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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.

If anyone watched the trailers. They will know not to expect anything. I didn't expect a good film and I was pleasantly surprised with this one.

It knows exactly what it is. A cheesy B rated movie. It plays to that.

I expected utter crap, but got B movie cheese gold. I enjoyed the hell of out is this one. It makes no logical sense at all but it's funny and enjoyable.

Go in to expect cheese and you will love it.

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.

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

The babysitter whas one giant suprise because i was just looking on netflix and this movie looked intresting so i started watching and it turned out to be one of the most fun movies of 2017. MCG directed this movie and he did a good job over all with bringing this wierd but fun concept to live. The movie has some gorry kills that where a lot of fun to watch but some of them used CGI and that din't look all that good. I also liked some of the musical choices in the movie and the over all acting was realy good with the stand out being Samara Weaving.

This movie whas realy fun and i recommend it alot.

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.

I enjoyed this one. Sometimes Netflix can really hit a wall with their originals, but I'm happy that most of them are just that, original.

While The Babysitter references as many movies and TV series as they can fit into the script, it makes for a good hour and a half of fun. With its short run-time it doesn't outstay its welcome, and the lives and deaths of characters make for an interesting story. Combined with some snappy directing and humour its certainly worth watching around Halloween. A very 80s slasher style horror comedy.

Anyone who knows me is aware that the older I'm getting the stricter I am with my ratings, so how did a goofy little horror comedy just get a 9/10? Well, because it's actually really damn good.

It tells the story of a scaredy cat weak little boy who still has a babysitter. One night he falls curious to what she does after he goes to sleep and see's more than he ever could have expected.

A Netflix original movie starring Samara Weaving, Hana Mae Lee, Bella Thorne, Leslie Bibb and Ken Marino it looks shiney, makes great use of it's soundtrack and has a wonderful 1980's vibe about it.

Make no mistake this is not a light hearted piece and is overflowing with lashings of violence and gore to go hand in hand with the hilarity.

Early on I recognised that the film had a real charm about it but I certainly never expected it to be THIS good. I get the impression this will be one of those odd titles like the infamously hated The Hottie & The Nottie (2008) which folks don't agree with me on but I think this was excellent.

A gory rollercoaster ride that tips its hat to 80's classics but brings them into a new era which I couldn't help but appreciate.

The Good:

Looks great

Solid soundtrack

Perfectly crafted

The Bad:

Nothing immediatly springs to mind

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

We still didn't find out why he was shirtless!!!!

There are spoilt kids, then there is him

It's normally ugly people who are sacrificed

This is exactly what a good Halloween prank should look like. A little bit of gore, a little bit of T&A, outrageously stereotypical high school kids, and nothing in the way of a plot to worry about.

That's not to say it's not extremely successful at what it aspires to: good, silly fun for Halloween.

Completely self-aware of all the slasher films it mimics, and more than able to mine the comedy in those memes, this film is just a hoot. Not anywhere near as serious as the Scream franchise tries to be with the horror/slasher genre, this film takes the opposite tact: remember that these films are for fun and a bit of escapism.

A soft PG-13 would be the MPAA rating for this if it wasn't Netflix, and it's appropriate for your tweens. But if you're in your 30s or 40s, it's gonna be a lot more enjoyable, since you know and recognize all the tropes at play, but know that the filmmakers know and are just letting you have fun watching them play out.

I hope the three leads get more good work out of this, because they all do a fabulous job with the material - there's not a lot to work with, but each of the three (the babysitter, boy kid, and his bestie girl) give you a good show and don't fall into the trap that this film could easily have done: there's not a scenery chewer among them, and they all do a great job of keeping their eye on the prize: a silly, fun, bit nostalgic, Halloween slasher.

This movie delivered more than I anticipated! I thought this was going to be one of those teenage horror flicks with terrible casting and no humor... but this reminded me more of something like Zombieland or Dale and Tucker vs Evil! My roommates and I had a really good time watching this... there were a lot of laughs and a few jump scares too!

This film is bad in pretty much every way. McG proves once again that he can't doesn't know how to direct a movie. This film is an hour and 20 minutes and felt like it was over 2 hours.

From the first few frames, this film is obnoxious in every conceivable way. The acting is smug and hammy, the dialogue is cringey, the music is derivative and everything about the plot line reeks of a middle aged man trying desperately to look like a cool kid.This is the "basic B*tch/Bro" of movies. The two leads early on have a "nerdy" conversation, but it's so vapid, it feels like it was written by someone at Buzzfeed who had only ever seen 2 or 3 mainstream blockbuster "nerd movies". It's the movie equivalent of a jock who pretends he's ultra geeky because he watches the Marvel movies.

The one phrase that perfectly sums up this movie is "over confidence". McG has seen these quick editing tricks and sound effects in other films by decent directors like Wright and Lord/Miller, and decided he would use that style in his movie without understanding why and how those directors use them in the first place.

The kid in this movie is not believable in the slightest as a loser because he looks like a young Leo DiCaprio. His character is set up as having a phobia of practically everything, yet instead of this coming into play, he acts like John McClane whenever a threat presents itself. This kid lives on a suburban street, yet when gunshots, screams and cop lights are going off every few seconds, NO-ONE hears in the houses 20 metres away. Everything else is contrived, the attempts at humour are embarrassing, and there's only one that lands, (a cutaway involving a knife in a dishwasher).

This film was hate-able in all aspects. Even the repetitive gore doesn't have any charm, because there have already been dozens of these wacky gory callback nostalgia films (Game of Death, Turbo Kid, Stranger Things) that have done it without feeling so empty and shallow.

DON'T WATCH THIS

Music video director McG's first feature, Charlie's Angels, received a fair amount of critical backlash, but I found it to be pretty entertaining in an inconsequential and undemanding way; however, the subsequent stinker of a sequel and the abysmal Terminator Salvation had me writing the director off as a no-hoper. Now, Netflix original The Babysitter, a tongue-in-cheek tween horror, sees McG bouncing back, delivering a film that, while short on logic and heavy on the gimmicky music video style editing, guarantees a lot of mindless fun.

Judah Lewis plays timid twelve-year-old Cole, the target of local bullies; Cole's only friends are pretty neighbour Melanie (Emily Alyn Lind), and his sexy babysitter Bee (Samara Weaving). When Cole's parents leave for the weekend, leaving him in the care of Bee, Melanie dares the boy to stay awake to see what his babysitter gets up to after he is in bed. Spying from the landing, Cole sees Bee and several friends playing spin the bottle followed by a spot of ritualistic murder and some dabbling in the occult. Panicking, Cole tries to make his escape, but in doing so, alerts Bee and her pals, who give chase. What follows is like a demented version of Home Alone, Cole using household items and cunning to prevent himself from becoming the next victim of Bee and her friends.

Admittedly, it all gets a bit far fetched at times, particularly with the surrounding neighbours seemingly oblivious to the explosions, gunshots and general mayhem occurring across the street, but solid performances, the fast pace, and the creative and gory death scenes all go to making this a very enjoyable time-waster.

I am not a horror movie fan. I just never got into all the blood and screaming and people jumping out at people. That all being said this wasn't a bad movie. If you are into horror, movies, with all of the horror clichés in them you would probably enjoy this one.

The setting was pretty cool. I liked the house, and the fact that the entire movie took place there. It kind of gave you a claustrophobic feel.

What I did not like, was the fact that the main guy would never behave the way he did. This movie had all the horror clichés in them. The main one being people don't seem to run away from terror. In fact they do what they can to stick around it. That just makes no sense.

In a nutshell, the following: 1. Builds the suspense well 2. When the fun starts, its unrelenting, fast paced and actually thought provoking (except for the shirtless guy) 3. What a great ending, with the last line uttered like it was something out of an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie

Totally cool and worth the watch. Just don't be squeamish as it gets really gross at points, hehe.

WATCH IT NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT!

Actually it's more like a gory comedy I guess, and it's highly entertaining. You just have to go with it. It reminded me of idle hands and drag me to hell. Personally I think it started off really good, but then it kind of went down hill, but still, if you don't have anything better to see on Netflix, it's a fun choice.

Awful, Awful, Awful, This acting is truly dreadful the story is even worse. Bella Thorn is just embarrassing, Samara Weaving is some sort of poor mans Margot Robbie. Do not bother with this crap. How the hell it has a 6.6 rating is beyond me, its a 2 max. There are so many better movies of this type around so why make this poor copy ?

It's not scary so if that's what you want skip this one. But it was a fun movie with a good amount of blood, some tension & excitement and a fun story. It should probably be seen as a horror/comedy, not just a horror. It's kind of like the horror movie your mom would have let you watch when you were 12. Well I guess nowadays parents let their kids watch Freddy & Jason at 5, but think back to the 70s or 80s, in fact my mom probably wouldn't have let me watch it because of the amount of blood & guts. It does have some terrific kills, original for sure! I did think it was well done for what it was, acting was decent, production was good. The pacing was gold! No lulls in this. From the get go you care about this kid and whats going to happen to him. The poor underdog that we all want to see come out on top. I'd give it an 8 of 10.

My first acquaintance with a 100% Netflix-produced horror movie, and I'm not at all displeased! Of course, Netflix or not, the formula of "The Babysitter" doesn't bring anything new. It's an over-the-top and tongue-in-cheek splatter comedy, with an absurd and impossible to take serious plot, heroic kid-characters, a catchy and recognizable soundtrack, and gore of the extremist type.

The geeky and heavily bullied Cole is the only teenager on the block who still has a babysitter, but Bee - sexy & tough chick Samantha Weaving - is actually his best friend and the only person around whom Cole can be himself. When he stays up passed his bedtime, Cole discovers that his beloved Bee is really a cruel occultist, and that she and her friends use his house to commit ritual sacrifices.

Suspension of disbelief is something you need aplenty with films like "The Babysiter". Obviously, there isn't a cheerleader, quarterback, or hot blond babysitter in the world capable of committing the unearthly sadistic crimes this bunch is pulling off without so much even blinking their eyes or feeling a bit of remorse. If you can accept this, and the fact that seemingly nobody in a suburban neighborhood hears any shotgun blasts, explosions or loud screaming, "The Babysitter" is an awesome time-waster.

These "Netflix Originals" are all the most garbage films I have ever seen. I wanted to like this. I wanted to like Death Note...Big Mouth...etc, etc. Netflix, you put no soul into your films. This is just blind, dumb entertainment for some; and complete trash to most.

I was expecting cheesy....but I was not expecting Troll 2 spliced with Giant Spider Invasion type of cheese.

Granted, I did see the trailer ahead of time...which did spoil the entire thing. I was hoping there would be more to it..there was not.

Bad. Real bad. OoooWeeee. Awful. Netflix, I want my schmeckles back.

I hate that this movie exists.

It's a comedy/horror that skews more quirky than either horrifying or comedic. The plot is fairly predictable from the outset but it's also somewhat nonsensical. The characters' motivations and capabilities fluctuate wildly according to the needs of the script, and performances are hit-or-miss. The best (and most deadpan comedic) performances are by the adults in minor supporting roles. But with expectations appropriately tempered there's corny fun to be had with this movie, particularly in the humorous interplay between fairly realistic depictions of pubescent angst and the silly cinematic tropes that hyperbolize same.

The Babysitter was not in my watchlist but today I decided to watch it after seeing it in the list of slasher genre movies. It was a normal slasher movie which I didn't enjoy that much. The movie started fast but after some time it started dragging. The kill scenes were good and full of gore. The cult angle was not surprising and the reason given at the end was also childish. You are unable to connect with the characters, that's also one of the problem.

Overall, it was a normal slasher movie and now I will be watching it's sequel hoping it's good but I have less expectations for it. Let's hope for the best.

I cannot say that I hated this film, I just don't know how to feel. I get that there was probably supposed to be some comedy aspect but nothing was that funny, and its clearly meant to be some thriller/horror but I just did not find it overly scary and I'm a wimp, I used to think Titanic was scary for crying out loud. A cast filled with very mediocre actors will give you a mediocre film. I guess there are a few redeemable qualities though, I did jump once and gasp for air I enjoyed the overall feel of the movie and I didn't feel like it wasted my time. If your'e a bit of a wimp and can't take properly scary films but want to watch something for Halloween or a night in with the girls and a take-away I would recommend this film.