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  claydavis > 30/10/2022, 23:45

  It's two for two so far with FantasticMr's Samira Weaving recommendations. It's like if Home Alone was turned up to eleven. I like how it starts out as a regular suburban middle American coming of age film and then suddenly takes a hilariously dark twist. Judah Lewis is great as the lead, and Samira is brilliantly backed up in the supporting cast by Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Andrew Bachelor and Hana Mae Lee. I'll definitely watch the sequel soon too.
  
  

• RE: The Babysitter

  FantasticMR > 31/10/2022, 11:18

  I have some very bad new on the sequel, Clay. I turned it off within about 15/20 minutes I’d say. Despite a few of the actors being the same you can see that overall this is not the same team behind the first movie. A desperate leg to try and ride the back of the first movie.

• RE: The Babysitter

  claydavis > 31/10/2022, 23:48

  I gave the sequel a chance before I saw your reply. I can understand why you bowed out early, it wasn't as good as the first one. Some of the character's motivations were a bit strange, and the US teen horror archetypes (e.g. Robbie Amell's jock, Bella Thorne's cheerleader etc) from the first film became a bit stale the second time round. The various death scenes were pretty cool but the added lore to the whole ***** got stretched a bit too thin. Jenna Ortega was OK and I think she'll be really good in the new Addams family Netflix TV show. I checked the credits and McG directed and Duffield wrote the first one, but on the sequel McG directed it and also wrote it alongside three other writers that weren't Duffield, so that's probably the sequel wasn't as good.
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