Horror: Babysitting/Nannies/Governesses
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1. Babysitter Wanted (2007)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
In a small college town, a young girl working on a babysitting job in a rural farm is terrorized throughout the night.
Directors: Jonas Barnes, Michael Manasseri | Stars: Tina Houtz, Sarah Thompson, Nana Visitor, Jillian Schmitz
Votes: 7,892
2. Baby-Sitting (2012)
20 min | Short, Horror
A young woman accepts a babysitting offer from a couple she doesn't know. Puzzled by the children's odd behavior, she invites some friends to keep her company. Little do they know that it will be the worst night of their lives.
Director: Lucas B. Masson | Stars: Morgane Housset, Wendy Nieto, Bénédicte-Lala Ernoult, Vasco Bailly-Gentaud
Votes: 72
3. When a Stranger Calls (1979)
R | 97 min | Mystery, Thriller
A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.
Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Rutanya Alda, Carmen Argenziano
Votes: 14,336 | Gross: $21.41M
4. Emelie (2015)
Not Rated | 82 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A couple's replacement babysitter turns out to be more than they bargained for when she subjects their kids to a series of twisted activities.
Director: Michael Thelin | Stars: Sarah Bolger, Joshua Rush, Carly Adams, Thomas Bair
Votes: 15,131
5. Halloween (1978)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran, Nancy Kyes
Votes: 306,862 | Gross: $47.00M
6. Halloween (2007)
R | 109 min | Horror
After being committed for 15 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution and immediately returns to Haddonfield to find his baby sister, Laurie.
Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif
Votes: 130,602 | Gross: $58.27M
7. The Amityville Horror (2005)
R | 90 min | Horror
Newlyweds are terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a large house that was the site of a grisly mass murder a year before.
Director: Andrew Douglas | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Jimmy Bennett, Jesse James
Votes: 117,370 | Gross: $65.23M
8. The Amityville Horror (1979)
R | 117 min | Horror
Newlyweds and their three children move into a large house where a mass murder was committed. They start to experience strange, inexplicable manifestations which have strong effects on everyone living in or visiting the house.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud
Votes: 44,607 | Gross: $86.43M
9. Night of the Babysitter (2017)
Crime, Horror
A father's past involves him and his teenage daughter in a cycle of violence.
Director: Louis Edward Doerge | Stars: Dora Madison, Bill Oberst Jr., Barrington Vaxter, Anthony Cortese
Votes: 18
10. All Hallows' Eve (2013)
Not Rated | 83 min | Horror, Thriller
A babysitter finds a VHS tape which features various sinister murders performed by a psychotic clown.
Director: Damien Leone | Stars: Katie Maguire, Catherine A. Callahan, Marie Maser, Kayla Lian
Votes: 12,376
11. Halloween II (1981)
R | 92 min | Horror
While Dr. Loomis hunts for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, and The Shape is not far behind her.
Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Jeffrey Kramer
Votes: 101,722 | Gross: $25.53M
12. The House of the Devil (2009)
R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery
In 1983, financially struggling college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.
Director: Ti West | Stars: Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig
Votes: 51,282 | Gross: $0.10M
13. The Unborn (2009)
PG-13 | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.
Director: David S. Goyer | Stars: Odette Annable, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet, Meagan Good
Votes: 53,337 | Gross: $42.67M
14. Home (IV) (2016)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Carrie, a young religious fundamentalist, must learn to overcome her own fears and believes to save her little sister from a haunted house.
Director: Frank Lin | Stars: Kerry Knuppe, Heather Langenkamp, Samantha Mumba, Alessandra Shelby Farmer
Votes: 539
15. Bloody Birthday (1981)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
Three children are born at the height of an eclipse of the sun. Ten years later, they begin to murder the people around them - even their family members.
Director: Ed Hunt | Stars: Lori Lethin, Melinda Cordell, Julie Brown, Joe Penny
Votes: 5,672
16. Child Eater (2016)
82 min | Horror, Mystery
A simple night of babysitting takes a horrifying turn when Helen realizes the boogeyman really is in little Lucas' closet.
Director: Erlingur Thoroddsen | Stars: Cait Bliss, Colin Critchley, Jason Martin, Dave Klasko
Votes: 1,184
17. Better Watch Out (II) (2016)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
On a quiet suburban street, a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from intruders, only to discover it's far from a normal home invasion.
Director: Chris Peckover | Stars: Olivia DeJonge, Levi Miller, Ed Oxenbould, Aleks Mikic
Votes: 46,262 | Gross: $0.02M
18. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller
After her sex offender husband gets caught in the act and kills himself, an embittered pregnant widow loses her child, and embarks on a mission of vengeance against one of her husband's victims and the woman's family.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay, Matt McCoy, Ernie Hudson
Votes: 48,925 | Gross: $88.04M
19. Khal-Naaikaa (1993)
147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After her humiliated husband kills himself, an embittered pregnant widow loses her child, and embarks on a mission of vengeance against a woman and her family.
Director: Saawan Kumar Tak | Stars: Jeetendra, Jaya Prada, Anu Agarwal, Mehmood
Votes: 164
20. The Babysitter (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 85 min | Comedy, Horror
When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot baby sitter belongs to a satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.
Director: McG | Stars: Judah Lewis, Samara Weaving, Robbie Amell, Hana Mae Lee
Votes: 108,229
21. Feeding Time (2016)
13 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
When a young woman fills in for her friend on a babysitting job, she begins to suspect things are not as they seem. She's right.
Director: Matt Mercer | Stars: Stacy Snyder, Graham Skipper, Najarra Townsend
Votes: 139
22. Tormented (2014)
TV-MA | 83 min | Horror, Thriller
Kylie Winters, a bullied teen, is forced to babysit at an isolated country mansion on Halloween night. When a small boy in a pig mask appears at the door trick-or-treating, Kylie's night transforms into a horrifying game of cat-and-mouse.
Director: Audrey Cummings | Stars: Alysa King, Madison Ferguson, Cristophe Gallander, Samora Smallwood
Votes: 2,031
23. The Nanny (IV) (2018)
Not Rated | 80 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A young girl, Noa, suspects her new nanny isn't from this world. Noa fights to reveal the nanny's identity, which is more twisted than she imagined in this dark fantasy tale.
Director: Joel Novoa | Stars: Jaime Murray, Nicholas Brendon, Schuyler Fisk, Nick Gomez
Votes: 1,204
24. Mother (II) (2016)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Diana hires Luz to take care of her autistic son but soon suspects the nanny has sinister intentions.
Director: Aaron Burns | Stars: Daniela Ramírez, Cristo Montt, Aida Jabolin, Matías Bassi
Votes: 1,572
25. The Guardian (1990)
R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young couple with a newborn baby don't realize that the nanny they hired is a magical nymph who sacrifices infants to an evil tree.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Jenny Seagrove, Dwier Brown, Carey Lowell, Brad Hall
Votes: 6,400 | Gross: $17.04M
26. The House by the Cemetery (1981)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror
A New England home is terrorized by a series of murders, unbeknownst to the guests that a gruesome secret is hiding in the basement.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Ania Pieroni, Giovanni Frezza
Votes: 16,260
27. The Turning (2020)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young governess is hired to look after an orphaned girl, but the return of the girl's problematic brother uncovers secrets from their past. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw."
Director: Floria Sigismondi | Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Barbara Marten
Votes: 16,154
28. The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)
TV-MA | 101 min | Comedy, Horror
Two years after Cole survived a satanic blood cult, he's living another nightmare: high school. And the demons from his past? Still making his life hell.
Director: McG | Stars: Judah Lewis, Samara Weaving, Jenna Ortega, Emily Alyn Lind
Votes: 50,956
29. When a Stranger Calls Back (1993 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young babysitter, all alone in the house with two children asleep above, is bothered by a stranger. Unfortunately, the phone's dead...
Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Jill Schoelen, Gene Lythgow
Votes: 4,131
30. The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After an au pair’s tragic death, Henry hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose.
Stars: Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Amelia Eve, T'Nia Miller
Votes: 127,987
31. The Mortuary Collection (2019)
Not Rated | 108 min | Fantasy, Horror
An eccentric mortician recounts several macabre and phantasmagorical tales that he's encountered in his distinguished career.
Director: Ryan Spindell | Stars: Tristan Byon, Eden Campbell, Hannah R. Loyd, Clancy Brown
Votes: 14,581
32. The Babysitter Murders (2015)
22 min | Short, Action, Fantasy
A dark and stormy night. An innocent babysitter all alone. An escaped psychopath out for blood. You know how this story will play out... Or do you?
Director: Ryan Spindell | Stars: Caitlin Custer, Ben Hethcoat, Alison Gallaher, Mike C. Nelson
Votes: 267
33. In a Dark Place (2006)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
An art teacher is hired as nanny for 2 orphans, a boy and girl, at a huge, isolated country estate. The nanny starts seeing dead, former employees. Is she mad or is the estate haunted?
Director: Donato Rotunno | Stars: Leelee Sobieski, Tara Fitzgerald, Christian Olson, Gabrielle Adam
Votes: 2,749
34. Para Elisa (2012)
75 min | Thriller
When a Spanish student needs money for her senior trip, she applies for a babysitting job, unaware of the circumstances. Can she stay alive, save her best friend, and still make her senior trip?
Director: Juanra Fernández | Stars: Ana Turpin, Ona Casamiquela, Luisa Gavasa, Jesús Caba
Votes: 820
35. Among the Living (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
Three kids skip school in order to explore an abandoned film studio lot where they catch site of a woman being dragged across the lot by a masked man.
Directors: Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury | Stars: Anne Marivin, Théo Fernandez, Francis Renaud, Zacharie Chasseriaud
Votes: 2,549
36. When a Stranger Calls (2006)
PG-13 | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
During a babysitting gig, a high-school student is harassed by an increasingly threatening prank caller.
Director: Simon West | Stars: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson
Votes: 48,662 | Gross: $47.86M
37. The Sitter (1977)
22 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
A babysitter is menaced by mysterious and frightening phone calls.
Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Lucia Stralser, Curt Sanders, Karen Kondazian, Bill Striglos
Votes: 265
38. The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs (2016)
Not Rated | 10 min | Short, Horror
Jamie bragged that she'd found the perfect weekend babysitting job. The mother was friendly, the kids went to sleep on time, and she was looking forward to a quiet night. Then the phone rang.
Director: David Heavener | Stars: Hannah Compton, Missy Crowder-Compton, Hannah Keeterle, Justin D. Thompson
Votes: 19
39. The Sitter (1991 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 92 min | Drama, Thriller
A delusional babysitter goes on a psychotic rampage, putting the little girl she is looking after in grave danger.
Director: Rick Berger | Stars: Kim Myers, Brett Cullen, Susan Barnes, Kimberly Cullum
Votes: 284
40. The Babysitter (1980 TV Movie)
Unrated | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
Spoiled 12-year-old Tara's new best friend from next door gets hired as a live-in babysitter, but things soon go horribly wrong when Tara's mom starts hitting the bottle and fighting with her dad.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Patty Duke, William Shatner, Quinn Cummings, David Wysocki
Votes: 735
41. The Butterfly Room (2012)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
A reclusive and butterfly-obsessed elderly lady suffering from bipolar disorder develops a disturbing relationship with a mysterious but seemingly innocent youngster.
Director: Jonathan Zarantonello | Stars: Barbara Steele, Ray Wise, Erica Leerhsen, Heather Langenkamp
Votes: 2,548 | Gross: $0.00M
42. Stir of Echoes (1999)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around him.
Director: David Koepp | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Zachary David Cope, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas
Votes: 87,521 | Gross: $21.13M
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