Rent Better Watch Out (2016)
3.1 of 5 from 268 ratings
1h 29min
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- Synopsis:
- On a peaceful and quiet suburban street during the holiday season, a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is far from a 'normal' home invasion. Featuring a superb cast led by Olivia DeJonge, star of M. Night Shyamalan's smash hit 'The Visit', and Levi Miller, star of Pan, 'Better Watch Out' is a deliriously vicious thrill ride packed with original twists and turns. Chris Peckover directs this sinister holiday horror that is destined to be a Christmas classic.
- Actors:
- Olivia DeJonge, Levi Miller, Ed Oxenbould, Aleks Mikic, Dacre Montgomery, Patrick Warburton, Virginia Madsen, Alexandra Matusko, Georgia Holland, Beau Andre, Michi Fifer, Tara Jade Borg, Tricia Mary Hennessy, Mary Clearkin, Hugo Monotti, Brendan Clearkin, Christopher Moriarty, Theresa Duong, Matteo D'Agostino, Lisa Thornquest
- Directors:
- Chris Peckover
- Producers:
- Sidonie Abbene, Brion Hambel, Paul Jensen, Brett Thornquest
- Voiced By:
- Ben Ward, Elizabeth Matusko, Steffanie Siebrand, Ian Keiner, Ken Tillman, Leo B. Ramsey, Rachel Murphy, Daniel Peckover, Alexis Brown, Jase Ricci, Jeremy Shipp
- Writers:
- Zack Kahn, Chris Peckover
- Aka:
- Safe Neighborhood
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Comedy, Horror, Thrillers
- Collections:
- 12 Films of Christmas Present, Holidays Film Collection, The Ultimate Christmas Films Collection
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 16/04/2018
- Run Time:
- 89 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish DTS 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing, Spanish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (4) of Better Watch Out
Very good film - Better Watch Out review by Doug
Really enjoyed this film its just full of twists and turns throughout its quite violent at times but in a jokingly way most of the time the ending is very good also--another twist??
2 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Better Watch Out ....better take care ...Santa Clause is coming to town... - Better Watch Out review by porky
I hadnt even taken on board it was a Christmas Movie. but apart from being Set at that time of year it has very little to do with it to be honest.
Decorations and Snow aside its actually a pretty Creepy and Very Good, Thriller /Psycho Kill movie. though Creepy in a very,very different way to the usual .
Without giving too much away its not what you usually expect with a Baby Sitter movie.
Very cleverly twisted and unexpected turn around half way through the film and a Really Great Young Cast .
Dont miss the extra 'Ending' snippet after the Credits start to roll. Well worth a watch ,maybe more than the once .
Could be my New favorite Christmas Movie....'Home Alone' it is not.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Better Watch Something Else - Better Watch Out review by griggs
About halfway through this, I started hoping a truly nasty Harry and Marv would turn up and put an end to the whole mess. Set at Christmas with a babysitter, a “nice” 12-year-old and a home invasion, Better Watch Out wants to be a smart, twisty black-comedy horror. Instead it feels like a mean-spirited thought experiment cooked up on a Reddit forum for weaponised puberty.
The core idea – turning the Home Alone template into a nightmare – isn’t bad. Levi Miller leans hard into the smirking menace, Olivia DeJonge does decent work with scraps, and you can occasionally glimpse the sharper film this might have been. But the script is so besotted with its baby sociopath it barely bothers to give its heroine an inner life beyond reacting and suffering.
It’s ScreamxHomeAlone for teenage incels: loud, smug, and convinced it’s skewering toxic masculinity while mostly rolling around in it. Maybe one for Christmas horror completists. Everyone else can safely skip.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.