The Babysitter's Here

Movie Meltdown - Episode 424

This week we gather at The Bastion to watch the Netflix original movie The Babysitter. And before we're through we realize we are the ones that need adult supervision.

And while at least someone is trying to defend McG, we also discuss... Channel Zero: No-End House, Gravity Falls, The Twilight Zone, Tragedy Girls, Wonder Woman, Stranger Things, crazy Nicolas Cage, a trilogy of books, young Robert Redford, Beavis and Butt-Head, shirtless guy, flea market time, Lampires, she plays dumb like nobody’s business, dog memes and cat videos, Ariel better watch her ass, felt hollow, Fastlane, the douche car, all flash and very little substance, she’s fighting the jazz man, terrified of death, pocket knife, Jane Got a Gun, a time traveling locket, John Carroll Lynch, running away to be a Protestant, it’s the highlight of that movie… death, American Horror Story, Waddles, that’s not Ferris Bueller, I just want to punch him right in his hair, laid heavy with references, legit has problems, Kevin Williamson, a multitude of tarantulas, Peter Facinelli, the neighbor girl, Leslie Bibb, Mom and Dad, E.T. fingers, SYFY, I think I’m hot according to my Instagram feed, Ken Marino, keep on rockin’ that nakedness, giving him life lessons, oozing Tarantino all over the place, Charlie’s Angels, flips and twirls and slow-motion kicks, a very nice girl who just can’t keep her clothes on, the redheads of Disney, dorks get stabbed in the head, Tyler MacIntyre, Insurgent, Autumn’s Wish and McG…. Sugar Ray… Mark McGrath… underpants.

Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for the 2017 movie The Babysitter, so watch it before listening. You have been warned.

“I was trying to figure out what this dynamic is… it’s like, why can sometimes this same essential… formula work – and other times it totally falls short.”