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DON'T TELL MOM THE BABYSITTER'S DEAD
WHAT it's about: A group of siblings who have the summer of their lives after the retched old babysitter their Australia-bound mom left in charge suddenly bites the dust. Instead of calling the hospital or their mother, they stuff the woman in a trunk and drop her on the doorstep of a local funeral home, leaving them to their own, adult-free devices.
WHO'S in it: Christina Applegate, Danielle Harris, Josh Charles and a then-unknown David Duchovny.
WHEN it came out: 1991
HOW come you haven't heard of (or just seen) it: It got some really bratty reviews, leaving it with a Rotten Tomatoes ratting of 33 % and a just over $25,000 box-office gross. And the name doesn't do it any favours. At least with certain mainstream audiences. (I was all over it when I saw it in my print copy of TV Guide way back when.)
WHY you need to watch it--immediately!:
