The Sitter (1977)

Name: The Sitter
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 1977-01-01

22m

Running Time

Plot.

A babysitter is menaced by mysterious and frightening phone calls.

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Cast & Crew.

Lucia Stralser

The Sitter

Curt Sanders

The Killer

Karen Kondazian

Mrs. Mandrakis

Bill Striglos

Dr. Mandrakis

Ed Ruffalo

Sgt. Sacker

Robert Sutton

Detective

Charles Boswell

Policeman

Fred Walton

Director

Fred Walton

Writer

Steve Feke

Producer / Writer

Willy Kurant

Director of Photography

Sam Vitale

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 1977

Status
Released

Running Time
22m

Budget
$12,000

Wiki.

The Sitter is a 1977 American short horror-thriller film directed by Fred Walton on which his 1979 feature film When a Stranger Calls is based. It is a suspenseful retelling of the classic urban legend of "The babysitter and the man upstairs" about a babysitter who is menaced by mysterious and frightening phone calls which are finally revealed to be coming from inside the house.