Initially I was lured in to watching the 2020 movie "Josie Jane: Kill the Babysitter" given the movie's cover, and the fact that this was a movie that I hadn't already seen.

First of all, let me just say that the movie's cover is actually not really a suitable representation of the actual movie or its contents. I was expecting more of a horror comedy from this cover, but the movie was a straight thriller, for better or worse.

The storyline told in "Josie Jane: Kill the Babysitter" was actually adequately written, and writers Julie Auerbach, Kohl Glass and Kevin Tavolaro were definitely on to something here. But at the same time, then "Josie Jane: Kill the Babysitter" just ultimately ended up as another run-of-the-mill-trapped-in-the-house-alone-against-multiple-homicidal-psychopaths. So effectively then "Josie Jane: Kill the Babysitter" didn't really manage to stand out on its own.

The acting in the movie was adequate, taking into consideration the genre and the script. There weren't any particular stellar performances here though, in my opinion. That being said, don't mistake it for me saying that the actors and actresses weren't doing good jobs, because they were. But they just had the script and the characters working against their performances.

There wasn't much of any particular thrills or excitement to be had in "Josie Jane: Kill the Babysitter", and everything seemed to be running on auto-pilot with director Kohl Glass just leaning back in the director's seat for the ride.

While I managed to sit through the entire course of the movie, I was only mildly entertained by what transpired on the screen. "Josie Jane: Kill the Babysitter" was not an outstanding or memorable movie.

I am rating "Josie Jane: Kill the Babysitter" a mediocre five out of ten stars.

Josie (Riley Scott) is babysitting Sophie (Scarlett Hazen) the daughter of Rick (Robert Scott Smith) and Jen Steele (Kristen Marie Jensen) who are music moguls. They come home early. While Josie is on the floor looking for her phone the bad guys break in. They are part of a cult looking for a box with black masks hidden in a secret room. The masks have spikes and must be pressed onto the victims which is why they are keeping them alive. The babysitter has other ideas.

Josie went every year to camp and became a counselor. She earned merit badges in various arts that she wears on her belt. This badges are flashed every time she uses one of them. The first one being parkour as she hurdles over a sofa. You can imagine the rest as she fends off the folks in black.

The babysitter turned a run of the mill home break-in into a fun romp.

Guide: No swearing, sex or nudity.

Look, this might have been able to get 4 stars from me had the "babysitter" been 12 or 13 years old. However, watching a 20 year old running around in pig tails, talking about summer camp and merritt badges got real lame, real fast.

I say pass.