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

I think it's fair to say the slasher genre hasn't been at its best for a few years, the norm has been disappointment after disappointment, my initial hopes for The Babysitter were low, the realisation was fortunately a positive one.

The film is clever, funny, slick, and manages to cause a few minor jumps, ultimately without being scary. The fantasy of many a teen boy, having a drop dead gorgeous Baby Sitter turn to a Nightmare when she wants his blood, it's such a clever premise for a film, kind of like Home Alone does minor horror.

Samara Weaving is absolutely glorious, she's a stunning girl, and one that can act, I thought she was terrific, young Judah Lewis (Cole) was good, as was Robbie Amell (Max) who got to show off his pex.

Exciting and funny is equal measures, the characters certainly play on their own stereotypes to the max, Weaving steals every scene though.

In case you were wondering what McG was up to these days, he's directing films like THE BABYSITTER for Netflix. This is a pitch-black comedy with plenty of explicit horror touches and a deliberately '80s throwback vibe, with retro stylings and the like. The story is about an annoying kid who soon learns a dark secret about his 'hot' blonde babysitter. The story is set over the course of a single night and contains all manner of cat-and-mouse mayhem, with regular gore scenes that are played for laughs. I enjoyed it to a degree - it's my kind of film, after all - but the unfunny script really lets it down and makes the first half of the movie in particular a chore to sit through. The acting isn't up to much either.