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Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping babysitter horror movies into the ol’ VCR.

If you grew up with younger siblings or friends with younger siblings, you probably had to babysit at one point or another. 

I actually enjoyed babysitting, but there was always something a bit unsettling about being responsible for children at night when you were really only a kid yourself. 

And that, friends, is what brings us to the topic of today’s piece: babysitter horror. 

It’s a classic trope, right?

An unsuspecting babysitter gets more than they bargained for. 

Or, sometimes, the babysitters themselves are the threat. 

Either way, there’s something really terrifying about having to defend yourself and children in a potentially unfamiliar environment. 

That’s why Halloween was originally called The Babysitter Murders, after all. 

With Halloween only two days away, I wanted to be sure to give y’all another set of recs that work well with the holiday season.

Alrighty, that should do us for introductions. 

Without further ado, here are eight babysitter horror movies to keep you up at night: 

• The Babysitter 
• All Hallows’ Eve
• Better Watch Out
• Halloween (1978)  
• When a Stranger Calls (1979)
• The House of the Devil
• The Babysitter: Killer Queen 
• The Hand That Rocks the Cradle