It's based on the urban legend Babysitter and the Man Upstairs which has been going on since the sixties. While the film came out in '79.
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No, it is a murderer
A Stranger's Heart (2007) Eye of the Stranger (2004) Hands of a Stranger (1962) In a Stranger's Hand (1991) Perfect Stranger (2007) Stranger Than Fiction (2006) Strangers on a Train (1951) The Crazy Stranger (1997) The Perfect Stranger (1994) The Stranger (1946) The Strangers (2008) The Stranger Beside Me (1995) The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953) When a Stranger Calls (1979 and 2006)
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In the original When a Stranger Calls (1979), the killer is a child murderer who is a total stranger to Jill (the babysitter, played by Carol Kane).I don't think we ever find out who the killer is in the 2006 remake, but I doubt that it is her father (unless that's supposed to be a shocking surprise that they're saving for the sequel).
Yes, it is based on a true story.