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My Babysitter's a Vampire (2010) poster

2010 · comedy · adventure · fantasy

My Babysitter's a Vampire

Directed by Bruce McDonald1h 20m2010

Geeky 14-year old Ethan is left to babysit his younger sister, Jane, with his best friend Benny but after Ethan inadvertently puts Jane in harm's way, his parents hire a professional babysitter, the beautiful yet mysterious 17-year-old Sarah who, unbeknownst to them, is actually a fledgling vampire.

Our read: My Babysitter's a Vampire (2010) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive comedy · adventure · fantasy entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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Cosy, breathless, gentle comedy / adventure, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.

ElsewhereIMDb6.15k
  • cosy
  • kinetic
  • gentle
  • inventive
  • redemptive
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DNA · twelve axes

How My Babysitter's a Vampire feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a lighthearted teen vampire comedy adventure for a casual night.”

ends upliftingyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 4attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

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