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Phil and Kate have a baby boy named Jake. They hire a baby-sitter, Camilla, to look after Jake and she becomes part of the family. The Sheridan's friend and neighbor, Ned, takes a liking to Camilla and asks her out. She refuses, but Ned follows her and discovers that she is not quite human. Camilla discovers that she has been followed and Phil is pursued. He leaves a desperate message for Phil and Kate which reveals that Camilla has special plans for baby Jake. Written by
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Tonight, while the world is asleep... an ancient evil is about to awaken.
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Was to originally be directed by
Sam Raimi but he left the project early to direct
Darkman (1990). Producers brought in
William Friedkin and the project suffered through several rewrites sending co-writer
Stephen Volk into a breakdown. Friedkin eventually took over the writing duties.
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Goofs
As the tree is being cut down, the movie keeps cutting back to Camilla, showing what damage it is doing to her. When the guy finishes cutting down the tree, there is a shot of Camilla and her left leg breaks off and she falls to the ground. The two shots immediately following, of the mother tackling her and then of Camilla being thrown out the window, both show her with her legs still intact.
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Waltz For Debby
Written by
Bill Evans and
Gene Lees
Performed by
Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro and
Paul Motian
Courtesy of Fantasy, Inc.
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This film is not bad at all. It has the delicious Jenny Seagrove (from "A Woman Of Substance" fame), and some themes that come from the Celtic world, like living trees and baby-napping. Read all about The Green Man legend (Kingsley Amis wrote a novel about it, BBC did a very good documentary on it, Robin Hood and wood god Pan are one and the same according to it, some British Christian churches have him above their pillars). THE GUARDIAN is not as even as another Celtic themed film, THE WICKER MAN, and sometimes it is too Hollowoodish for its own good, but Friedkin's directing style is still superior to many others.
Try looking at this film with a burning white candle and some incense, and maybe some Clannad before and after. :-)