"Talk on the phone. Finish your homework. Watch TV. Die."

2009

1h 35m

6.3(788 votes)

Horror

Mystery

Overview

A young college student who’s struggling financially takes a strange babysitting job which coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.

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Cast & Crew

21 members

Acting

Jocelin Donahue

Samantha

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Tom Noonan

Mr. Ulman

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Mary Woronov

Mrs. Ulman

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Greta Gerwig

Megan

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AJ Bowen

Victor Ulman

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Dee Wallace

Landlady

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Heather Robb

Heather

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Darryl Nau

Random Guy

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Brenda Cooney

Nurse

Directing

Ti West

Favorite Teacher

Acting

John Speredakos

Ted Stephen

Directing

Lena Dunham

911 Operator (voice)

Costume & Make-Up

Danielle Noe

Mother

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Acting

Mary B. McCann

Elaine Cross

Sound

Graham Reznick

Local DJ (voice)

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Archie Van Beuren

Dead Child

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Nicholas Bienstock

Dead Husband

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Andrea Verdura

Dead Wife

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Production

Kamen Velkovsky

Demon

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Production

William M. Bradley

Blue Demon

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Jacob Jaffke

Background Talent

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