The Babysitter

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Audience Member The premise isn't anything new, but given that at the time of this review the movie is 40 years old that shouldn't be held to much against it. The performances are fine and it does have some familiar faces in the cast. It's a very homogenized film with a melodramatic ending which makes sense since it was made for TV. It's not the worst choice you could make, but there are a ton of much better "someone invades a family" movies to watch. Fatal Attraction, The Hand the Rocks the Cradle, Lolita and Fear to name a few. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member William Shatner and Patty Duke have their family and marriage torn apart by deranged babysitter Stephanie Zimbalist. With that story and cast, it's hard not to imagine that this film would be a hugely campy movie, and it does deliver the Mommy Dearest-like goods! You even get John Houseman as the unhinged Zimbalist's psychiatrist. It's basically a TV movie version of "Hand that Rocks the Cradle" or "Poison Ivy." Peter Medak, who later went on to make some memorable film such as "Romeo is Bleeding" and "Let Him Have It," directed this very silly film. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A somewhat entertaining, but utterly predictable thriller. This movie could have been a lot better, but as is, it's okay. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie could have had potential if it wasn't a made for TV movie, and if the story wasn't so predictable. I kinda enjoyed it anyway, though. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Campy badness! The soundtrack alone lets you know you are watching a "scary" TV movie circa 1980. Starring William Shatner, Patty Duke, and a pre-Remington Steele Stephanie Zimbalist who plays a psychotic movie cliche who destroys everyone in her path (complete with creepy synth music). Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Gotta give it a 2.5 for the camp factor. Patty Duke as an alcoholic mess? Check. BILL SHATNER as the crappy husband with the tight clothes and obvious dye job? Check! Quinn Cummings as the awkward daughter (in the seventies she was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar, don't know why), John Houseman (a fab Romanian actor) as the only intelligent man in the movie.... and Stephanie Zimbalist as the psychotic babysitter. This made-for-TV movie is certainly in the B category, but think of it as a precursor to the Poison Ivy/Hand That Rocks the Cradle. The sound quality is terrible (though the score is effective!) but the scenery is lovely. I watched the chopped up version, but I still got a kick out of it. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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