THE BABYSITTER: KILLER QUEEN is a horror-comedy new to Netflix. It's a sequel so you might just name it The Babysitter 2 as well but where's the fun in it?! Cole (Judah Lewis) has managed to survive his babysitter's satanic blood cult brought to his home. Check out this sequel on Netflix now and enjoy the fact that for this horror-comedy treat, the cast and crew have reunited. Continue to read our full review of The Babysitter: Killer Queen, below.
It's two years later in The Babysitter 2, and Cole (Judah Lewis, who was also in I See You) is now in high school which feels very much like hell. Even, when he speaks about the nightmare he went through in the first movie, no-one believes him.
This obviously makes him an outcast – and the constant nightmares, he has to endure, don’t exactly help either. His best friend (and huge crush), Melanie, seems to be the only other person he can talk to about this. Melanie was also in the first movie and is portrayed by Emily Alyn Lind, who was in Doctor Sleep between the two films.
The new girl in this sequel is portrayed by Jenna Ortega. You’ll recognize her as Ellie from season 2 of You or maybe Insidious 2. And you’ll see her in the upcoming Scream 5 set for release in 2022.
Mostly, The Babysitter: Killer Queen deals with the same crude comedy and silliness that made the first The Babysitter work so well. I definitely preferred the darker tones of the first one, but I also really love the pop culture references.
For horror fans, in particular, there are references to everything from Friday the 13th to Deliverance. There is a wonderful abundance of quirky little off-hand comments and some more obvious references. A true treat for horror fans.
McG is back as the director on The Babysitter: Killer Queen and he also co-wrote the screenplay with Dan Lagana. Neither of the two worked on the screenplay for the first The Babysitter which was written by Brian Duffield. He went on to write Underwater (2020) and the upcoming sci-fi comedy Spontaneous (2020).
I really loved the first movie in this franchise and did not expect this sequel to be as good. In a way, this was a very good approach since I wasn’t disappointed. No, I don’t think The Babysitter 2 is as good as the first movie, but I did really enjoy it. It is a good ten minutes too long, but that’s hardly a big issue.
Also, how can you not love all the horror movie references?! As a horror fan, you will catch a lot more of the pop culture references than anyone else. That’s a special treat for genre fans for sure. This sequel is more silly and this isn’t really “my jam”, but I realize others might enjoy this movie more for exactly this aspect.
The Babysitter 2: Killer Queen is out on Netflix from September 10, 2020.
