Amell steals the scene every time he’s on screen, just like the first film. Amell and Bachelor are the stand-out funniest performances in the film though. He’s still a bit bumbling, but his emotional journey sets this film apart. This is no longer a child acting, it’s a man. Judah Lewis stands out as the basic spine to the whole film. I wasn’t convinced that Phoebe would be much more than the classic “new character that’s kooky”, but she did much more with the role than I was expecting. The other standout performances are Robbie Amell, Andrew Bachelor, Judah Lewis, and Jenna Ortega as Phoebe. I would love to see what he could do with a whole film based around him. I’m so used to his comedic roles that some of the emotion that he gives off, particularly when grappling with his son either being insane or not, it’s surprising. He’s also given more chops for an emotional performance that I haven’t seen in him before. Ken Marino gets a beefed up role here, as opposed to the quick cameo and way to set up the plot in the first film. This film however, does contain much more substance than I originally thought. Like McG’s other films, it’s a fever-dream of music, style, not too much substance, and bright colors. This film takes a lot of inspiration from it’s past. Sorry, I love 80’s horror movies just as much as you do, but it’s time to let some other stuff shine. If you are at all any type of hard-line “horror fan”, you will not like this movie. Normally I like waiting for the hard hitting analysis for the very end of the piece. The Babysitter: Killer Queen Is Not For The Uptight Horror Fan THE BABYSITTER: KILLER QUEEN (L to R) JENNIFER FOSTER as BOOM BOOM, JUDAH LEWIS as COLE, MAXIMILIAN ACEVEDO as JIMMY, EMILY ALYN LIND as MELANIE and JULIOCESAR CHAVEZ as DIEGO in THE BABYSITTER: KILLER QUEEN. But first, SLIGHT SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST 30 MINUTES OF THE FILM AHEAD. The film sets up the plot for the second film pretty seamlessly, but is it worth a watch, especially considering how surprisingly good the first film is? Let’s dig a bit deeper. Melanie convinces him to take a trip out to the lake instead of waiting for his parents to take him to the asylum. So he’s dealing with increasing use of prescription meds to level off his “insane” thoughts. ![]() Bee’s body wasn’t recovered in the auto accident that ended the first film. The basic premise is that Cole’s parents think he’s nuts from the events of the first film. He’s now in freshman year of high school along with Melanie and her friends, Jimmy, Diego, and Boom Boom. This time around, somehow the murderous teenage cult from the first film finds it’s way back in to Cole’s life.
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