While the Children Sleep (also known as The Sitter) is a 2007 American made-for-televisionhorror film directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Gail O'Grady, William R. Moses, Mariana Klaveno, Tristan Lake Leabu, Madison Davenport, and Stacy Haiduk. Released on the Lifetime Movie Network, its plot concerns a couple who hires a live-in nanny who inserts herself increasingly into the family routine. Then friends of the family begin to have mysterious accidents, as the nanny conspires to replace the mother through murder.
The film received generally negative reviews, with many critics saying the film was derivative of other 90’s femme fatale psychological thrillers, with many especially comparing it to the similar film The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992). Despite this, Mariana Klaveno’s performance as psychopath Abby received praise.[1]
A couple, Carter and Meghan, decide that they should hire a live-in sitter so that they can both work and support their two children, Max and Casey. Abby Reed answers their advertisement and they move her in immediately. After some initial rough spots with the kids, the family warms to Abby.[2] Abby seems obsessed with Carter, and when she helps organize a company party for a big success — that is rained out — she's in tears and distraught over the failed party. Carter's friend Tate tries to take advantage of Abby in her upset state, and then Tate is discovered dead in a car accident. Neighbor Mel is then suspicious of Abby, and is soon found dead as well, electrocuted in her bath. Then, Meghan's friend Shawna, now suspecting Abby as well, threatens disclosure as the final moments of Abby's plan to replace Meghan unfold.[3] As backstory, we find that Abby, whose real name is Linda Reynolds, had been rescued from her abusive mother by family lawyer Carter many years before, where Abby's obsession originates with the family and desire to replace Meghan as his wife.[4]
Abby attacks Meghan twice. She kills Shawna. She kidnaps Carter and the kids. Abby professes her "love" to Carter, but Carter vehemently rejects her. As Abby tries to attack Meghan once more to spite Carter, Meghan pulls a pair of scissors, and stabs Abby twice. Abby stares longingly into Carter's gaze, chagrin ridden all over her face, before lying down on the staircase (which she had used as a weapon with which to attack Meghan twice) and breathing her last breaths. As husband and wife recover from the incident, Carter asks his wife how her day went. Meghan smiles and says that she "had to fire the sitter."
while, children, sleep, also, known, sitter, 2007, american, made, television, horror, film, directed, russell, mulcahy, starring, gail, grady, william, moses, mariana, klaveno, tristan, lake, leabu, madison, davenport, stacy, haiduk, released, lifetime, movie. While the Children Sleep also known as The Sitter is a 2007 American made for television horror film directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Gail O Grady William R Moses Mariana Klaveno Tristan Lake Leabu Madison Davenport and Stacy Haiduk Released on the Lifetime Movie Network its plot concerns a couple who hires a live in nanny who inserts herself increasingly into the family routine Then friends of the family begin to have mysterious accidents as the nanny conspires to replace the mother through murder While the Children SleepWritten byStephen NiverDirected byRussell MulcahyStarringGail O GradyWilliam R MosesMariana KlavenoTristan Lake LeabuMadison DavenportStacy HaidukMusic byElia CmiralCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionExecutive producersRobert Halmi Jr Larry LevinsonProducersLincoln LagesonRandy PopeCinematographyMaximo MunziEditorColleen HalseyReleaseOriginal releaseSeptember 16 2007 2007 09 16 The film received generally negative reviews with many critics saying the film was derivative of other 90 s femme fatale psychological thrillers with many especially comparing it to the similar film The Hand That Rocks the Cradle 1992 Despite this Mariana Klaveno s performance as psychopath Abby received praise 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 DVD release 5 References 6 External linksPlot editA couple Carter and Meghan decide that they should hire a live in sitter so that they can both work and support their two children Max and Casey Abby Reed answers their advertisement and they move her in immediately After some initial rough spots with the kids the family warms to Abby 2 Abby seems obsessed with Carter and when she helps organize a company party for a big success that is rained out she s in tears and distraught over the failed party Carter s friend Tate tries to take advantage of Abby in her upset state and then Tate is discovered dead in a car accident Neighbor Mel is then suspicious of Abby and is soon found dead as well electrocuted in her bath Then Meghan s friend Shawna now suspecting Abby as well threatens disclosure as the final moments of Abby s plan to replace Meghan unfold 3 As backstory we find that Abby whose real name is Linda Reynolds had been rescued from her abusive mother by family lawyer Carter many years before where Abby s obsession originates with the family and desire to replace Meghan as his wife 4 Abby attacks Meghan twice She kills Shawna She kidnaps Carter and the kids Abby professes her love to Carter but Carter vehemently rejects her As Abby tries to attack Meghan once more to spite Carter Meghan pulls a pair of scissors and stabs Abby twice Abby stares longingly into Carter s gaze chagrin ridden all over her face before lying down on the staircase which she had used as a weapon with which to attack Meghan twice and breathing her last breaths As husband and wife recover from the incident Carter asks his wife how her day went Meghan smiles and says that she had to fire the sitter Cast editMariana Klaveno as Abigail Abby Reed Linda Reynolds Dominique Grund as young Abby Linda Gail O Grady as Meghan Eastman William R Moses as Carter Eastman Tristan Lake Leabu as Maxwell Max Eastman Madison Davenport as Casey Eastman Stacy Haiduk as Shawna Pierson Joanne Baron as Melissa Mel Olson Alan Blumenfeld as Del Olson Thomas Curtis as Thomas Tom Olson Jon Lindstrom as Tate Walker Monique Daniels as Laura Berry Jill Jaress as Elizabeth Reynolds Jordan Moser as ChrisReception editThe film s plot was compared by reviewers to the 1992 film The Hand That Rocks the Cradle 5 and the 2001 film The Glass House as well as others 2 DVD release editThe film was released on DVD on June 17 2008 under the name The Sitter 6 References edit The Sitter a k a While the Children Sleep 2007 a b Terror Hook Review Review at Bloodytype online Archived from the original on 2011 07 08 Retrieved 2009 07 03 Review at Dreadcentral Archived from the original on 2009 05 14 Retrieved 2009 07 03 The Sitter review at The Trades Archived from the original on 2011 05 27 Retrieved 2009 07 03 The Sitter review at dvdverdict Archived from the original on 2009 07 02 Retrieved 2009 07 03 External links editWhile the Children Sleep at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title While the Children Sleep amp oldid 1180372087, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
