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Are You in the House Alone? (1978)
terror
this film is a good film about Gail Osborne a girl who is raped at a house she is babysitting multiple flashbacks tell how she was stalked at school AND at her house AND while babysitting this inspired Halloween oh and when a stranger calls by the why hysteria lives should not assume this came first some people wished there was a body count but this is lucky this isn't a mindless gore flick Gail Osborne is a likable character and though there isn't a body count she belongs in the line of all those final girls this good movie that came before and possibly inspired movies of equal quality . further more this is not boring hysteria lives which is usually a very right site very good film
Rosso sangue (1981)
absurd
I really thought this was great the film is a knock off of Halloween 1 and 2 the film is about katia her brother willy and her are left with 2 babysitters meanwhile a maniac is loose with a priest on his trail the two ideas become one from Halloween 1 we have a babysitter in peril the boogeyman who cant die from 2 we have the climax and the hospital scene I love this knock off of a film we have a great gore axe in head drill in head and the oven scene is this films fetus scene ala antrophagus katia is invalid and gained my instanant sympathy I didn't like her brother a whiny tommy doyle clone the babysitters are good overall good great film
Nightmare (1981)
gore galore
I heard about this movie and watched it George tatum has a wife named susan and 3 kids who are annoying George hacked up his parents as a kid goes crazy gets committed breaks out and terrorizes a babysitter looking after his kids and kills people the director did lift many elements out of Halloween and maniac but this film is good over all and has inspired other films I liked a lot pretty good great blood splash sounds like a better title kim tammy cj and their babysitter Kathy are given hell by George in a effective film susan is good and its scary and gory the only way it could have been better is if Kathy spoiler alert lived
Trick or Treats (1982)
bad but not the worst out there
this film is about linda an aspiring actress who goes to babysit on halloween night to babysit the kid is named chris who keeps pulling dark disturbing pranks on her a killer named malcom who is christophers real father comes over and terror happens the film is basically a clumsy mash up of fright 1971 halloween 1978 with a dash of nightmare 1981 i don't hate it but i don't love it either pros the final girl is likable even if she is dumb the acting is good halloween 1978 was good but it didn't feel like halloween this film has the halloween feel that film didn't have humorous at times cons poor lighting weak killer more comedy than horror low body count too many pranks and false scares i didn't like the end over oll you could at least see it once then buy a good movie but have this for a laugh at how chessy it is
Fright (1971)
amanda is a babysitter in peril
in what appears to be the first of its kind it made me realize that the classic halloween 1978 is a blatant rip off well there are a few differences but both have similar plots susan george is great and everyone else is OK we have a decent heroine we have a scary killer we have little gore this film is great just what i need bottom line great with the exception of the awful extremely abrupt ending i really like the film john carpenter has to have seen it amanda marring is babysitting tara a young boy taras crazed father brian has come home and terror begins scary film good movie i like it a lot pretty good 9 out of 10
When a Stranger Calls Back (1993)
scary as hell
this film IS great julia is in a house with two kids shes in charge of a man keeps knocking on the door and he wont leave one thing leads to a nother and the kids disseaper never to be seen again the kidnapper returns to torment her until jill from the first film comes to her aid but can she stop the kidnapper before its too late i think this movie is scary darkness and shadows play an important part do not watch this film alone it will give you nightmares 10 out of ten really good scary movie that you will like ranks up there with all of halloween and its predecssors first 20 minutes scary title is misleading as the door plays a role in this film just as a phone does in the first really good
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
amazing 1st act awful second half amazing finale
jill johnson is babysitting for a couple she is soon getting creepy phone calls from a man who wont stop calling they trace it to discover spoiler alert he has gotten into the house jill escapes but the kids aren't lucky soon the killer curt duncan is caught but breaaks free a pi is hired to find him soon he is after jill now a mother for the second time i liked this movie first and last part but that second half and people hate the remake pros likable people good acting terrifying score the killer is scary cons the second half overoll i like this film has moments pretty good except for the middle nothing happens at all unless you consider a pi flashing a picture of the lunatic asking about him action then jill returns it picks up pace becomes good again i like it carol kane is the saving grace in a sea of nothing
Halloween (1978)
good
i love this movie so simple yet so scary the basic story is this laurie strode has to babysit two kids her lunatic of a brother is free and goes after her and her friends this film came out and halloween was never the same i do have one problem well 2 one this film rips of fright an equelly good film 2 it didn't feel like halloween this film was good had many many awful knock offs that somehow DID NOT ruin this great movie this film may not be loved by all especially gorehouds you will be scared unable to move or babysit that masked fiend will stick with you i liked all the charechters even the minor ones real good film watch it would make a good double bill with fright or when a stranger calls 10 out of 10 pretty good holiday slasher