Right on top of that, Rose! Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2021, but it remains a classic entry in the “accidentally killing an old lady” genre.In the movie, Christina Applegate plays Sue Ellen “Swell” Crandell, a 17-year-old girl who thinks she’s about to enjoy a wild summer of freedom while her mother (Concetta Tomei) is away in Europe with her boyfriend.
Her mom has other ideas, though, and hires a live-in babysitter named Mrs. Sturak (Eda Reiss Merin) to care for Swell and her three siblings.So much for Swell’s plans, especially after Mrs.
Sturak has a heart attack on the job after seeing a bunch of risqué posters in one of the teens’ bedrooms. The Crandells then realize they have no money to pay
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