Being a 911 operator is already a nerve-racking job: you have to assist people at their most frightened and desperate, as you navigate countless incoming emergency calls about crisis activities like deadly crimes, surging fires or intense medical situations. Add a faceless killer into the mix and you've got one hell of an adrenaline-pumping shift.
Such is the premise of Lifetime's newest original movie, The Killer is Calling, which is premiering on the crime-loving network tonight, January 19 at 8pm Eastern Time. The official synopsis of the suspenseful flick reads: "When a mysterious killer targets her remote island town, veteran 911 operator Faye must uncover his motives and try to save her community, one emergency call at a time." (Despite many Lifetime Originals being inspired by terrifying true crime stories, such as recent thriller titles including Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story and this weekend's Girl in the Garage: The Laura Cowan Story, The Killer is Calling is a largely fictional — if no less heart-racing — tale.)
