Fright (1971) on Netflix
College student Amanda babysits Tara at the Lloyds' house. After Helen and Jim leave, noises and a figure at the window frighten her, and Brian, the child's father, has escaped an institution.
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Plot summary
Amanda, a college student, takes an evening babysitting job at the Lloyd house, looking after the child, Tara, while Helen and Jim go out. She notices how many locks are fitted to the front door. Making tea in the kitchen, she is watched through the window by a man, and odd noises and the doorbell follow. Her boyfriend Chris arrives and tells her that Helen and Jim are not married, and that Helen's husband was placed in a psychiatric institution after he tried to kill her. A telephone call from Helen at the restaurant interrupts them, and Amanda sends Chris away. The child's father, Brian, has escaped from the institution where he was held.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Fright (1971)
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- Film historian James Arena called the 1971 thriller a "groundbreaker" of the "terrorized babysitter formula", comparing it to Halloween, which came out seven years later. Other critics, such as Gary Smith, cite Fright as a proto-slasher film.
- Susan George had worked with director Peter Collinson before, on Up the Junction (1968), and when he cast her as the terrorized babysitter in Fright he offered her the role with no audition.
