Better Watch Out (Peckover 2016)
Following up on our discussion of The Babysitter is a film that is sort of similar in terms of vibe, and very different in terms of execution. At least this is true for the first segment of the film. Luckily for all of us, this film is not The Babysitter. While it has some originality and there is evidence of effort to break out of problematic messaging, it ultimately only has mixed success.
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SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE
Bottoms (Seligman 2023)
Becky (Milott and Murnion 2020)
The Babysitter (McG 2017)
TOPIC INDEX – Better Watch Out  (Peckover 2016) (times are approximate) 
0:30 – Introductions
1:00 – how we found the film and initial impressions
3:00 – Film discussion begins
5:30 – male gaze and scopophilia
8:00 – twin films
12:00 – acting
14:00 – SPOILERS section begins
14:00 – acting, writing, direction
22:00 – villain who is outside hegemonic masculinity
31:00 – monstrous feminine vs villainous fathers
57:00 – Martyrs mention
58:00 – SPOILERS FOR BOTTOMS
1:05:30 – grading the film using the Collective Nightmares Evolving Rubric of Social Responsibility
1:11:00 – additional chat
1:13:00 – Laura’s award-winning short film The Silent Generation (Solorzano 2024)
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“Horror films are our collective nightmares.”
Episode 127
Keywords
teenagers, adolescents, Christmas, babysitter, children, villains, values, socialization, Reagan, familial imaginary, nuclear family, child care, patriarchy, Martyrs, elderly, aging,