Product Details

• Actors: Patty Duke, William Shatner, Quinn Cummings, David Wallace, Kenneth Tigar
• Directors: Peter Medak
• Format: NTSC
• Rating: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: HBO
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00019G3BK
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,425 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Made for TV.. A seemingly charming babysitter becomes a family favorite, only to bring them to the brink of total destruction.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Babysitter (1980), February 1, 2004

By	Clob Lane (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

Well-made TV movie from 1980 has a mysterious girl being invited to be the live-in housemaid and babysitter for a family who needs to come together with a bit more love and caring for each other. What they get when they hire Joanna is anything but love... Although quite slow-paced, director Peter Medak and screenwriter Jennifer Miller have created a very effective piece of film. Acting is excellent as well. Recommended, but I must say that if you're looking for something in the tradition of "Fatal Attraction" and "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle," this film is a bit more on the slow side and pays more attention to psychological terror rather than the traditional 'femme fatale' type of movie. Well done.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad says I ..., March 20, 2004

By	Travis R. Wilson "Travis Rhett Wilson" (Corona, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I picked this one at random from the horror films shelf at the local dive video store and was pleasantly surprised. I didn't even know that Patty Duke Astin and William Shatner were in it until I started to watch it, and to tell you the truth I don't know what it was doing in the horror section. This is technically a drama.

Worth dipping into if you can find it at a video rental place somewhere, but not really suitable to own.