The Babysitter (1980)
- Directed by
- Peter Medak
- Genre
- tv movie, thriller, drama
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 15 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young woman becomes a live-in nanny for a family in suburban Seattle. She slowly works to tear the family apart from the inside.
tensesuspensefulcreepyunsettlingslow-burndomesticominouscold
What happens
The Babysitter is a 1980 American made-for-television thriller film directed by Peter Medak and starring Patty Duke Astin, William Shatner and Stephanie Zimbalist about a young girl hired as a live-in nanny who infiltrates and tries to destroy a suburban Seattle family. The film originally premiered as The ABC Friday Night Movie on November 28, 1980. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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