Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
| Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Stephen Herek |
| Produced by |
Robert F. Newmyer Brian Reilly Jeffery Silver Julia Phillips |
| Written by |
Neil Landau Tara Ison |
| Starring | |
| Music by | David Newman |
| Cinematography | Tim Suhrstedt |
| Edited by | Larry Bock |
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| Distributed by |
Warner Bros. (Time Warner) |
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Release date
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June 7, 1991 |
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Running time
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102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Box office | $25,196,249 |
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Stephen Herek and starring Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, Josh Charles, and David Duchovny.
The plot focuses on seventeen-year-old Sue Ellen Crandell, whose mother leaves for a two-month summer vacation in Australia, putting all five siblings in the care of a strict tyrannical elderly babysitter. When the babysitter suddenly dies in her sleep, Sue Ellen assumes the role as head of the household to prevent her mother from returning home early. She fakes a resume to get a job in the fashion industry, but proves capable and lucky enough to succeed.
Sue Ellen Crandell (Christina Applegate) is a 17-year-old high school graduate who, due to a lack of funds, cannot go to Europe for the summer with her friends. She is about to head to college in the fall. However, Sue Ellen remains optimistic about a summer of freedom with her siblings: 20-year old slacker Kenny (Keith Coogan), 13-year old tomboy Melissa (Danielle Harris), 16-year old ladies man Zach (Christopher Pettiet), and 12-year old TV fanatic Walter (Robert Hy Gorman), while their mother travels to Australia with her boyfriend. Much to Sue Ellen's dismay, her mother hires a live-in babysitter, Mrs. Sturak, a seemingly sweet, humble old woman who assures Mrs. Crandell that she can take care of all five children. As soon as Mrs. Crandall leaves, Mrs. Sturak shows her true colors as a tyrant, quickly drawing the ire of the children. However, she later dies of a heart attack. When her body is discovered by Sue Ellen, the children agree to stuff the babysitter in a trunk and drop her off at a local funeral home and keep her car. They discover that the envelope given to Mrs. Sturak by their mother with their summer money is empty; she had it on her when they delivered her body to the funeral home.
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