Taglines: Tonight, while the world is asleep… an ancient evil is about to awaken.
The Guardian movie storyline. 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 Sterling’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 Ned is pursued. He leaves a desperate message for Phil and Kate which reveals that Camilla has special plans for baby Jake.
The Guardian is a 1990 American horror film co-written and directed by William Friedkin. It stars Jenny Seagrove as a mysterious nanny who is hired by new parents, played by Dwier Brown and Carey Lowell, to care for their infant son; the couple soon discovers the nanny to be a Hamadryad whose previous clients’ children went missing under her care. It is based upon the novel The Nanny by American novelist Dan Greenburg.
Director Sam Raimi was originally attached to the project before dropping out to direct Darkman instead. Heavily marketed as director Friedkin’s first foray into the horror genre since 1973’s The Exorcist, the film had a troubled production, with script undergoing numerous changes that continued well into the shooting process.
The film was released in the spring of 1990, and was met with generally unfavorable critical reception, later making Roger Ebert’s “most hated films” list. A cable television version of the film was credited to “Alan Von Smithee”, indicating that Friedkin wished to disassociate himself from its release. Although a critical and commercial failure, the film later found an audience as a cult movie.
The Guardian (1990)
Directed by: William Friedkin
Starring: Jenny Seagrove, Dwier Brown, Carey Lowell, Brad Hall, Miguel Ferrer, Natalija Nogulich, Pamela Brull, Gary Swanson, Theresa Randle, Jacob Gelman
Screenplay by: Stephen Volk
Production Design by: Gregg Fonseca
Cinematography by: John A. Alonzo
Film Editing by: Seth Flaum
Costume Design by: Denise Cronenberg
Set Decoration by: Sarah Burdick Stone
Art Direction by: Bruce Alan Miller
Music by: Jack Hues
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: April 27, 1990
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