When a Stranger Calls Back

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When a Stranger Calls Back ★★½ 1993 (R)

Sequel to “When a Stranger Calls” finds college student Julia Jenz (Schoelen) still trying to put her life together five years after a terrifying ordeal with a stalker. She turns to her advisor Jill (Kane), who went through a similar fate, but once Jill becomes involved she again becomes the pawn of a psychopath. It's up to retired detective John Clifford (Durning), who saved Jill before, to do his heroics once again. Scary opening sequence but suspense peters out toward the end. 94m/C VHS, DVD . Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Jill Schoelen, Gene Lythgow, Karen Austin; D: Fred Walton; W: Fred Walton; C: David Geddes; M: Dana Kaproff.CABLE