While the Children Sleep (2007)
- Directed by
- Russell Mulcahy
- Genre
- thriller
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 5.1 of 10 from 29 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 family hires a live-in nanny who slowly insinuates herself into their lives. Family friends start having mysterious accidents as the nanny plots to take the mother's place through murder.
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What happens
While the Children Sleep (also known as The Sitter) is a 2007 American made-for-television horror film directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Mariana Klaveno, Gail O'Grady, William R. Moses, Tristan Lake Leabu, Madison Davenport, and Stacy Haiduk. Released on the Lifetime Movie Network, its plot concerns a couple who hires a live-in nanny who inserts herself increasingly into the family routine. Then friends of the family begin to have mysterious accidents, as the nanny conspires to replace the mother through murder. The film received generally negative reviews, with many critics saying the film was derivative of other 90s femme fatale psychological thrillers, with many especially comparing it to the similar film The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992). Despite this, Mariana Klaveno’s performance as psychopath Abby received praise. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The House Sitter (2007)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.