Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
Genres: Comedy
Cast: Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, Keith Coogan, Josh Charles, John Getz
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is a 1991 American coming-of-age black comedy film directed by Stephen Herek, written by Neil Landau and Tara Ison, and starring Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, Keith Coogan, John Getz, Danielle Harris and Josh Charles. The plot focuses on a 17-year-old girl who assumes the role as head of the house when the elderly babysitter whom her mother had hired while she is away suddenly dies.