The Caller is a 1987 mystery thriller film starring Malcolm McDowell and Madolyn Smith, distributed independently by Empire Pictures.

Special effects were supervised by John Carl Buechler, known for his long list of film credits including Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, and Re-Animator.

The climax reveals that the situation is actually a weekly experiment (similar to an escape room), where "points" are awarded to the Girl for finding flaws in the Caller's story.

On December 27, 1989, the film was finally released in the United States on videocassette by Trans World Entertainment.

[citation needed] In July 2020, Vinegar Syndrome announced that they were set to release a new scan of the original film print, on Blu-ray for the first time.