If you see this film on the shelf at your local video store, pick it up, read the summary and comments on the back of the case, put the DVD back, and walk off. The summary on the DVD case is interesting, but the film does not live up to its promise.The storyline: As mentioned, a college girl takes a job babysitting at a remote California ranch while the parents go out for 3-4 hours. The child, Sam, is about five years old and always wears a cowboy outfit and hat. He also has a special diet that mom keeps in its own containers in the fridge. After the parents have left, Sam awakes from his nap and wants to eat. The babysitter discovers that the containers contain cubes of raw meat. Just before the parents return, the child's hat comes off revealing two demonic horns. The parents subdue the babysitter and tie her up in the basement, while the dad brings in a girl they caught while out and butchers her while telling the babysitter that Sam will feed only on the flesh of young, virgin females and that the babysitter is next on the menu. Of course, over the remainder of the movie, the babysitter escapes, the parents are killed, a few minor subplots are resolved, and Sam, whom the babysitter thought she had killed, turns out to have escaped and has found new foster parents somewhere else. The basic storyline is rather cliché and the film builds the suspense slowly and deliberately, perhaps too slowly and deliberately. The set-up for the action takes too long in exploring the main character's good-girl religious background, which doesn't add anything significant to the story--other than setting up a justification for being a virgin, which could have been done more concisely anyway. The child being babysat is creepy, but in a corny (sometimes almost laughable) way. The movie would have been much improved if the writer(s) had had a more imaginative concept for Sam. I watched the movie starting at 2:00 a.m. and fell asleep for several minutes during the center section, but when I woke, I felt I hadn't missed anything worth going back for, so I continued on. It says something for a movie if you can miss several minutes of the central storyline and still know what's going on. There are some genuinely creepy and occasionally tense moments, so it's not all bad. It's worth watching if a friend (who doesn't have great taste in horror) pays for it and you're going to watch it at his/her place while making out. But for something you're going to pay for and watch on your own, there are better flicks. If you're part of a teen girls' church group having a sleepover at a member's house and you want to watch a horror film the pastor wouldn't approve after the member's parents have gone to bed, this is the film for you.The basic premise of the film, a babysitter sitting a child who turns out to be a demon, has potential if done in a more imaginative way, but this film just couldn't make that happen.

Angie is doing her first year in collage. She is convinced that someone is following her, and feel uneasy about the situation. She takes a babysitter job, to get some extra cash and maybe to get her mind of things. She gets terrorized that night, and as the night goes on, the more blood gets spilled.Its not an original story. This type of horror setting have been done before. The twist was a little bit unexpected, but not original. Something I always find so interesting about horror movies is that the main character is often an innocent girl. She is nervous, shy, kind and cute, and has survival skills close to Rambo.These kind of movies always have their flaws, but if you watch them for what they are, without expecting a cinematic masterpieces, they are quite enjoyable. The logic fails here and there, but its still an enjoyable cheap low budget movie, as easy to forget as its cheap to buy. If you like horror movies of this kind, its actually worth two-three euros for a cheap thrill. For me its a way to rest my mind for an hour and a half!

"Try to be a nice guy and that's the thanks I get!"Babysitter Wanted is quite similar to the movie House of the Devil in many ways (though it preceded it by about a year). Both movies have a similar premise (young woman at a small college taking a rural babysitting-type job at a spooky locale because she's desperate for money), both try to scare you by slowly building tension (at least, initially) in a large, quiet house, and both have similar sources of evil as the heart of the threat to our unsuspecting heroines. The main difference between the two movies, though (besides a gruesome twist or two), is that House of the Devil is just better. It's more frightening, more interesting, and more memorable. That's not to say that Babysitter Wanted is bad or not worth watching. It's a sinister movie that's shot well, and I didn't find much reason to complain about the actors (though there is a faintly ridiculous monologue almost an hour into the proceedings that would have been better left out). The story is simple and violence and gore are certainly present (though it happens off-screen as often as on). The last 45 minutes or so are quite different from what comes before, so be prepared for a shift in tone. The final act is where the two movies really separate themselves, and that's really where I think House of the Devil completely outshines this. Maybe I would have appreciated Babysitter Wanted more if I hadn't seen a superior,similar movie that I couldn't help comparing it to. Give it a try if you'd like; there are far, far worse horror movies available.

"Babysitter Wanted" was a nice surprise. I thought 'why not?'when I saw the DVD cover. I was expecting a 'D'- rated flick & got a good twist on the babysitter theme of the 70's/80's. A first year college student, in need of money, answers a posting for a babysitter out at a farm. All the events, up to her arrival at the farm seemingly follow the 'babysitter theme' viewers are so familiar with. Once she is left alone to do her job, that's when the theme takes a turn. It wasn't what I had expected.The actress playing college student Angie, lacked credibility, but I overlooked it, as this was schlock. I was creeped out by the child actor. The actor playing the father was a refreshing treat. It's not perfect, but worth a look, for horror's sake.