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The Babysitter

1995 · 90 min · Director: Guy Ferland ★ IMDb 4.3 · 6,804 ratings

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Jennifer (Alicia Silverstone) is a lovely teen who has been hired to baby-sit the kids of Harry Tucker (J.T. Walsh) and his wife, Dolly (Lee Garlington). The Tuckers go to a party and proceed to get inebriated, with Mr. Tucker fantasizing about his beautiful baby sitter. Meanwhile, Jack (Jeremy London), her boyfriend, and Mark (Nicky Katt), another guy interested in her, decide to spy on Jennifer at the Tucker house, with each young man also fixated on her.

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The Babysitter (1995) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 35%, Confusion 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Confusion, Tension. Genres: Thriller, Drama. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Fear

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Tension
Disturbing
Fear
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then rises around 83 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingFear
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension27 %23 %15 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor25 %19 %14 %3 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Disturbing29 %23 %21 %4 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Disturbing35 %30 %29 %8 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Tension39 %34 %31 %10 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Disturbing41 %36 %33 %10 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Tension46 %41 %34 %13 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Tension51 %46 %38 %15 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Tension49 %44 %38 %15 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Tension44 %39 %36 %14 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Disturbing46 %40 %43 %13 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Disturbing51 %41 %48 %13 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Disturbing54 %41 %50 %14 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Disturbing59 %50 %54 %25 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Tension61 %57 %51 %36 %
77.5 %≈ 70′Tension63 %59 %52 %34 %
82.5 %≈ 74′Disturbing73 %69 %65 %41 %
87.5 %≈ 79′Tension83 %80 %75 %63 %
92.5 %≈ 83′Disturbing85 %82 %78 %73 %
97.5 %≈ 88′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

JT
J. T. Walsh

J.T. Walsh

Harry Tucker

NK
Nicky Katt

Nicky Katt

Mark Holsten

LG
Lee Garlington

Lee Garlington

Dolly Tucker

George Segal

Bill Holsten

RS
Ryan Slater

BE
Brittany English Stephens

TK
Tuesday Knight

EM
Eric Menyuk

Joe

MK
Matthew Kimbrough

Large man

JA
Jane Alden

Wilma

NE
Noel Evangelisti

Audrey

MC
Michael Chieffo

Young man

MS
Monty Silverstone

British party guest

CF
Cameron Fuller

Tucker baby

HF
Hal Fort Atkinson

Police Officer

Details

Directed by
Guy Ferland
Written by
Guy Ferland, Robert Coover
Type
Movies
Released
1995
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 4.3 · 6,804 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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