Wendy Ide 

Better Watch Out review – like a malicious spin on Home Alone

This Christmas comedy horror sadly sacrifices chills for charmless creepiness
  
  

levi miller and olivia dejonge in christmas comedy horror better watch out
‘Neither funny, nor particularly horrifying’: Levi Miller and Olivia DeJonge in Better Watch Out. Photograph: Sean O'Reilly

A Yule-themed comedy horror that is neither funny, nor particularly horrifying, Better Watch Out feels like a malicious spin on Home Alone. A precocious 12-year-old comes up with the idea of terrifying his 17-year-old babysitter in the hope she might seek comfort in his arms. But matters escalate along with the body count. It’s creepy, certainly, but in a mouth-breathing, sexual predator kind of manner rather than a satisfyingly chilling way. That said, Australian actor Levi Miller, soon to be seen in Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time, demonstrates an assurance that far exceeds the requirements of this festive flop.

Watch a trailer for Better Watch Out.
 

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