When 18 year old Angie (played by a 29 year old actress Sarah Thompson) enrolls at college she gets herself a babysitting job at a rural farmhouse. However on her first night she starts to get prank phone calls, a unknown man is outside and young Sam likes to eat what looks like raw meat...
This, as soon becomes apparent, is not a typical babysitter in danger horror movie, there is a lot more going on here. Which is good because it is being creative, but it is also pretty silly, predictable and unconvincing. The creepy music adds to the initial tension, reminded me of similar films from the 70's and early 80's. The northern California locations are stunning. And Bruce Thomas, the father figure, looks and sounds like Mel Gibson.
Sadly the DVD cover promised such things as one of the best horror films of the past ten years, blood drenched and a shocking twist. Reality is that it did not live up to any of this. It is a reasonable 87 minutes of horror entertainment but I certainly wouldn't watch it again.
Review of Babysitter Wanted
