black comedy

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is a 1991 American coming-of-age black comedy film directed by Stephen Herek and starring Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, Josh Charles and David Duchovny.

comedy

rewards program comedy film Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead.

family comedy

And as Pajiba is reporting, the early 90s are fair game as well Producer Mark Gordon has apparently grabbed the rights to Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead, the pretty self-explanatory family comedy about a group of kids (led by teen sister Christina Applegate) forced to care for themselves for the summer when the babysitter croaks.

horror comedy

The Babysitter is a horror comedy classic, making use of not only some of the best horror movie tropes, but also pulling from other genres in a directorial shift from the director of Charlie's Angels and other slightly campy classics.

the mother of all summer-job movies

Oh, and let's not forget the mother of all summer-job movies, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead(HBO).