I’m finally back with more Spooktober. Yes, I know this is really late. The last one was early. This one is late. It’s 2020. There are no rules anymore.

Anyway, this time I’m reviewing the film The Owners, which is a new horror/thriller film starring Maisie Williams, and since that’s this movie’s only claim to fame, she’s front and center in all of the posters. To be fair, she is a main character in this story, so it’s not totally off base. But when a movie advertises its star this much rather than its plot… you do have to wonder.

And wonder I did. And then I watched it.

Hi friends. For this next installment of 10 Weeks of Spooktober: 2 Spook 2 Tober, we’ve got another sequel. It’s not that I’m attempting to do a bunch of sequels for the sophomore run of this blog. It’s just sort of turning out that way.

Anyhow, this week, we’re looking at the new Netflix film The Babysitter: Killer Queen, which apparently is the “long awaited” sequel to The Babysitter, starring Samara Weaving, whom I loved in Ready or Not, the movie I covered for the FIRST EVER Spooktober post. So basically she’s legendary. Do you see how I’m creating my own Spooktober mythology here? Spooktober is undeniable.

The reason I put “long awaited” in quotes is because… was anyone really awaiting this movie? Apparently when this sequel was announced people were excited? But I have to say I watched The Babysitter when it first came out, and I don’t remember being very impressed. Honestly, I don’t remember ANYTHING about it. I had to look through this blog to make sure I hadn’t covered it already. It left such a non-impression on me I couldn’t even remember if I had or hadn’t written about this movie franchise before.

So did this HIGHLY ANTICIPATED sequel live up to the non-hype?

Welcome back to 10 Weeks of Spooktober: 2 Spook 2 Tober. Yes, it’s the second year of Spooktober, and we’re finally getting that crossover blog post you’ve all been hungering for. What am I talking about? Well, last year, I did a series called 12 Days of Christmas movies, and I rated a Christmas/horror film called Pooka! using my patented (not really) Christmas moving rating scale. Spoiler: Pooka! rated really high as a Christmas movie. Who knew?

Now, I’m reviewing the sequel Pooka Lives! for this blog series. For the second film in the Pooka! universe (or the Pooka-verse), all the Christmas spirit is gone. This is a straight up horror movie. But is it any good? And what happens when you take the Christmas out of Pooka?

Ready or not, here it comes… 10 Weeks of Spooktober is back for its sophomore season. It’s 10 Weeks of Spooktober 2: 2 Spook 2 Tober.

In case you’re new here, here’s how this will work. We have officially entered Scary Movie Season. If you’re like me, scary movie season is an all-year-round affair, but I like to amp things up in the fall as we head straight into the best time of the year. 2020 has been an indescribably awful year for everyone, so maybe marking this as the “best time” of the year isn’t saying much. But we’ll take what we can get.

Anyway, for the second year in a row, to count my way through pre-Halloween season, I will watch and review one new (to me) horror movie each week. We’re kicking of the second year of fine spooky fun with a new movie available on VOD: The Rental.

Prepare yourself for my spoiler-free review.