Little Tommy’s been having bad dreams, but babysitter Megan can’t have expected what was coming next.

The Sitter is a short horror story brought to us by new to the scene director Edward Harvey. Trying to avoid the ‘jumpscare‘ horror genre, you can see that The Sitter is trying to bring us mystery and intrigue, but unfortunately it suffers from some unconvincing action, and to be honest some poor fake blood. I try not to be critical of films made by new directors and clearly starring new actors, but The Sitter just doesn’t work. It’s a bit bland and really just not very scary.

The face made by young actor Noah Leggott (Tommy) at the end of the film meant to distress and upset the viewer should not have been the shot they chose. I’m critical of the director here for using that take, not young actor Leggott who puts in an otherwise solid performance. Both Chloe Oxley and Katie Louise McMillan give poor delivery throughout and it’s all a little wooden.

All of that could be forgiven if The Sitter scared you at all, but the reactions of Megan are just so strange and unconvincing. In truth the whole piece is just flat. For me, The Sitter didn’t work, but never one to dump on a independent production please watch and judge for yourself!

The trailer is below.

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