Review of The Night Sitter

I note that this movie is described as being a comedy horror movie. Unfortunately, it's neither of those things. To be honest, I don't think the creators intended this to be a comedy at all. I think they just watched it after it was completed and realised how bad it was. It actually could have been a good comedy if the makers had actually gone for that. It's pretty close, but it misses. Honestly, I don't know where to begin - from the hopelessly chipper father who's going on a date (because his wife died 12 months ago and, you know, it's time to move on) who hires a girl he doesn't know to babysit his young son (who is a bit 'moody' because his Mum died 12 months ago. Kids today!), to the demented girlfriend who is possessed by a reincarnated witch, to the nerd who lives next door and just happens to be an expert on the occult (lucky, eh!?) and the wimpy ex-boyfriend of the babysitter whom the babysitter doesn't even care for (so why were they an item??) - this thing is just a farce from start to finish (but not in a good way). I do admit that I had the occasional guffaw but only at those bits that were trying to be scary but most certainly were not. Look, if your standards are really low and you're looking for a mindless movie to fill in 88 minutes then by all means watch this. If you're more discerning about what you call scary and what you call funny, then save yourself some bother and give this a miss.