Review of The Babysitter

This movie is pretty good. I mean, it's a comedy that's also kind of in the horror genre, but it's also a teen flick so don't have too high of expectation. I gave The Babysitter a 7/10 for what it was. I am not comparing this movie to great horror films like Silence of the Lambs, Friday the 13th, or Nightmare on Elm Street. This move is in the teen comedy/horror section. The movie starts as a predictable young teen flick where a 12 boy (Cole) has a crush on his babysitter (Bee). Cole stays up late one night to witness Bee and 4 other teens kill a nerdy teen as part of a ritual while his parents (who are in my mind hilarious) are staying at a hotel for the night. Incredibly unrealistic gore makes it very funny to watch as Cole tries to hide, then escape the teens as they attempt to capture and kill him. There are the stereotypical horror characters in this movie (shirtless jock, annoying cheerleader, "token" black guy, weird Asian girl, and of course the blonde babysitter), which are all pretty funny characters for their, sometimes brief, screen time. One comment I will add is that you never really find out more detail about this ritual; which may be a good thing because often scary/horror films miss on this mark. This movie is a good cross between teen comedy and a chase scene in an 80s horror movie. The Babysitter is pretty fun to watch but it's not super funny, or super scary; it has an entertaining mixture of both. If you thought The Cabin in the Woods was good, this is probably a teen equivalent.