2017 · comedy · horror
The Babysitter
Directed by McG1h 25m2017
When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot babysitter is part of a Satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.
Our read: The Babysitter (2017) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive comedy · horror entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / horror, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- intense
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“You want candy-colored cult chaos, teen horror comedy, and buckets of knowingly absurd gore.”
Skip it tonight — Graphic cartoon violence and teen raunch land wrong when you wanted real scares.
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