Is there any possible chance that there are people alive on this planet who have never seen THE BABYSITTER (1980)? I would rather that not be the case. THE BABYSITTER has everything! It has WILLIAM SHATNER, PATTY DUKE, STEPHANIE ZIMBALIST, JOHN (fresh off THE FOG) HOUSEMAN and QUINN CUMMINGS! The only thing it doesn't have is an actual babysitter on account of the lunatic in this is really more of live-in nanny but who cares about that? Can you believe this slice of excellence was directed by PETER (ROMEO IS BLEEDING) MEDAK the very same year he directed the super-classic THE CHANGELING? It's true because that is what my nice computer just told me. Read our dusty old review back HERE and save your day from becoming meaningless by watching the spectacular full movie below….
Matty from Boston's mentioning of WHEN A STRANGER CALLS BACK this past week has got me all yearning for some more babysitter in peril horror. Let's say we check out an early example of the tried and true formula with 1971's FRIGHT which stars the ever adorable SUSAN GEORGE! If…
When I was a kid, in the 1970s, the radio station WBAL in Baltimore would broadcast a series of scary Halloween stories every October. I've forgotten all of them but one, but this particular story scared the bejeezus out of me. It was about a babysitter caring for an infant…
Long before REBECCA De MORNAY's hand rocked any cradle, serpentine usurper extraordinaire STEPHANIE ZIMBALIST rocked the worlds of extreme overacting power duo WILLIAM SHATNER and PATTY DUKE. As the icy 18-year-old Joanna Redwine, ZIMBALIST elbows her way into the squabbling couple's homestead insuring its downfall, if not by her manipulations…
I love this movie! Stephanie Zimbalist is beautiful and deadly, and how can you say no to Shatner? The pace of this film is very lethargic, but I think that works in its favor. It's a slow burn for sure!
I love this movie! Stephanie Zimbalist is beautiful and deadly, and how can you say no to Shatner? The pace of this film is very lethargic, but I think that works in its favor. It's a slow burn for sure!
gsmile, You can't say no to the Shatner!. He and Duke together is almost too good to be true.. Love this one too.