When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Before, people were scared of viruses, and before, people were scared of terrorists; they were scared of men. Fred Walton helped usher in an age of fear with his directorial debut: When a Stranger Calls. Grossing $20 million at the box office, When a Stranger Calls is an expanded remake of Fred Walton's short film The Sitter, which roughly comprised the first 20 minutes of this film
