The Strange Calls [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Australia ]

Refreshing, witty, quirky, unique and brilliantly conceived, though the style of humor is not usually my taste it was well done, for the most part in this show! The creators seamlessly interweave and spoof a variety of epics ( tastes of Little Shop of Horrors, Pet Cemetery, Splash, The Phantom of the Opera, The Exorcist, to name a few...) with ease ! The characters are well developed and portrayed! This isn't the run of the mill overdone and boring stuff of regular TV. There is some language and humor that is not to my personal tastes but it still wins over the onslaught of unoriginal drivel that seems to have taken over television and movies the past few seasons! I just clicked on it on Netflix hoping for an average laugh or two, it blew me away what I can only describe as brilliant and we were at the edge of our seats to watch the next episode! There are only 6 episodes however and it ended just when it was really getting going to our disappointment! Had to look it up and see if there was more to come and found it doubtful (thought uncertain, so still hopeful!) for the series but found a movie that followed in 2015! came here to buy or stream but not even listed?! Disappointing but still looking! Hoping filmmakers will put some true creativity back into entertainment soon, until then this is worth watching and is short enough it won't set u back more than an afternoon on the off chance, for whatever reason, you find it's not for you!

This show is hilarious! A young man is sent to Coolum Aus. to run the police caravan that takes calls from the crazy Coolum citizens. With help from Barry Crocker (who is amazingly wonderful), as the town's night watchman. This is a fresh and very funny show. It's a funny X Files meets Grimm like show with episodes dealing in a Pet Cemetery cat, a man who ate too much fast food chicken and a song that makes a couple of residents do damage to the small community and more. It's so sad that there are not more episodes because this is a seriously great show. I saw it on Netflix recently and looked it up on Amazon where you can buy the Australian DVD. I highly recommend watching what little there is of The Strange Calls-with its revival on Netflix, maybe they can make a few more! I was sorely disappointed when I realized there are only a few episodes of this wonderful show because I was prepared to watch as many as I could, but apparently they didn't continue it and there is only one short season. It's a real shame because this is one funny and great show-a rarity these days.

This show is great. It is quirky and bizarre with brilliant humor. I laughed out loud each episode because of the straight guy (Toby Truslove) /quirky guy (Barry Crocker) chemistry. Too bad there weren't more seasons or episodes at least.

This show is excellent