When we left young Cole [Judah Lewis] at the end of the first The Babysitter film three years ago, he had narrowly escaped with his life after coming face to face with a Satanic teen cult looking for a human sacrifice. Talks of a sequel have sat at the surface since the film’s stunning end when it was revealed that Bee’s [Samara Weaving] body couldn’t be found. This year, Netflix finally released its killer sequel — The Babysitter: Killer Queen.

This time around Cole is just trying to figure out how to survive high school, when a mysterious new girl, Phoebe [Jenna Ortega] enters the picture. Endlessly trying to convince those around him that his former babysitter did in fact try to kill him and his parents worried he may be having a psychotic break, Cole puts those endeavors on pause as he tries to relax for just one night at a lake party with friends — particular with his crush Melanie [Emily Alyn Lind]. Though, as Cole soon realizes his past will come back to haunt him, twice as bad.

After one of his friends is freshly sacrificed, Cole is now faced with not only a new teen cult made up of his peers but the previous teen cult he thought he slaughtered the first time around. These blood thirsty teens are desperate for a pure sacrifice and Satan be damned if they don’t get it right this time. Unfortunately for Phoebe, she walks in on the action at just the wrong moment, but to these killer teens, two sacrifices are surely better than one.

Desperate to escape, Cole and Phoebe team up to make it until dawn when they will be safe and the teen cult will have ran out of time. Filled with clever kill scenes and dark comedy, The Babysitter: Killer Queen radiates vibes of a modern date slasher comedy that easily falls in line with other cult classic films like Scream or even the 2019 Ready or Not [which also stars Samara Weaving]. Filled with witty one-liners and plenty of blood spray, this film gets modern date praise while featuring a retro soundtrack.

Throughout the film musical icons like Queen, Dead Kennedys and Foreigner’s most famous singles are featured. At one point, the teen muscled up meathead, Max [Robbie Amell] mentions how brilliant Tommy Tutone’s “867-5309” is before you hear the classic 80’s hit blasting over a harrowing chase scene.

With a shocking ending and hints at a possible third film, The Babysitter: Killer Queen makes for a fun movie night perfect for the spooky season. In an effortless manner, film makers were able to create something current generations would be stoked to watch, all the while incorporating a classic soundtrack adults and parents can rock to — seamlessly blending the generations in this gore fill flick.

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