The 1991 black comedy Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead has become a cult classic over the years, and we first heard rumblings about a modern day remake back in 2020.

Deadline had reported at the time that a “diverse remake” of the ’90s movie was in the works from Treehouse Pictures, said to be a “present-day retelling centered on a Black family.”

In that original May 2020 report, Deadline noted that Bille Woodruff (Beauty Shop, “Yellowjackets”) was attached to direct a script written by Chuck Hayward (“Dear White People,” “WandaVision”), with the studio teasing a “new interpretation that is as funny and outrageous as the original but also smart and connected to the world today.”

So what’s the latest on the Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead remake? Well, an official listing from the MPA this week reveals that the upcoming film is rated “R,” which comes as a bit of a surprise considering the original ’90s movie was rated “PG-13.” The new movie has received its “R” rating for “teen drug use, language, and some sexual references.”

Iconic Releasing is listed as the distributor of the new movie, which doesn’t yet have a date.

It’s interesting to note that Danielle Harris – who starred in the original movie – had teased a “big surprise” for the movie’s fans in a chat with ComicBook.com just a couple weeks ago.

Harris teased, “Just know there’s something fabulous that has been worked on.”

In the 1991 movie directed by Stephen Herek and starring Christina Applegate, “Five siblings are left alone all summer when their mom leaves town and the evil babysitter bites the dust.”

Bee Delores celebrated 30 years of Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead here on BD back in 2021. Bee wrote, “The film may not read as a horror film for most people 一 but now in my 30s, and having experienced many horrors in my life, from death and the corporate world, it’s pretty frightening how real it is. Death has long grasped its gnarled fingers around my life, and this film came at a formative time, forever scarring my five-year-old self. There’s a particular sadness stitched into the storyline, and I find myself greatly identifying with Swell, her journey to find herself, and her clutching onto the last remnants of her childhood. It’s scary to be an adult, and 30 years later, Babysitter’s Dead captures the truth quite perfectly.”