![]() Poking fun at slasher and teen movies as well as including plenty of Saw-gore, director McG (not a typo) is very much in on the joke. ‘The Babysitter: Killer Queen’ is out now on Netflix. Self-aware as ever, Killer Queen accepts that no one’s watching a dark comedy for in-depth philosophical discussion. This time around, the points are a little more on the nose, but it never takes the place of the thrills and bloody spills. The Babysitter tackled similar issues well, but never forced its message down anyone’s throat. Those characters are entertaining enough to carry another movie, but rather than retracing the same steps, Killer Queen finds plenty of new space to play in.Įlsewhere, the film flirts with social commentary and deals with themes like teen peer pressure and privilege. Eventually, the “psycho breakfast club” – John (Andrew Bachelor), Max (Robbie Amell), Sonya (Hana Mae Lee) and Allison (Bella Thorne) – pop up again and try once more to complete the ritual. Nobody believes what happened in the the first film, and the whole school thinks he’s crazy. Reintroduced two years after the original, Cole is the same dorky outsider and despite his kiss with Melanie (Emily Alyn Lind), they’re still only friends. Armed with a clever narrative that gives the whole series a newfound emotional weight, Killer Queen is a more solid effort than before, but still manages to have plenty of fun. To this day, it’s still one of the best original movies that Netflix has produced. On paper, it’s a little ridiculous, and on screen, even more so, but streamers loved the cartoonish characters, over-the-top action and refusal to take itself too seriously. Billed as Scream meets Home Alone, the film followed Cole (Judah Lewis), a young boy who discovers his babysitter Bee (Samara Weaving) is actually the ringleader of a satanic cult. The Babysitter was never going to start a cinematic revolution, but its wacky brand of comedy horror proved popular when it hit Netflix in 2017.
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