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Dear LORD I am so bored right now it's not even funny. I've seen garden snails move faster than this film. To be honest, watching paint dry would probably be a better use of your time.

1. The actors are atrocious. I've seen better acting in low budget adult films, so go figure.

2. The plot makes zero sense. Seriously. It's like they took five different movie scripts, tossed them into a cement blender and then just stapled the pages together willy-nilly as they tumbled back out individually.

3. The so-called "plot twist" is not a twist. It's not even half a turn. It is - at best - the tiniest, itsiest bitsiest squeak of a shoe, and that's me being generous.

Do not waste your time. You have been warned.

I actually did not expect to like this film. The trailer looked like your typical home invasion flick - archetypical cute babysitter defends poor helpless child against ruthless intruders yada yada yada - but man, oh man I did NOT see this one coming.

If you've seen The Babysitter... well... this ain't it.

1. The acting is superb. Levi Miller is absolutely fantastic as Luke. Not to say that the other characters were bad at all, but Levi really stole the show in this one and I would absolutely love to see him in more similar roles in the future.

2. The plot. I was pleasantly surprised by the twist they made very early on, as it completely transformed the film from something generic and forgettable into something you haven't already seen fifteen billion times before.

I would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys horror comedies, satire and films that don't take themselves too seriously overall, and I would most certainly watch it more than once.

I haven't read the book(s?) but after watching this movie I absolutely will. I didn't know what to expect when I sat down at the cinema, waiting for the movie to begin, but it captured me from the very first scene. The mystery surrounding the place where most of the action happens, and the suspense and ominous feeling always hanging in the air made me unable to tear my eyes away from the screen for the entire film. The ending WAS a bit confusing and unsatisfying, but the rest of the movie was absolutely amazing and I will definitely watch it again. This is without a doubt one of the best films I have seen in 2014. Well done!