Modern film marketing has really ruined the element of surprise for the audience. It’s important to remember that back in the 80s, you could just show a paw sticking out of gift box and that was the poster for GREMLINS – they didn’t have to reveal the awesomeness of the creatures before audiences were in theater seats. Now, audiences are pretty much handed everything, and in the case of BETTER WATCH OUT, the film has a twist that is straight-up presented right there in all of the marketing. In fact, it’s built around it, and as a moviegoer, it would’ve been much cooler to see the change unfold for the first time on-screen. Alas, a new trailer recently arrived for the new holiday film BETTER WATCH OUT (a holiday-comedy horror-hybrid) that’s not only probably NSFW (unless you work somewhere cool), and definitely not for kids. It does look fun, though – almost a “Home Alone” for the days we live in. Check this out!
“This holiday season, you may be home, but you’re not alone… In this fresh and gleefully twisted spin on home-invasion horror, babysitter Ashley (Olivia DeJonge) must defend her young charges (Levi Miller, Ed Oxenbould ) when intruders break into the house one snowy night – or so she thinks.”
BETTER WATCH OUT is in theaters and on-demand October 6, 2017.
