Better Watch Out (2017)
Tasked with babysitting horny 12-year-old Luke (Levi Miller from Pan and A Wrinkle in Time), 17-year-old Ashley (Olivia DeJonge) puts up a good front as he clumsily tries to put the moves on her. But an evening of horror movies and pizza soon turns dark as it becomes clear that someone is trying to either freak them out or legitimately harm them. With rapid-fire turns keeping things moving at a brisk pace (even through Luke’s most cringe-inducingly awful moments), Better Watch Out—an Australian production in which everyone does American accents; it’s also sprinkled with Home Alone references—ends up being much nastier than it initially appears. Bonus points for casting Patrick Warburton and Virginia Madsen as Luke’s parents, and Stranger Things’ Dacre Montgomery as Ashley’s ex-boyfriend. (Streaming on Shudder)
