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Better Watch Out
Better Watch Out

Better Watch Out

2017 89 min ★ 6.7 Horror, Thriller, Comedy

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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Cast

Olivia DeJonge

Olivia DeJonge

Ashley

Levi Miller

Levi Miller

Luke

Ed Oxenbould

Ed Oxenbould

Garrett

Aleks Mikic

Aleks Mikic

Ricky

Dacre Montgomery

Dacre Montgomery

Jeremy

Patrick Warburton

Patrick Warburton

Robert Lerner

Virginia Madsen

Virginia Madsen

Deandra Lerner

Alexandra Matusko

Scary Movie Girl

Georgia Holland

Scary Movie Girl

Beau Andre

The Mangler

Details

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

Reviews

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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

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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...

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Gimly

December 29, 2017

★ 6/10

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._

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John Chard

December 26, 2018

★ 7/10

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...

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Kamurai

January 1, 2021

★ 8/10

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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