After seeing the trailer for McG's The Babysitter my interests peaked. From the warm and colorful production design, snarky dialogue and a clear glee for gore this looked like a fun entry into my favorite genre. To my dismay, this film was a big let down. While horror has an innate ugliness from the often dark subject matter, this film was just plain ugly from the start - every character is mean spirited and crude that I just didn't care for any of them. There is no-one to root for and very little story wise to build tension. It's so paper thin and really never gets going. While I did enjoy the gore and the acting was fine, I can't recommend this. For well done horror-comedies see Shaun Of The Dead, 1985's Fright Night, An American Werewolf In London and even the new horror-lite film Happy Death Day. Netflix can and will do better. Pass.
Review of The Babysitter
The Babysitter
(I) (2017)
This horror fan says, Ugly, Charmless, Witless, but luckily not bloodless
17 October 2017