The Monitor (2011)

Original title

Babycall

Directed by

Pål Sletaune

Genre

thriller film

Country

Germany, Sweden, Norway

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

R

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 157 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A single mother and her young son move into a new apartment. She buys a baby monitor to keep her child safe but then hears disturbing sounds that may come from another unit.

tensesuspensefuluneasyisolatedparanoidslow-burnclaustrophobicuncanny

What happens

The Monitor (original title: Babycall; titled The Monitor under US release) is a 2011 Norwegian thriller film written and directed by Pål Sletaune and starring Noomi Rapace. The original title, Babycall, is the Norwegian/Swedish term for a baby monitor; the film maintained this title upon release in Europe and Australia. The film was released on October 7, 2011 in Norway, and was released direct-to-video in the United States on July 24, 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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