The Babysitter

Cole Johnson is a twelve-year-old with a crush on Bee, the babysitter who looks after him while his parents are out. One night he decides to stay up past his bedtime and spy on her, and what he sees changes the evening completely. Bee is not simply the fun, popular girl he admires; she belongs to a group of killers who serve the devil, and they are willing to do anything to keep him from talking. The night turns into a chase through his own house, with Cole trying to survive until morning.

The film is a horror comedy directed by McG, working from a screenplay by Brian Duffield. It sits between 3 Days to Kill and Rim of the World in McG's filmography, and its producer credits include McG, Mary Viola and Zack Schiller. Judah Lewis plays Cole, with Samara Weaving as Bee; the cast also features Robbie Amell, Hana Mae Lee, Bella Thorne and Emily Alyn Lind, among 23 credited performers and 63 credited crew members. It runs 85 minutes.

On IMDb the film holds 6.4 out of 10 from around 121,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.2 out of 10 from roughly 4,000 votes. A critics' rating of 6.6 out of 10 from 27 reviews puts critical and audience responses close together. The 2017 release was followed by a sequel, The Babysitter: Killer Queen, in 2020.