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Better Watch Out

2017 · 89 min

A festive home-invasion setup that keeps flipping into nasty, darkly funny psychological horror, with a child villain who makes the whole thing deeply uncomfortable.

Tagline
You might be home but you're not alone.
Overview
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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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • obsession
  • deception
  • violence
  • survival
Places
  • suburbs
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour5
Realism6
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
horror, thriller, comedy
Directed by
Chris Peckover
Written by
Chris Peckover, Zack Kahn
Starring
Olivia DeJonge, Levi Miller, Ed Oxenbould, Aleks Mikic, Dacre Montgomery, Patrick Warburton, Virginia Madsen, Alexandra Matusko
Music
Brian Cachia
Cinematography
Carl Robertson
Runtime
89 min
Country
Australia
Languages
English

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