Directed by John Carpenter. Written by Carpenter and Debra Hill. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, PJ Soles, Nancy Loomis, Charles Cyphers, Brian Andrews, Kyle Richards, Tony Moran (as "the face") and Nick Castle (as "the shape"). Plot: Michael Myers escapes a mental institution and comes after Laurie Strode and her friends on Halloween. There … Continue reading Halloween (1978)
Written by Chris Peckover and Zack Kahn Directed by Chris Peckover Starring Olivia DeJonge, Levi Miller, Ed Oxenbould, Aleks Mikic, Dacre Montgomery, Patrick Warburton and Virginia Madsen. Plot: In a quiet suburb, Ashley (DeJonge) must protect her charge, Luke (Miller) from intruders. Ashley comes to babysit and quickly hears something, but it only turns out … Continue reading Better Watch Out (2017)
Directed by Peter Mervis. Written by Mervis and Steve Bevilacqua. Starring Rebekah Kochan, Robert Buckley, Mark Irvingsen, Sarah Hall, Tara Clark and Chriss Anglin. Plot: a babysitter receives increasingly disturbing phone calls. This movie is a total ripoff of When A Stranger Calls. Except that it's bad. It came and out the same year When … Continue reading When A Killer Calls (2005)
Written and directed by Ti West. Starring Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Greta Gerwig, AJ Bowen, Mary Woronov and Dee Wallace. Plot: while babysitting in the 1980's, a young woman finds out that her employers have some dark secrets. It of course says "based on truth" which we hate, but we gave it a chance and … Continue reading House of the Devil (2009)
Directed by Simon West. Written by Jake Wade Wall. Starring Camilla Belle, Katie Cassidy, Clark Gregg, Brian Geraghty, Tessa Thompson and the voice of Lance Henriksen. Plot: a babysitter is stalked by a lunatic. While this remake is not as good as the original, we still really liked it and actually do own it, so … Continue reading When A Stranger Calls (2006)
Written and directed by Fred Walton. Starring Carol Kane, Charles Durning and Jill Schoelen, Kevin McNulty and Gene Lythgow. Plot: Jill (Kane) is back and this time she's helping another babysitter, Julia (Schoelen) who is being stalked. If you haven't seen the first one, don't watch this one till you do. And don't read the … Continue reading When A Stranger Calls Back (1993)
Directed by Fred Walton. Written by Walton and Steve Feke. Starring Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Colleen Dewhurst, Tony Beckley and Carmen Argenziano. Plot: it's the classic urban legend about the babysitter and the man upstairs. If you don't know this story, find this movie and watch it immediately. We don't know where you've been, but … Continue reading When A Stranger Calls (1979)
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