Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Bumpy Chip It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Tss5078 People often ask how I find and pick the really independent films I sometimes review. In the case of Babysitter Wanted, it was an easy choice, as nothing is scarier to me that an evil child. Strangely enough the film also features several cast members from a TV show I really liked, Kyle XY. The story begins with the deeply religious, Angie (Sarah Thompson), going away to college. Looking for some extra money, she picks up a job babysitting for a family living in the middle of nowhere. Everything seems normal at first, until one night someone tries to break in, and to everyone's surprise, the beautiful young girl is not the target of his rage. This film was very unusual for a religious based horror film, as it wasn't over the top with religious jargon. It was a major theme of the film, but they don't beat you over the head with it the way other films do. It's also unlike your usual slasher films as it has a good cast, a decent and somewhat unique story, and most important of all, it doesn't move at lightning speed. Almost every slasher film I've ever seen has 15 minutes of story and then it's one big chase, but that doesn't happen here. They spend a lot of time on the story and when things do happen, they are pretty surprising. Sarah Thompson stars as the babysitter, while being your typical beautiful horror movie girl, she was also very credible and connected with the audience. Watching this film, you feel like you know her or someone like her, and you'll be cheering for her in a way you really don't do in films like this. She's paired with Kyle XY himself, Matt Dallas, another really good looking, likable person, that audiences will also relate to. Once you see the whole picture, it's going to seem a bit odd to you, but the Directors and Casting people really hit the nail on the head, making this seem like anything but a slasher film until the time was just right, making for a really enjoyable and unique type of film.

sal10851 If you enjoy horror films watch this movie!!! I absolutely loved it! It is similar in a lot of ways to "The Devils House" but the entire film goes in a different direction with an awesome twist. A twist you just do not see coming no matter how much you guess. The actual thought that this whole thing is even possible sends chills down my spine. I thought about this movie for 3 days after I watched it. I admit that some aspects of the film could have been a lot better but overall I gave it an 8 out of 10. Once again if you enjoy horror films as much as I do please watch this!! This film ranks on my top 10 of my favorite horror flicks.

BA_Harrison Babysitter Wanted starts off like pretty much every other babysitter in peril film you've probably already seen: a pretty, virginal high-school student takes a child-minding job in a remote house in the boondocks, where she experiences creepy noises, power outages, and mysterious phone-calls, before eventually being attacked by person or persons unknown. In short, it's about as formulaic as a horror film can get.If you begin to bemoan this film's predictability, though, you're playing right into the hands of its makers, whose seemingly uninspired set-up exists only to catch the viewer off guard with one hell of a curve-ball halfway through: just as the film couldn't get any more predictable, writer/director Jonas Barnes pulls the metaphorical rug from under his viewers feet with an audacious plot development that has to be seen to be believed.With his illusion of banality well and truly shattered, Barnes is finally free to explore new territory, but despite the introduction of some welcome black humour, a few well conceived moments of tension and a spot of surprisingly gruesome gore, the film never fully capitalises on its rather bonkers mid-point revelation. If only the madness had escalated exponentially from that point on rather than just kicking up a gear and staying there, I'm sure we'd have had another bona fide horror classic on our hands—after all, nothing succeeds like excess!

Dandy_Desmond As a horror fan I am always on the look out for films that may have gone straight to DVD and are hidden classics waiting to be found. Sadly, Babysitter Wanted is not a classic. However it is an entertaining little exploitation flick that will satisfy gore hounds and those who like a bit of old school style. Basically the film is about a religious and wholesome girl who goes to college, then feels like she is being watched, takes a job as a babysitter in the middle of nowhere and then over the course of the night gets terrorised. Be warned, there is a twist in this movie and it may kill your interest stone dead. I liked the twist, however I didn't like the way it was carried out. First of all the twist. She is babysitting the devils son, with horns, a need for virgin flesh.. the lot. However once the twist is revealed I felt the film went downhill although I liked the idea. The film starts like Halloween and even the way the camera is used and the lighting reminds you of those 70s classic slasher movies.So the Babysitter is stalked and terrorised by a mysterious man outside trying to get in the house. Once the twist is revealed it moves onto Texas Chainsaw/Hostel/Saw territory and for some reason then ignores the devil kid and we have the dad giving a monologue to the babysitter as he is dismembering another girl rather graphically. I felt this was a bit tacked in, so it would be in line with other popular horrors around at the moment such as saw or hostel. This is where I felt the movie slide. The guy who plays the devils minder was rubbish, and the focus went away from the evil kid. The tone of the movie shifts from creepy to gory. The only other things that I could not let slip were the injuries. First of all the chief of police gets an axe in the back then gets up? Then the babysitter gets a knife rammed into her Achilles tendon then manages to stumble away. I know the movie is far fetched but you just wouldn't get up from that. Finally one thing that really gets me in some movies. Un necessary characters. At the beginning the babysitter meets a guy, you know the movie kind, he is blue eyed, handsome and just a damn nice fellow - they have a little date thing and she likes him, he likes her etc. He then gives her a lift to the house and goes back to fix her car which had broken down. We next meet him stuffed in the back of a car pretty much dead according the devils minder. Then he re appears at the end with a scratch on his head tending to the babysitter as she wakes up in hospital. What was the point of this guy? Anyway it was decent if you like a bit of torture porn, a bit of Halloween, a bit of Texas Chainsaw and a touch of the Omen.