The Sitter (1977)
- Directed by
- Fred Walton
- Genre
- horror, thriller
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 22 min
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A babysitter receives a series of threatening phone calls while watching two children. The caller's menacing presence escalates as she tries to keep the kids safe. The film builds tension around who is on the other end of the line.
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What happens
The Sitter is a 1977 American short horror-thriller film directed by Fred Walton on which his 1979 feature film When a Stranger Calls is based. It is a suspenseful retelling of the classic urban legend of "The babysitter and the man upstairs" about a babysitter who is menaced by mysterious and frightening phone calls. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear (1998)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.