# Better Watch Out (2017)

> A babysitting night becomes a viciously comic Christmas nightmare when suburban safety collapses and the home invasion proves far more twisted than expected.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/271537

## Facts

- Runtime: 89 min
- Genres: Horror, Thriller, Comedy
- Director: Chris Peckover
- Cast: Olivia DeJonge, Levi Miller, Ed Oxenbould, Aleks Mikic, Dacre Montgomery, Patrick Warburton, Virginia Madsen, Alexandra Matusko
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4443658/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: sinister, darkly comic, tense, halloween night, christmas horror marathon

## Synopsis

A babysitting job turns into a nightmare when the suburbs become a battleground.

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