The Babysitter: Killer Queen
2020
Director- McG
Cast- Judah Lewis, Emily Alyn Lind, Jenna Ortega, Robbie
Amell, King Bach, Bella Thorne, Hana Mae Lee, Ken Marino, Leslie Bibb, Chris
Wylde, Samara Weaving
If you
haven’t seen The Babysitter, you’re in luck because it’s still on Netflix. If you haven’t seen it, you totally need to
see it before seeing this sequel as this is a true sequel and won’t be nearly
as enjoyable if you’re not up to speed. (If you’re interested a review is here).
In the
first movie, we meet Cole, a dooffus kid with a crush on his super-hot but way
too much older babysitter (Samara Weaving). Unfortunately, she was the head of
a murderous satanic cult who planned to use him as a sacrifice to the Dark
Lord. Cole spent that movie fighting off, and gruesomely killing, all of the
members of the cult in a kind of Home Alone meets Helter Skelter.
Now, two
years have passed. No one believes Cole about what happened and he goes through
high school being ridiculed. His only sense of comfort comes from Melanie, his
age appropriate crush from the first film (you’ll recognize Emily Alyn Lind
from her wonderful performance as Snakebite Andi in Dr. Sleep). Cole is trying
to move on with his life but the cultists from the first movie are back. They
have been reanimated by the powers of darkness and now have another chance to
take a shot at Cole. The X-factor in all
of this is Phoebe, the new girl in school, who rumor has it, killed her
parents. Will she be an ally or another agent of evil?
If the
Babysitter was a dark comedy, then Killer Queen is an absurd comedy. The gore
is even more outrageous and its full of silliness that lets you know not to take
it seriously in the least. It’s not as clever or original as the first, but isn’t
that always the way of sequels? But what it lacks in cleverness it makes up
with in farce.
Kudos to
the makers of this film for bringing back the entire cast of the first movie.
It feels like a fun reunion. Like with the first film, if you are looking for
chills, move on. This is a parody. If you want something funny and gory, then
check it out.
