The Babysitter (2017 film)

The Babysitter
Official release poster
Directed by	McG
Written by	Brian Duffield
Produced by	McG Mary Viola Zack Schiller
Starring	Samara Weaving Judah Lewis Hana Mae Lee Robbie Amell Bella Thorne
Cinematography	Shane Hurlbut
Edited by	Peter Gvozdas Martin Bernfeld
Music by	Douglas Pipes
Production companies	Boies / Schiller Film Group Production Wonderland Sound and Vision
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	October 13, 2017 (2017-10-13) (United States)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$404,923[1]

The Babysitter is a 2017 American teen black comedy slasher film directed by McG and written by Brian Duffield. It stars Samara Weaving, Judah Lewis, Hana Mae Lee, Robbie Amell and Bella Thorne. The film follows a lonely 12-year-old boy (Lewis) who discovers that his babysitter (Weaving) is part of a satanic cult that wants to kill him. The film was released by Netflix on October 13, 2017, and received mostly positive reviews from critics. A sequel, The Babysitter: Killer Queen, was released on September 10, 2020.