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Happy holidays, ho-ho-horror hounds! We’re knee-deep in the yuletide season, so we’re switching things up a bit and covering the next Christmas Creepshow on our list, 2016’s Better Watch Out! Do you ever wonder what it would be like if Home Alone were a horror movie? Well this flick is about as close as you’ll get, and will definitely make you look at someone like Kevin McCallister in a very different light!
In Better Watch Out, Ashley travels to the suburban home of the Lerners to babysit their 12-year-old son Luke during the holidays. She must soon defend herself and the young boy when unwelcome intruders announce their arrival. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL! Twists and turns abound in these holiday horror happenings, as secrets are revealed, true personalities are exposed, and paint cans are swung towards human heads at alarming speeds!
Join Clay and Amanda as they deck the halls with bows of Chekov’s pencil, a surprising amount of underage drug access and use, Mythbusters: Home Alone Edition, strategic pants peeing (more difficult than you’d think!), and a big ol’ Christmas stocking’s-worth of questionable parenting!
I don’t know what it is about Christmas and horror, but to me they go together like Santa and a bloody ax. A fun look at the darker side of Christmas cheer, Better Watch Out is a solid effort with some good twists, even if its concept does end up dragging it down a bit as you hit the middle section. Christmas horror movies are always fun, and Better Watch Out is a more than worthy entry into a sub-genre that always has room for more!
So jingle your bells, put on your ugliest Christmas tie, plan your scheme out meticulously, and spike some eggnog with us…if you DARE!