The Babysitter

All the "tween horror" a parent can stand.

10-13-17. I just watched the new Netflix movie The Babysitter. I have to say it was a fun, campy, coming of age horror that is lacking today. With McG directing, it's a good mix of real life, comedy and horror that make for an entertaining good time. From the beginning you're all in with the 12 year old boy who lead who has a bully, a girl as a best friend and parents that still think he needs a babysitter. Fortunately for him, his babysitter is a bit of a beautiful bad ass. Too bad she also dabbles in the occult. And that's when the fun starts. Good deaths mixed with humor are what make this movie a good watch that keeps you engaged the whole time.

Hot babysitter turns out to be part of a satanic cult that kills people as sacrifice. Pretty standard stuff, right?

It turns out that the movie starts with a "boom": funny, well paced, well edited and actually smart for once. Cinematography, lightening and, again, editing were innovative and riveting (somewhat remembered me of Nicolas Winding Refn) but the cutting-edge aspects died down as the movie stalled through the common route taken by many other horror movies. Along that path, absurdity grew as the originality diminished, resulting in a predictability, but once again showed improvement in the last few minutes of the film.

Still, it's worth remembering the whole experience was very enjoyable and funny. Sometimes even edge-of-your-seat tense. The few jumpscares weren't effective in the least, even though a shame, it was to be expected and did not affect my entertainment (and should not affect yours either).

This is the definition of late night flick. It's not bad enough to make you cringe, not complicated enough to give you headaches, but rather gory and funny enough to make you relax and enjoy your evening.

Took me forever to finally sit down and give this movie a shot. Maybe because Bella Thorne is on the cover. I just can't take her serious. That being said, she was surprisingly really funny in this. This movie was actually pretty good. I mean the plot was fairly corny, but the comedy and kill scenes made up for it. The cast was great and the writing had me cracking up. I'm looking forward to part 2. Give it a shot. 7 stars

Please don't watch the trailer before. The trailer reveals almost everything. The movie is quite surprising. It surprised a hell out of me. I don't watch the movie after the trailer. It's the plot, cast, ratings and no spoiler reviews that makes me select a movie. A movie you won't expect much from, but still delivers to satisfy the shit out of you! Damn, this one has it. It's little hilarious, not much. Yes, it's adult comedy. It's a surprisingly awesome movie, should definitely try once a watch. It's an above average movie of the genre - The genre which is horror, but doesn't have anything that could scare apart from the BGM. Yes, it falls in that category of hundreds of movies. Only the BGM is scary. 9 out of 10 for the direction. I couldn't imagine anything better for this story.

Cole (Judah Lewis) is a 12 year old bullied pushover. His parents are often away. Bee (Samara Weaving) is his beloved, ultra-sexy, ultra-tough, and ultra-cool babysitter. His best friend Melanie claims that all babysitters have sex with their boyfriends after the kids go to sleep. Cole decides to stay up and sneak downstairs to spy on Bee. He finds that she's doing much more than having sex.

I am pleasantly surprised that I actually liked this movie. I expected something stupid but this is loads of fun. It's a comedy action horror from McG. It has some of his silly fast-cut comedy style. It's not overwhelming while keeping his sensibilities which helps a lot. The writing has plenty of knowing comedy without the excesses of his silliness. I love Weaving and this kid Lewis. Maybe the lowered expectations got me but I quite enjoyed this.