Streaming
Services: Netflix
Movie
Name/Year: The
Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Length: 101 minutes
Rating: NR
Production/Distribution: Boies / Schiller Film Group,
Wonderland Sound and Vision, Netflix
Director: McG
Writer: Dan Lagana, Brad Morris,
Jimmy Warden, McG, Brian Duffield
Actors: Judah Lewis, Samara Weaving,
Jenna Ortega, Emily Alyn Lind, Andrew Bachelor, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Hana
Mae Lee, Ken Marino, Leslie Bibb, Chris Wylde, Carl McDowell, Maximilian
Acevedo, Juliocesar Chavez, Jennifer Foster, Raymond Patterson, Valentina
Mandala
Blurb
from IMDb: Two
years after Cole survived a satanic blood cult, he's living another nightmare:
high school. And the demons from his past? Still making his life hell.
Selina’s
Point of View:
The
Babysitter
(2017) blindsided audiences when it came out. It looked like it was going to be
a super basic, overly campy film. It was released in that October and people
figured that it was going to be Netflix’s attempt at a B-Halloween flick.
Instead, we wound up with a smart – if still campy – piece of comedy-horror gold.
It was an instant
classic.
Honestly, with McG
(3 Days to Kill, Terminator Salvation, Charlie’s Angels) at the helm, we
all should have known better. He’s an executive producer/consultant for Supernatural
(2005-2020). The comedy and paranormal quality of The Babysitter is
right on par with that series – if a little goofier.
Of course, The
Babysitter: Killer Queen is a sequel. It makes sense to be a little nervous
about it. It’s tough to capture the same feel of a film twice, especially when
the first one was so surprising.
What made people
even more nervous is that the trailer lacked any sign of the modern scream
queen that made the first one so incredible: Samara Weaving (Ready or Not,
Guns Akimbo, SMILF). It was a gamble for Netflix to make it seem like she
wasn’t going to have any part in The Babysitter: Killer Queen. Next time,
if that’s the direction they want to take, they should wait to label her stunt
double until after the film comes out.
That said, the
sequel took a much more basic approach to the story telling process. It starts
off with us learning that everyone thinks Cole is crazy and that only his best
friend stuck by him through it. He’s bullied at school and having a rough go at
it. At first, I was a little disappointed.
We’ve seen that
story play through in the past. Part of what made The Babysitter such a
dark horse success is that it subverted our expectations. Audiences went into
it figuring the film would tell a story we’ve already heard, and then it didn’t.
I grew concerned
very early on here.
By the end of it,
though, I was happy. It turned into a much more interesting plot than I had
initially believed it would and it took some risks.
The
Babysitter: Killer Queen
was just as campy and fun as the first one. There’s a touch more cringe, but
otherwise, it’s on the same level. If you liked the first movie, you’ll probably
like this one.
(Cat was unable
to write her review due to some health issues, but she wanted me to add that
she loved it and would have given it a 4.5.)
Rotten
Tomatoes Critic Score – 37%
Rotten
Tomatoes Audience Score – 77%
Metascore – 30/100
Metacritic
User Score – 6.3/10
IMDB
Score – 6.3/10
Trust
the Dice: Selina’s Rating – 4.5/5
Trust
the Dice Parental Advisory Rating: R
P.S.: Mid-credits scene.
Movie
Trailer:
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