Mind these baby-sitting movies
Jamie Lee Curtis in a scene from the 1978 horror film classic, "Halloween," directed by John Carpenter. Credit: AMC
The baby-sitter movie. It's a small but satisfying genre of films, and Jonah Hill stars in the latest, "The Sitter," opening Dec. 9.
Here are a few things we've learned from four of the best baby-sitter movies of all time.
Halloween (1978)
Baby-sitter Jamie Lee Curtis ignores little Tommy when he says he saw "the bogeyman" outside the house. Uh-huh. She'll regret that later.
Uncle Buck (1989)
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
A relic of simpler times, when phones had dials and no Caller ID. When baby-sitter Carol Kane starts getting eerie phone calls ("Have you checked the children?"), she does everything right: She calls the police and arms herself. It's all about the first 25 minutes (some of the most chilling in film history); the rest of the movie comes apart.
Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
Baby-sitter Elisabeth Shue and three kids in her care wind up on a rollicking ride through Chicago, surviving a blowout, shootout, gang fight and more, plus a cameo from blues legend Albert Collins (the "Babysitting Blues" number alone is worth the rental). This Chris Columbus comedy is a cult fave and arguably the best of all baby-sitter films.
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