As much as I love my Halloween season movies extremely dark and creepy, every single time I put on a childhood favorite, like Hocus Pocus, I catch myself itching for more family-friendly to share with my little cousins, and eventually with my one-year-old niece as well. That being said, I got mighty excited when A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting dropped on Netflix.

Rachel Talalay directed from a script written by Joe Ballarini based on his book of the same name. The movie stars Tamara Smart as Kelly Ferguson, a babysitter who must challenge the Boogeyman when the young boy she’s watching is kidnapped. While the odds do seem stacked against Kelly at first, the discovery of a secret society of babysitters with supernatural knowhow could be just the help she needs to face The Grand Guignol (Tom Felton).

With the movie now available to watch on Netflix, I got the chance to chat with Ballarini and Talalay about their experience bringing the story to screen. Hear all about the changes Ballarini made when writing the screenplay, what it was like for Talalay to go from the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise to a family-friend horror film, what they kept from set and loads more!

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