Product Details

• Actors: Judd Nelson
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: French, German, Spanish
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Trp Yoga & Turkey Ranch Produc
• DVD Release Date: May 29, 2008
• Run Time: 83 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00123Y95Q
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,106 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This classic teen scream hosts an ensemble cast of ridiculously good looking kids and is spiced with an outlandish teacher (Jennifer Tilly) obsessed with getting famous by sleeping with a student and an over-protective father (Judd Nelson). Jonathan Breck (Jeepers Creepers) gives a delightfully creepy performance as the crazy Limo Driver and Jim Lang (John Carpenter's Mouth of Madness, Body Bags) delivers an original score sure to make you jump out of your seat.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You Scream, I scream, this is a teen scream..., March 10, 2008

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Becky Rose (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Caretaker (DVD)

A teen horror for the faint of heart. It's more in the vein of "When a Stranger Calls" (the remake) and "Disturbia"(but without the big budget) both of which I really liked, but also had humor. Overall, I thought it was funny. It has that 80's movie vibe.

I'm a big Jennifer Tilly fan and think she's a comedic genius. As always, she delivers with her quick wit and a purring feline voice. When Miss T. arrives, she brings loads of enjoyment, but she's not the star - she's in about 30 minutes of the film. Her character is completely off her rocker (and a rip on Mary Kay Letourneau, the teacher that married her student she had sex with when he was 12 years old).

Attractive actors all around. It's laced with teen issues and dialogue and a crazy authoritative figure. I would have liked to have seen some romance (there was none). The kids are likeable and out to have some harmless fun, but it wouldn't be a scream fest if they all made it back to the dance without meeting an untimely death.

I liked the backstory on `The Caretaker' and how everything comes full circle. He's kind of a serial killer with a big heart. Too big of a heart actually.

And who knew saline implants light up? I learned something new from this film (and my husband hit rewind three times). That and what a fruit picker is. It's a metal device used to pick the fruit in trees that you can't reach. Only this guy's is whacked out and used to murder loitering teens.

It made for a fun, eat popcorn and yell at the screen kind of night.

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Caretaker, February 4, 2008

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Deborah Hanifan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Caretaker (DVD)

This movie is a great campy horror film. It is not gory or gross, but it has a lot of fun scares. It's a great horror film for a slumberparty for young teenagers! The soundtrack is really good and there are also some really cool stunts in it! Finally a horror film that your kids can watch!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I Don't Care...Take Her, November 27, 2010

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Ben Wasden (Uriah, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Caretaker (DVD)

The Caretaker is as middle of the road and as average as a teen slasher can get. There's a group of attractive teenagers. It takes place on a holiday. Halloween, to be specific. And there's a killer with a backstory stalking them. Oh, and there's very little gore. Still, as a die-hard slasher fan, I did get some enjoyment out of this.

Jennifer Tilly is probably the best thing about this movie, other than the Caretaker himself. She is at her campy best here, playing a sex bomb teacher who tries to seduce one of her hunky students. Also, there is some humor. The character of Topher farts not once, but twice in the films duration. He even burps in one scene!

See The Caretaker if you enjoyed the Prom Night remake or Sorority Row, because it sort of reminded me of both of those in tone. Don't see it if all you want is gore.