The Babysitter: Killer Queen: Every Plot Hole In The Horror Movie – Screen Rant

The Babysitter: Killer Queen features a number of plot holes. We break down each one and examine their impact on the horror movie overall.

Warning! Spoilers for The Babysitter: Killer Queen below.

The Babysitter: Killer Queen's dedication to campy horror caused a number of plot holes in its story.The Babysitter sequel embraces the B movie genre, prioritizing style over plot. But that gleeful chaos is what makes each of Director McG's horror movies fun.

The Babysitter centers on 12-year-old Cole (Judah Lewis), who discovers that his beloved babysitter Bee is actually a member of a satanic cult. Each member of the cult made a deal with the devil to get whatever they want out of life, so they require Cole's innocent blood to hold up their end of the bargain. With the help of his best friend Melanie, Cole barely escapes with his life. The horror movie's sequel,The Babysitter: Killer Queen, takes place two years after the event of the first film but the catch is that no one believes Cole about what happened that night. Cole accompanies Melanie and her friends, including intriguing transfer student Phoebe, on a trip to a local lake where it turns out Bee's old cult is back for seconds.

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The Babysitter: Killer Queen deviates from the originalmovie to tell the story it wants to. The movie blatantly ignores facts from the previous film, creating various plot holes. But asthe filmis a modern-day B movie, the plot holes work in its favor. Let's look at every plot hole created inThe Babysitter: Killer Queen.

Bee and her friends are afterCole inThe Babysitter because they need his blood to fulfill part of a demonic ritual. Mixing the blood of a sacrifice with the blood of an innocent get the participants everything they desire. Bee is adamant in the first film that the ritual needs to be followed to a tee. Members of the cult are to pour the blood over the devil's book while reciting a passage. One key detail of the ritual is changed inThe Babysitter: Killer Queen members of the cult must drink the blood instead of pouring it on the book's pages.

The ritual was changed for the sequel for one obvious reason. When the members of the cult drink the blood at the end of the film and start choking, it's meant to signify that the ritual didn't work. That would not have been able to happen if they kept the ritual as stated in the first film.The Babysitter: Killer Queen could have found another way that aligned with what was stated in the first film to demonstrate that the ritual didn't work. But asitis a modern day B movie, the gory gag of seeing each member of the cult choke and die on blood was necessary. The change in ritual is absolutely a plot hole, but it is a plot hole that is forgivable.

Cole's age inThe Babysitter: Killer Queen is perhaps the biggest plot hole in the film. Its predecessor clearly states that Cole is 12 years old. His parents go away for the night and hire Bee to watch Cole. As he is 12, Cole feels that he is too old for a babysitter.Cole's voiceover in The Babysitter: Killer Queen explicitly states that the events of the previous movie happened two years ago. But Cole is also said to be a high school junior in the second film, making him around 16. It goes to show that Cole's age was deliberately ignored for the sequel.

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This was done so for the sake of the plot. Both movies discuss the ritual that the cult performs to uphold their deal with the devil. One of the key ingredients to complete it is the blood of an innocent "innocent" here meaning virgin. As a 12-year-old, it was practically a guarantee that Cole would be a virgin. That's exactly why Bee (Samara Weaving) targeted him inThe Babysitter.A twistat the end ofThe Babysitter: Killer Queen reveals that Cole lost his virginity during the filmand it's safe to assume that Cole was aged up so it would not be inappropriate for him to engage in sexual encounters. In the US, it's considered socially taboo to discuss someone as young as 14 having sex, but a common movie trope is to have teenage character lose their virginity around age 16.

The math here clearly doesn't add up. IfThe Babysitter: Killer Queen happened two years after the original film, Cole should be 14. It was wise to age him since he loses his virginity in the film, but the more logical answer would have just been to make the gap between the two films longer than two years. The decision to disregard Cole's previously stated age ultimately doesn't matter in the long run, it's just simply a baffling decision, seeing as there was an easy solution to this plot hole.

Bee doesn't haven't a large presence inThe Babysitter: Killer Queen, but her backstory did become muddled between the films. In the first Babysitterfilm, she's depicted as charming, engaging, and manipulative, which is because she made a deal with the devil to become stronger and more confident. Her age is never explicitly stated in the first movie, but it's safe to assume she's supposed to be around high school or college-aged. She's a fun and relentless villain inThe Babysitter.

But inThe Babysitter: Killer Queen's ending, Bee is revealed to be a different kind of person. She appears to rescue her cult out of limbo so they can resume their devious activities, but she pulls a fast one on them so she can kill them and save Cole. But Phoebe, a new student at Cole's schooland his love interest, is the key to saving him. A flashback reveals that Bee was also Phoebe's babysitter, but they knew each other when Phoebe was young far younger than when Bee watched Cole. Bee and Phoebe got in a car crash that nearly killed the young girland those flashbacks inThe Babysitter: Killer Queen reveal that Bee actually made a deal with the devil to save Phoebe's life. Bee hadsecretly been watching over Phoebe since then and decided to perfectly align everything so that Phoebe and Cole would meet, fall for each other and eventually sleep together. That means that Cole's blood would no longer be pure. Bee knew that her former cult would still target him for his blood, assuming he was still a virgin, but after losing his virginity, his blood would taint the ritual and kill the participants.

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The Bee twist inThe Babysitter: Killer Queen changes everything that the audience previously knew about her character. Instead of being the fun and campy villain portrayed in the first film, Bee is shown to be caring and loyal. Her new backstory causes confusion around her age though. Bee looks the exact same in her flashbacks with Phoebe as she did when she babysat Cole nothing was done to make her look younger. This means that Bee is actually far older than implied in the first film or, her deal with the devil rendered her immortal. Each plot hole inThe Babysitter: Killer Queen causes confusion with the audience, but ultimately the movie's accuracy doesn't matter in the long run. The horror movie is more concerned withsilly fantasy sequences and campy gore, and it will do whatever it takes to get there. If that means rewriting some previously-stated facts, then so be it.

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Brynne is a lifelong lover of movies hailing from Chicago. Ever since discovering "The Ring" at age 13, she's had a slightly sadistic love affair with horror movies. Tweet her your horror movie recommendations @brynneramella. Please she's running out of movies to watch.

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