The Guardian
The Guardian

Tonight, while the world is asleep... an ancient evil is about to awaken.

5.7 (214) 1h 32m 1990FantasyHorror

Phil and Kate select the winsome young Camilla as a live-in nanny for their newborn child, but the seemingly lovely Camilla is not what she appears to be...

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

Revenue

$17,037,887

Release Date

April 27, 1990

Popularity

1

Director

William Friedkin

Writer

Stephen Volk

Writer

Dan Greenburg

Producer

Joe Wizan

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Reviews

kevin2019

"The Guardian" is a well made film and it is enjoyable enough to watch, but it ultimately fails to deliver the goods. Your pulse will certainly not be racing and nor will your heart be pounding at the chilling terror of it all simply because we have seen this sort of thing countless times before. We know from the outset nothing untoward is going to happen to either the young couple nor to their delightfully charming infant and we have seen the succession of old creaking horror standbys - the nightmares, the assorted scare tactics and so forth - that are now faithfully dusted off and trundled out for our entertainment. The whole enterprise reveals itself to be pretty tepid at best and this is the reason the film will fail to excite even the easily excitable and it ultimately feels as though all we are really doing is just going through the moves of a horror film.

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