Synopsis
A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting (2020) is an American family fantasy you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Rachel Talalay and produced for Netflix, the film is based on the book series by Joe Ballarini and follows a high schooler who gets pulled into a secret world on the worst possible night.
Kelly Ferguson agrees to babysit on Halloween mostly to avoid a party she didn't want to attend anyway. Then the boy she's watching — a kid named Jacob who has some unusual abilities — gets snatched by the Grand Guignol, the Boogeyman. A covert society of babysitters reaches out: they've been protecting gifted children from monsters for years, and Kelly has just been drafted. Tamara Smart and Oona Laurence lead the cast; Tom Felton plays the villain with visible enjoyment.
The film plays its creature-feature premise straight, which is exactly what makes it work for older kids and parents alike. The monsters are genuinely creepy, the stakes feel real, and the tone never talks down to its audience. Stream A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting (2020) online on iFILM.
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