giovanni Natalucci | Production Design |
| Camera | Enrico Lucidi | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Carlo Maria Montuori | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Andrea Busiri Vici | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Marco Onorato | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Claudio Nannuzzi | First Assistant Camera |
| Production | Daniela Cincotti | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Camera | Silvia Giulietti | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Sandro Borni | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Giuseppe Muratori | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Roberto Pizzi | Grip |
| Sound | Maurizio Merli | Boom Operator |
| Art | Elio Altamura | Property Master |
| Visual Effects | John Carl Buechler | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Rick Ash | Foley Mixer |
| Camera | Claudio Diamanti | Grip |
| Lighting | Fabio Bolli | Electrician |
| Lighting | Tommaso Bartolozzi | Electrician |
| Art | Piero Ricini | Props |
| Art | Boni Fraulo | Property Master |
| Lighting | Giovanni Bolli | Electrician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adriana Mattiozzi | Seamstress |
| Lighting | Marcello Gabriele | Gaffer |
| Camera | Giulio Diamanti | Key Grip |
| Sound | Sukey Fontelieu | Foley Supervisor |
| Production | Daniele Tiberi | Production Accountant |
| Sound | Rick Ash | ADR Mixer |
| Production | Giuliano Principato | Unit Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sergio Ballo | Wardrobe Master |
| Directing | Gianni Cozzo | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Maria Pia Federici | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Brad Arensman | Executive In Charge Of Post Production |
| Crew | Giorgio De Vincenzo | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Mario Bramonti | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Francesca Roberti | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Carl Buechler | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Sound | A. David Marshall | Music Editor |
| Sound | Linda Whittlesey | Dialogue Editor |
| Production | Gianni Cozzo | Production Manager |
| Directing | Luca Lachin | Second Assistant Director |
| Editing | Nadia Mazzoni | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fabrizio Caracciolo | Costume Designer |
| Crew | Pino Carrozza | Special Effects Technician |
| Editing | Richard Boehm | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Bobbi Banks | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jacqueline Cristianini | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Gordon L. Day | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Gary Bolger | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Virginia Cook-McGowan | Dialogue Editor |
| Editing | Giorgio Conti | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Roberta Doheny | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Sarah Brady | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Andy D'Addario | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Beth Bergeron | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rita Innocenzi | Hairstylist |
| Production | Juliet Avola | Post Production Coordinator |
| Writing | Michael Sloan | Writer |
| Editing | Bert Glatstein | Editor |
| Camera | Daniele Nannuzzi | Director of Photography |
| Crew | John Carl Buechler | Special Effects |
| Sound | Gregg Barbanell | Foley Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giancarlo Del Brocco | Makeup Designer |
| Sound | Richard Band | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Frank Hildebrand | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Sound | Jack Smalley | Orchestrator |
| Production | Estelle Rodkoff | Casting Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Michael Deak | Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Thomas Floutz | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Sergio Mioni | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | John Criswell | Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects |
| Lighting | Kyle T. MacDowell | Electrician |
| Crew | Stefano Maria Mioni | Stunts |
| Production | Andrea Borella | Production Assistant |
| Camera | Roberto Brega | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Juliet Avola | Post-Production Manager |
| Production | Giancarlo J. Sini | Assistant Accountant |
| Camera | Nino Cristiani | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Carlo Postiglione | Grip |
| Sound | Christopher L. Stone | Orchestrator |
| Production | Gustavo Coscarella | Accountant |
| Art | Giacomo Caló Carducci | Set Dresser |
| Production | Giovanni Natalucci | Production Designer |