Babysitter Wanted
Babysitter Wanted Trailer

Angie (played by Sarah Thompson) is a very cute, wholesome looking all-American college student. After settling in at the dorm and with her classes, she replies to an ad for a babysitting job so she can earn some extra cash. The residence is way out in the country and after meeting with the parents, she is accepted to be the babysitter for little Sam. The first time to sit for Sam isn't until Friday however, so she returns to campus and settles back into her routine until then. During this time she gets the feeling as though she’s being stalked.

Friday arrives and her car breaks down, so she gets a ride from a guy she meet at school. She arrives and little Sam is already asleep as the parents show her where the emergency numbers are and such. She is also shown the fridge in case Sam should wake and be hungry. She is made aware that Sam has a special diet and should only be feed from Tupperware containers in the fridge that are marked with Sam’s name on them. The parents leave, and as you may have guessed, someone breaks into the house.

Gimp wise Babysitter Wanted starts off with a bang literally and figuratively. The opening title segment shows a girl tied with her hands behind her back and tightly cleave-gagged. She’s lying on a table dressed only in a bra and panties. There are line drawings all over her body similar to what you would see from a livestock diagram (cuts of meat, loin, shoulder cut, etc.). The segment comes to an abrupt end with an implied bashing to the forehead using a ball-peen hammer.

Later on Angie is captured, gagged, hands tied behind her back, and has her ankles tied together. She is sitting on the ground and is also noosed to help keep her in place. She spends a short while struggling to try and free herself until another victim, who has been drugged, is brought in. Angie is forced to watch as the victim is stripped to bra and panties, then hung upside-down by her ankles. Bad part is that before she is hung, she is killed with a hammer blow to the forehead.

Now it’s Angie’s turn to be slaughtered. Right before the hammer falls, the cops show up in response to Angie’s call to them earlier in the evening. This allows for additional time to try and free herself from her bonds. Will she find rescue? Or is this a momentary reprieve to her ultimate demise?

I thought I had this film pegged from the start, thinking it was a stalker flick like When a Stranger Calls, or some sort of serial killer cannibal movie like Wrong Turn or something. It fooled me as it took a couple of twists and turns here and there. For example, and to not give too much plot away, the babysitter should have been safe, meaning that the job was legitimate and that Angie ended up the way she ends up basically because of sh*t happening. It kinda reminded me somewhat of The Hamiltons a little …but without the vampire thing they had going.

Entertainment value: I liked this movie more than I thought I would. Really wasn't bad at all. Overall I'd give it a B-