Saturday, October 14, 2017

31 Days of Halloween 2017: The Babysitter

2017, McG (Termination Salvation) -- Netflix

One of the best of the season comes along as a Netflix original comedy spin on the scary night with the babysitter story. Normally these stories are about the young boy's crush on his hot baby sitter being upset by someone trying to get at them. But what if that someone IS the babysitter?

Cole has a crush on hot & cool Bee. She's your typical blonde sex bomb, but she also relates very well to Cole giving him his nerd quotient and dancing with him. Cole is not a die-hard socially awkward nerd, just a guy who has family induced fear issues. But his understandable crush on his babysitter keeps him awake long after he should, long enough to witness her and her gang of popular kids murder another nerd to begin a satanic ritual. Cole rightfully freaks out.

What continues is a cat & mouse game, where the members of The Cult of Bee try to recapture Cole so they can complete the ritual. Bee never actually intended on killing Cole, just draining some blood, because he is a font of innocence. But that doesn't change the fact she is a murderous psychopath.

The movie is mostly standard McG comedic, with some fun at odds with horror aspects. Like Robbie Amell spending the entire movie shirtless (of which he is challenged, but won't explain), and more concerned with Cole standing up to bullies (like himself) then the actual murdery bits. This crass, naughty movie is meant for teens but none of the humour ever really goes over the top.

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