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Movies that feel likeThe Babysitter (2017)

When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot babysitter is part of a Satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.

If you loved The Babysitter, the closest films we have are What We Do in the Shadows (2014), Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight (2020) and Ready or Not (2019). All three share The Babysitter's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Extra Ordinary (2019).

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What We Do in the Shadows
2014 · dir. Jemaine Clement
🍅 96%★ 7.6comedy · horror

Both land wit and play at once

Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.

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Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight
2020 · dir. Bartosz M. Kowalski
🍅 67%★ 4.9comedy · horrorNetflix

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

Addicted to technology, a group of teens attends a rehabilitation camp in the forest, but a sinister force there intends to take them offline forever.

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Ready or Not
2019 · dir. Tyler Gillett
🍅 89%★ 6.9horror · comedyNetflix

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.

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Piranha 3D
2010 · dir. Alexandre Aja
🍅 76%★ 5.5comedy · horrorParamount+

Both lean on play more than on horror

Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have been dormant for thousands of years, now with a taste for human flesh. This year, there's something more to worry about than the usual hangovers and complaints from locals, a new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria.

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Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
2010 · dir. Eli Craig
🍅 86%★ 7.5comedy · horror

Dread-soaked comedy in both cases

Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair.

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Better Watch Out
2017 · dir. Chris Peckover
🍅 89%★ 6.5horror · thriller · comedyPrime VideoPeacock

Horror built on unease, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than The Babysitter does

On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is far from a normal home invasion.

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Jennifer's Body
2009 · dir. Karyn Kusama
🍅 47%★ 5.6horror · comedyHuluPeacock

Common ground: satanic ritual

Jennifer, a gorgeous, seductive cheerleader takes evil to a whole new level after she's possessed by a sinister demon. Now it's up to her best friend to stop Jennifer's reign of terror before it's too late.

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The Dead Don't Die
2019 · dir. Jim Jarmusch
🍅 55%★ 5.4comedy · drama · horrorNetflix

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Babysitter does

In the sleepy town of Centerville, the lives of a number of interconnected characters are disrupted by the undead.

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Goosebumps
2015 · dir. Rob Letterman
🍅 78%★ 6.3adventure · horror · comedyParamount+

Playful horror in both cases

After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. When Zach unintentionally unleashes real monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it’s suddenly up to Stine, Zach and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong.

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Housebound
2014 · dir. Gerard Johnstone
🍅 95%★ 6.7horror · comedy · thrillerPrime Video

Both sit in the same dread-soaked register

When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.

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Extra Ordinary
2019 · dir. Mike Ahern
🍅 98%★ 6.4fantasy · comedy · horrorPrime Video

A streak of unease through both

A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.

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Anna and the Apocalypse
2018 · dir. John McPhail
🍅 77%★ 6.1horror · comedy · fantasyRent or buy

Comedy approached the same way

A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven—at Christmas—forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash, and sing their way to survival. In a desperate race to reach their loved ones, they soon learn that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.

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