BrookeAWheeler I generally avoid horror movies, but I really had a blast watching this one. Rather than taking it seriously, I just had fun laughing at all the (predictably) stupid stuff the young women did... And there plenty of those moments. This was supposed to be suspense/horror, and it failed utterly on that front, but I didn't feel my time was wasted. I first saw this while channel surfing late at night and almost died laughing at several points.

Dan Franzen (dfranzen70) "I saw what you did...and I know who you are!" This is what teenagers Kit and Libby say to Steve Marak (John Ireland), whom they've randomly dialed as a prank. Trouble is, they don't know that Marak's just killed his wife, who was about to leave him, and has buried her in a shallow grave. Now he thinks his mysterious caller knows too much - and he's out to find her.This is another post-gimmick horror movie from the legendary William Castle, and like The Night Walker and Strait-Jacket, there are plenty more genuine scares than campy laughs. This is also the kind of movie that couldn't quite be duplicated in this day and age, of course. The girls find their numbers not by just dialing random digits but by picking names out of the phone book. That's because back then, many numbers weren't even used (even though the full number consisted of a two-letter designation for the town/exchange and then five numbers), so Kit and Libby could have tried a score of phone numbers before getting an answer.But the use of the phone book adds to the story in another way. Kit and Libby think Steve's voice sounds darn hunky, so they decide to snag Libby's mom's car and head to good ol' Steve's house. You know, just to see what he looks like. Late at night. They're not even going to get out of the car! They drag along Libby's kid sister Tess, because they're not going to leave her alone in their secluded forest house! They're responsible! There's a side plot. Steve's a little crazed (even before killing his wife, played by Joyce Meadows), but he's almost stable compared with his neighbor Amy, played by the inimitable Joan Crawford. Amy is obsessed with Steve - it's unclear whether they'd been having an affair, but Amy's intentions are transparent - to the point where, once she realizes what Steve's done, she attempts to blackmail him into marrying her and having a whopping fun life together. It's wacked-out Crawford at her late-career best. This was supposed to be a cameo, but she nails the role so perfectly that she gets extra time for bad behavior.Prank calls, kids. They were a bad idea in 1965, and they're a really bad idea in 2014, when anyone can either tell who is calling them or call them back with that old standby the *69. You know, for those who don't have call-waiting. So you can't pull this malarkey nowadays - too likely that you get some crazed lunatic with no sense of humor.Another fun Castle thriller with some pretty solid work from even the kid actors (Sara Lane, Andi Garrett, Sharyl Locke). The moody fog surrounding the isolated home also sets the perfect tone for an underrated thriller.

Rodrigo Amaro With minor flaws and plenty of innocence, the suspense "I Saw What You Did" goes with a simple premise that even today can make you completely hooked in it. It might not scare but it can give some good laughs, and even some small thrills. The actors charisma, specially the young female actresses and the simplicity of its story make of this film something purely enjoyable. The villain of this story is the telephone used by two teenage girls who, out of their relative boredom and enjoying the fact that her parents are not at home, use it to make pranks on many people, at first with some childish jokes or inventing stories, to later evolve into saying the terrifying phrase "I saw what you did and I know who you are". In one of those calls they perfectly hit someone who has reasons to hide his actions: a psychotic (John Ireland) who just happened to kill his wife. Of course the girls don't know that but their curiosity impels them to find the mysterious voice on the other side of the line. Terror awaits around the corner! Such a innocent and almost harmless movie that even a kid could watch this with no problem (except, maybe, for the obvious reference of "Psycho" with a similar murder in the shower). What concerns William Castle isn't much in creating a frightening horror film but it's more about showing the dangers behind child pranks, warning them about the risks they take when they use a telephone. If made today internet would be the villain and the prank wouldn't be so silly. Why you should watch this? Well, it's fun, completely uncompromising, the kids Andi Garrett, Sarah Lane and Sharyl Locke are quite adorable, and they know to make you interested in the story, responding for the several well humored moments of the movie, and also the great presence of Joan Crawford as the psycho's lover. It has its flaws - the barking dog, for example, in the climatic scenes - but it's certainly entertaining. 6/10

bkoganbing Though Joan Crawford is the box office name in I Saw What You Did, she comes in after about a third of the film is over and is dispatched before the final third begins. The real stars of the film are teenage girls Sara Lane and Andi Garrett who had brief careers and John Ireland a man they prank and live to regret it.You couldn't make this film today. Two bored and stupid teens who are babysitting the sister of one of them decide to play a game of random phone call. Wouldn't you know it they call up John Ireland who has just done a Janet Leigh on his wife Joyce Meadows in the shower. And what do they say, "I Saw What You Did". Crawford is a next door neighbor who has real evidence of what Ireland did and threatens him with the cops unless he marries her. She's got it bad for Ireland, but blackmail is hardly the basis for a happy marriage no matter how good the sex is. Crawford pays for that dumb play.William Castle directed the film, stylishly to be sure, but the film's premise is a truly dumb one.And with Caller IDs today that film could never be remade. Thank God for small favors.