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2	* CompleteMonster: The 2006 remake's version of the Stranger is a SerialKiller who stalks, terrifies and eventually murders young women for the [[ForTheEvulz joy]] of it. He prefers to target babysitters, having no compunction about killing the children that they are watching over either. He murders a babysitter and her two charges on the other side of town, and then preys on Jill for the rest of the film, killing her best friend Tiffany and a housekeeper in the process. He is eventually stopped and arrested, but the ordeal proves so traumatic for Jill that she suffers a psychotic break, dreaming that the Stranger is still there to torment her.
3	%%* CryForTheDevil: Most people forget that the original continued beyond the twenty-two minute mark, and was just gushing with this.
4	* FirstInstallmentWins: The film's iconic first act (the babysitter alone getting TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse) is far more vividly remembered and positively received than the rest of the film, which is likely why it was made the focus of the remake.
5	* ItWasHisSled: The fact that TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse was originally a shocking twist. The [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil trailer for the remake]] completely spoils this, as well.
6	* MoralEventHorizon: The Stranger crosses it by murdering children.
7	* OlderThanTheyThink: The "TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse" trope did not originate with this film, but ''[[Film/BlackChristmas1974 Black Christmas]]''. And it was an urban legend before that, too.
8	* ParanoiaFuel: These films basically play on the fear of a) being alone in someone else's house, and b) unusual noises inside said house.
9	* PoorMansSubstitute: It's pretty obvious that television composer Dana Kaproff, in his score for the 1979 film, is trying to emulate Music/JerryGoldsmith alongside some scoring methods that predate Music/JamesHorner's early eighties horror film works such as ''Film/{{Wolfen}}'', ''Film/DeadlyBlessing'', or ''Film/TheHand''.
10	* RetroactiveRecognition: In the remake, you may have noticed several well-known actors before their big break:
11	** Creator/DiannaAgron is an uncredited extra as a cheerleader, a couple of years before playing [[Series/{{Glee}} Quinn Fabray]].
12	** [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Agent Phil]] [[Creator/ClarkGregg Coulson]] is Jill's dad.
13	** Coulson's not the only superhero in the remake, either. Tiffany is Creator/KatieCassidy, aka [[Series/{{Arrow}} Black Canary]].
14	** It doesn't end there. Jill's best friend Scarlett is played by future ''Film/{{Creed\|2015}}'' and ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' star Creator/TessaThompson in her film debut.
15	** When he finally appears in the flesh, [[Creator/TommyFlanagan the Stranger]] is played by [[Series/SonsOfAnarchy Chibs Telford]].

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