On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', 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.
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Olivia DeJonge
Ashley
Levi Miller
Luke
Ed Oxenbould
Garrett
Aleks Mikic
Ricky
Dacre Montgomery
Jeremy
Patrick Warburton
Robert Lerner
Virginia Madsen
Deandra Lerner
Alexandra Matusko
Scary Movie Girl
Georgia Holland
Scary Movie Girl
Beau Andre
The Mangler
Director
Chris Peckover
Screenplay
Zack Kahn
Tagline
"You might be home but you're not alone"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Revenue
$176,288
Production
Best Medicine Productions, Storm Vision Entertainment
Simon Foster
December 1, 2016
"In an alternate mid-80’s universe, director Joe Dante’s follow-up to his grim Yuletide fairy tale Gremlins would have been Safe Neighborhood, a crisp, crackling, black and bloody Christmas comedy/horror..." Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2016/11/30/safe-neighborhood.html
Frank Ochieng
October 3, 2017
The holidays are approaching as we prepare to reach the end of the year but director/co-writer Chris Peckover wants to beat the chaotic Christmas rush by offering some creepy coal in his cinematic stockings–most notably a merry-minded macabre middle finger to the Yuletide season in the charmingly twisted and creatively corrosive suburban home invasion horror thriller **Better Watch Out**. Peck...
Gimly
December 29, 2017
Maybe _Better Watch Out_ isn't a **great** movie. But after the trudge I've gone through this year, it's nice to finally see something that's at least **different**. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._
John Chard
December 26, 2018
Yuletide log slips from the fire to ignite the Xmas horror movie sub-genre. Lets have it right, the 1/10 reviews are from hardcore horror fans who just didn't get the horror experience they was looking for. That's understandable, it's one of the toughest genres to please given the broadness available, but what of those who go in blind who are just after a bit of chilly yuletide nastiness? Di...
Kamurai
January 1, 2021
Fantastic watch, would watch again, and do recommend. This is a movie that is almost impossible to talk about, it is so twisted and refreshing on so many levels. Just the premise of a home invasion is enough to make for a potentially good movie on its own, which is why it's basically an entire genre to itself. Adding a "I'm going to seduce my babysitter" on top of it makes it unique and inter...
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