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don’t tell mom the babysitter’s dead (1991)

not to be confused with babysitters club. don’t tell mom the babysitter’s dead is your ticket to the 1991 teen cool club. the movie plot is ideal for all those who are still lucky enough to be living with their parents. the mom in the movie moves to australia and leaves behind not 1, not 2... but 5 kids alone in a house with little to no money. sound like a maury episode? on top of mom’s sick microphone drop on all her kids, she decides she is going to hire a complete stranger from the senior center to watch over these kids. we can see early signs of dementia in the babysitter and we are told from unconfirmed sources that these “senior moments” were unscripted events that the director just left in for effect.

as everyone predicts, the babysitter dies from COVID-1991 leaving all the kids to fend for themselves. the oldest kid, the daughter who looks like she should have graduated high school already, decides to take on a job for some bread. of course, as luck would have it, she finds a job as an assistant for some lady who is way too trusting of other people. she makes that bread all while she is constantly harassed by what we think is the love interest in the movie. the dude drives a corn dog ice cream truck by the way. and also, that truck just coincidentally shows up when the kids need a ride at night. thats how the creepers used to stalk without facebook, kids.

the lid on the whole operation blows because mom quickly finds out that the babysitter is kinda MIA. the daughter’s cover is blown at work by some lady that no one likes in reception. lets not forget the sexual harassment claims against her other co-worker named gus. yes, i agree that anyone named gus has a 86% chance of harassing another co-worker in the office setting.