If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Babysitter comes to neighborhood house to do an overnight job, one of the kids is a paranoid schizophrenic, he keeps everyone locked in the bathroom for nearly the entire run time of the film. When the parents get home, we discover (it wasn't a surprise) that they're willing to go to any length to protect their kid and keep the babysitter locked up in the bathroom.1. This is a busy suburban neighborhood. No one knows that there's a violent paranoid schizophrenic living in the house? Even after he cut his own brother's ear off?2. The bathroom the babysitter and the two other kids are trapped in has a big fat skylight. Someone get on someone else's shoulders, bust the window, and leave.3. The babysitter's parents don't start nosing around after their kid has disappeared? No cops get sent to the place where she was last seen?4. The schizophrenic (a very stupid, poorly written version of a schizophrenic, anyhow) is shown to care for his little sister early on in the film. When they make an attempt to break out, she lags behind to grab a fake cell phone so the babysitter runs back to grab her and is caught again by the baddie. Why not leave and get help? Let's see: kid possibly gets hurt vs. going and getting definitive help. Yeah, screw the cops. So we can sit in the bathroom with the do nothing trio for an hour and fifteen minutes.Poorly written and horribly paced, with lame hints dropped throughout to show you that the family is not all there, this was genuinely one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I like how most of the glowing reviews for this were all written on the same day by people who've never reviewed anything else here. Avoid this like the plague and don't waste your time. It could have been rated G, it was so tame. Kids see worse on the SVU marathons they run on USA network every day of the week.

So, I am shocked that so far people are giving this good reviews on here. I just sat through this. It was slow and irritating. Very claustrophobic since most of the movie you are locked in a small bathroom with a babysitter and two kids wondering what the crap is going on outside. When you finally get to the end where you expect something explosive, you just want to smack everybody! The whole time I'm wondering... why doesn't she just break through the sky light??? Why didn't she just run out the door when the parents got home???? And there is no way on God's green earth that they could pull this off because how are they going to explain her absence to the babysitter's mom? How about the mother of Grace's friend who could tell something was wrong when she dropped Grace off? Nope, this movie deserved a way better ending than the "shock" the creators were going for. And if you are a Linda Hamilton fan, forget it because you only get like 1 1/2 minutes of her in this whole stinking film. Why did she even do this anyway? LOL! Don't waste your time.

As a big fan of horror films, I have become quite weary of new films that seem to worry more about gore, special effects, and simple scare tactics (something suddenly appearing in frame, followed by loud sound effect) and less about story, acting and developing a character that is both believable, and terrifying. Fortunately, this is not one of those films.From start to finish I felt drawn to keep watching and find out what would happen to Zoe as her night of work becomes a nightmare. The acting and storyline really make for a fun, scary and suspenseful film. Not sure this will be a huge hit, but I feel a cult classic coming along.

If you think this babysitter looks familiar she's been in a lot of stuff. I remember her back from the show ER. She was Dr. Green's (Anthony Edwards) bratty daughter. She is great as Zoe, the babysitter, in this movie. She is in charge of three kids. I was wondering why they needed a babysitter since Jack seems old enough to care for the other kids. But you soon find out that there is something not right with this guy, so no wonder they need a babysitter. Those parents are cruel to leave a babysitter basically alone in the house with Jack, knowing full well what he is capable of. Forget about doing a background check on babysitters. After you watch this movie, babysitters will want to do a background check on the parents and the kids they are supposed to be watching!