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ڈرامہسال1990دورانیہ1h 32mIMDb5.4

The Guardian

ڈرامہتصورخوفناکی

A young couple with a newborn son don't realize that their new nanny is a magical Druid sacrificing infants to an evil tree.

ابھی دیکھیں

ٹریلر

کاسٹ

William Friedkin

Director

Jenny Seagrove

Camilla

Dwier Brown

Phil

Carey Lowell

Kate

Brad Hall

Ned Runcie

Miguel Ferrer

Ralph Hess

Natalija Nogulich

Molly Sheridan

PB

Pamela Brull

Gail Krasno

Gary Swanson

Allan Sheridan

JD

Jack David Walker

Punk

WP

Willy Parsons

Punk

Frank Noon

Punk

Theresa Randle

Arlene Russell

Xander Berkeley

Detective

RR

Ray Reinhardt

Dr. Klein

Jacob Gelman

Scotty

IB

Iris Bath

Mrs. Horniman

RG

Rita Gomez

Rosaria

BH

Barry Herman

Dr. at Birth

DG

Dan Greenburg

Writer

SV

Stephen Volk

Writer

William Friedkin

Writer

تبصرے

9 تبصرے

Iyabo OjoMay 29, 2023

source: The Guardian

Mwende MachariaNov 18, 2022

Naeem doryaNov 16, 2022

The Guardian

d@rdolNov 16, 2022

THE GUARDIAN seems like one of the more average achievements of master Friedkinan urban Gothic tale, a grim fairy tale fostering the audiences' fear of the woods. Jenny Seagrove was a fine beauty and an average but interesting actress; here she gets to play 'Camilla', name of LeFanuesque resonance, and at least she offers something to glimpse at in her few * scenes. The action keeps linear, the treatment will appear like quite unsubtle. A young and not very likable couple has a newborn son and hires a babysitter to look after himthe babysitter is Mrs. Seagrove. Very quickly Friedkin reveals that Jenny is a freak.

user@Mimi love NatNov 16, 2022

This film is not bad at all. It has the delicious Jenny Seagrove (from "A Woman Of Substance" fame), and some themes that come from the Celtic world, like living trees and baby-napping. Read all about The Green Man legend (Kingsley Amis wrote a novel about it, BBC did a very good documentary on it, Robin Hood and wood god Pan are one and the same according to it, some British Christian churches have him above their pillars). THE GUARDIAN is not as even as another Celtic themed film, THE WICKER MAN, and sometimes it is too Hollowoodish for its own good, but Friedkin's directing style is still superior to many others. Try looking at this film with a burning white candle and some incense, and maybe some Clannad before and after. :-)

abdo_saoudiNov 16, 2022

The Guardian: Lesser known William Friedkin film which he co-wrote and directed, he was none too happy with the result but I would classify it as good Folk Horror. There are references to Druidic Tree Worship and human sacrifuces A nanny who is really a Hamadryad has a penchant for sacrificing infants to her Mother Tree seeing as there are no druids around to do the job. Great horror action as people are devoured by the tree, roots strangle and crush them, spikes burst up through the ground impaling unfortunates. Not having wolves to hand (it's in LA), a pack of coyotes also take care of troublesome oiks who discover not all is right about the nanny. Outdoes a lot of Nasty Nanny films. 7/10. On Horror Channel.

Lòrdèss Mãggìë IINov 16, 2022

This movie was lacking in both suspense and b movie fun. I saw this on a rented VHS in early 90s. There's just nothing really scary about the tree. Even worse is that a great director like Friedkin (the exorcist, bug, killer Joe, rules of engagement, the French connection). can't bring any tension from anything but quite a bit of nudity and some extremely gory scenes. I hated this movie. Not only is it a chore to sit through with the tedious pace, its inexplicably stupid as well. We are given no proper explanation as to why all these events are transpiring, nor do they bother to tell us why a damn tree is wreaking all this havoc. We also get no proper character development. I think a nanny bathing with a baby naked would be questionable. This movie contained such annoying nonsense. The movie has Carey Lowell (licence to kill). Dwier Brown (the house 1 n 2, red dragon). Jenny Seagrove. Miguel Ferrer (iron man 3, Robocop, night flier).

The Ndlovu’s UncutNov 16, 2022

Phil and Kate are a young yuppie couple just on the verge of having a child of their own. As both parents are too busy to take care of the baby,they decide to enlist the services of a nanny,and after screening many candidates,they eventually welcome Camilla.It turns out that Camilla isn't quite all she claims to be,as the baby is being groomed for an ultimate union with the tree she is beholden to."The Guardian" is William Friedkin's return to the horror genre.The film itself is well-made and offers some suspense and a decent amount of gore.However the plot is cheesy and predictable and the main performances are rather bland.Sadly neglected English actress Jenny Seagrove is the definitive highlight of the film.Despite some flaws "The Guardian" is worth checking out for serious genre fans.7 out of 10.

Sam G JnrNov 16, 2022

A solid enough horror from Friedkin but he is let down by some rather mundane performances and general lack of charisma. Jenny Seagrove is the exception here, not someone who I know much of, apart from her relationship with the late Michael Winner, but she is very strong here. Indeed, the only actor who is consistently believable throughout. She does well as the sweet girl who may not be so sweet, deals well with the nudity and lets it all hang out in the tumultuous finale. Overall though the film lapses occasionally into silliness now and again and this detracts from the fact that it is an original film that tries to do something different and if it is not quite as disturbing as it wants to be, it certainly contains plenty of gore and violence.

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