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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Behind the scenes, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Small-town college girl Angie (Sarah Thompson) is hired by Jim and Violet Stanton to babysit their son Sam. Aware of the recent reports of missing people, she believes someone is stalking her. On the way to the Stantons' farm, her car breaks down. She is given a lift by Rick (Matt Dallas), a mechanic, who promises to repair her car.At the farm, Jim (Bruce Thomas) and Violet (Kristen Dalton) tell Angie that Sam is asleep upstairs, leaving her instructions for the night. During the night, Angie receives several strange phone calls and hears noises outside. Frightened, Angie calls Rick and the Chief of Police. The police chief reassures Angie, telling her that he will stop by later in the night. ...Babysitter Wanted
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty darned good horror movie.,
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This review is from: Babysitter Wanted [DVD] (DVD)
A young girl newly arrived at college takes a job babysitting a young boy at a remote farmhouse for cash to buy a bed; one night there is a series of disturbing calls followed by a strange prowler outside the house, a night of terror soon follows...
Firstly, though this is lionsgate it is definately one of their low-budget aquisitions not unlike Five across the eyes (though this film is better than that). It starts pretty slowly, and seems to tick off every box in the horror cliche' until a twist occurs which makes the film more interesting, the closest example I could think of is a cross between when a stranger calls and malevolence, mostly the film is well directed and makes the most of what it has, even providing an extended cameo from cult horror star Bill moesley. The acting is mostly good and the director seems able to create a good atmosphere and some genuinely suspensful scenes. Horror fan's should certainly try and check this out, while it is definately flawed I enjoyed this movie, and hope the director is provided the oppertunity to work in this genre again; and while violent does not fall into the 'torture porn' category of many new horrors.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Knowing and Well Made Little Horror Film,
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This review is from: Babysitter Wanted [DVD] (DVD)
I enjoyed this film. It's derivative of many, many slasher films of the early 80s (especially in its slow opening twenty minutes, following a young student as she starts college and is freaked out by her druggie room mate and a possible stalker), as well as 'When a Stranger Calls', but throws in a few surprises with supernatural elements in its second half and some good twists (hopefully you have not read some of the amazon reviews which clearly state what these are!). There is of course also gore and mayhem before the end. For a low budget horror, the performances were uniformly excellent, especially the lead actress, and it's basically very competently done if you like this sort of thing - a good old fashioned 80s style horror film.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
"No experience necessary.",
By Puzzle box "smockey_421" (Kuwait) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Babysitter Wanted [DVD] (DVD)
Let me start by saying that I was expecting so much more from this film but at the end it was a mixed bag. The first part was more like psychological thriller - the rundown kind that has no twists and genuine scares. In fact, all of the "scary" parts were created by using unexpected noises and creepy music, which got boring and predictable really soon but it did remind me of the 1970's classic When A Stranger Calls, however it failed to create any tension. The second part, however turned into a supernatural slasher and I was actually quite thrilled, because the first part of the film had been really bad.
So I tuned in for a while, hoping for at least something genuine in the whole thing. Needless to say, I was disappointed once more. Babysitter Wanted was definitely a cheesy horror flick that sometimes doesn't know what type of film it is as it quickly switches gears every ten minutes or so. Angie, the lead in Babysitter Wanted is a shy and very religious person moves away from her mother (also a devout Christian) to go to a community college, she answers the titular ad and meets a nice, clean cut looking family; a farming couple and their son Sam. The parents have monthly farmer meetings (they're out in the middle of nowhere, you see) so they need someone to watch over young Sam while they're out. He's really not any trouble; he has a very specific diet and an affinity for one certain cowboy hat, which he never takes off. Angie's first night on the job starts off normally enough; food, popcorn, reading. But pretty soon the obligatory spooky phone calls start coming in and she's freaked out. This heightened state of tension is exacerbated by the gigantic, scared behemoth who makes it a point to get in the house at any cost. Angie does her best to avoid him while trying to get Sam out of the house, but there's a helluva lot more going on than meets the eye. If that sounds ridiculous then you are probably right, if you enjoy b-movies with really bad plots and rubbish acting then you might enjoy this, and the movie will definitely satisfy shock and gore fans, but it falls apart when scrutinised for substance. The plot holes (big enough to fly a Jumbo Jet through with a blind, limbless pilot at the controls), loose ends and needles 'filler'. For instance, why are we shown that 'Angie' is a dedicated Christian? why is the Priest stalking 'Angie' and making dodgy phone calls? What was the point of introducing the junkie room mate? Or for that matter the need to get a bed? Who and why are the couple the 'parents'? The list can go on and on! Still the film had a few decent and entertaining moments to make interesting to watch at least once, plus it had a short but pointless cameo from Bill Mosely as a police officer.
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