The Caretaker

This so-called horror movie is one of the worst slashers I have ever seen in my life. It goes wrong in every way you can think of. For starters, the entire enterprise is appallingly cheap. Shot almost entirely at night, the lighting is almost non-existent, and it's often hard to make out the surroundings or what it going on. Also, with little in the way of props, it's as if the filmmakers decided to write something with the little they had, instead of writing the story first and worrying about bringing things in later. But wait - things get even worse! We have teen protagonists who are annoying and so poorly developed I don't think we even learn the names of some of them. It should be a pleasure seeing them chopped up, but the slaughter doesn't really get going until more than an hour of the running time has passed, with most of the time devoted to seeing the teens wandering around and around endlessly. Once it does get going, the slaughter is not very graphic at all. The "surprise twist" at the end isn't the least bit surprising. And Judd Nelson is totally wasted, having almost no screen time. Do you need any more convincing about "The Caretaker" being a complete waste of time?

Awesome campy horror film for younger teens or people who just want some Halloween fun!

The young cast is fantastic! Jennifer Tilly is the best ever ! And Judd Nelson is a fun to watch. The music is also really good. It is classic and simple story with some fun moments on a small budget.

All you couch critics and wanna be filmmakers should go make your own movies and then come back and talk about lighting !! smh

And it is not like you are all wrong, but consider who this was made for...there is no swearing or no blood. This is for young teens and parents to have Halloween fun without so much gore.

So why was it rated "R" - no idea, you will have to ask the people at the MPA to see if they actually watched it.

this would be a perfect drive in movie.

Go find it and watch it, and come back here and give this movie the rating it deserves - A 5 maybe 6 :)