Fright (1971)

Directed by

Peter Collinson

Genre

horror film, slasher film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 73 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young babysitter is terrorized by the deranged ex-husband of her employer during a night alone at a house. The film builds dread as the threat closes in.

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What happens

Fright is a 1971 British thriller film starring Susan George, Ian Bannen, Honor Blackman, and John Gregson. The film follows a babysitter who is terrorized one evening by her employer's deranged ex-husband. Its original working titles were The Baby Minder and Girl in the Dark before it was titled Fright. It is said by many horror fans and commentators to be one of or even the first film in which an isolated babysitter is stalked by an unrelenting and psychopathic antagonist, rendering it the forerunner of dozens of movies to use similar premises over the following decades. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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