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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children Movie Release: 1971 DVD Release: 05/21/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 27 mins Studio: Anchor Bay Members Wishing: 5 Genres: Thriller, Psychological Thriller

In this violent, grim thriller, a baby-sitter's routine job turns out to be anything but when she and her young charge are terrorized by an escaped mental patient who bursts in and holds them hostage. He claims to be the three-year-old boy's father and has come to murder his ex-wife. Meanwhile to stall for time until the cops can save them, the baby-sitter seduces the fugitive father. A deadly stand-off ensues when the cops finally surround the place and he begins threatening to slice the throats of the girl and his son. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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Peter Collinson's tense thriller Fright comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.66:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. There are neither subtitles nor closed-captions on this release. Supplemental materials include a biography of the director, and a theatrical trailer. This is a solid disc that should please genre enthusiasts and fans of this Halloween precursor. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide