Bella Thorne and Robbie Amell, playing parodies of the Slutty First Girl and the Shirtless Himbo, steal the show here. Oh, also she’s a demon worshipper who secretly drains his virgin blood for her cult, until one night he finds out and the ritual goes wrong. The Babysitter tells the story of a teenage boy whose parents still hire a babysitter for him, but he doesn’t mind because she’s sweet and kind and funny and hot. Jennifer’s Body is my favourite horror film of all time, and The Babysitter is the closest any film has come to capturing the weird, sexual, dorky, over the top humour of Diablo Coady’s iconic high school murder romp. The best of this bunch is The Babysitter, and to a slightly lesser degree its sequel, The Babysitter: Killer Queen. Netflix has invested heavily in horror comedies over the past few years, probably because they work best with cheaper, B-movie production values and can still draw in big crowds. Starting with a bunch of Netflix Originals, which tend to be available in most territories.
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Since we have readers from all over the world - and I would never dream of telling you what movies are online in another country so you can use your VPN - I’ve split my spooky recommendations up into three categories UK, USA, and Canada, plus a fourth cateogory on Netflix Originals, which are typically available everywhere. Of course, they’re always funnier when they’re trying to make you laugh, and Netflix has a boatload of movies like this.
Ma, for example, is a horror movie played straight, but isn’t it just a little bit funny when she uses dog blood to kill someone? Or when a loose roof tile causes a street sign to swing down and decapitate someone in The Omen. Sometimes though, even a straight horror movie can make you laugh - that’s because both genres plumb the well of ridiculousness in service of their goal. On the face of it, they don’t go together - horror movies scare you and comedies make you laugh, so they’re at opposite ends of the spectrum. What a lot of you might be planning however is a movie marathon, and if you’re planning on using Netflix, you should know that by far, the best horror movies on Netflix are comedies. Maybe you have this year’s hottest Halloween costumes, like Squid Game Contestant, Squid Game Guard, and That Woman Who Caused The Tour De France crash.
Halloween is almost here, and everyone is making spooky plans.