The generation that grew up on “Home Alone” has come to realize that Kevin McCallister was a sadistic little monster; one much-shared online article posits that he grew up to be Jigsaw in the “Saw” movies, while another hearty soul tested some of little Kevin’s deathtraps on a ballistics dummy.
To the growing re-evaluation of the 1990 holiday hit’s dark underpinnings, add the new horror comedy “Better Watch Out,” which examines both the mayhem involved in fending off home invaders and the twisted psyche required to come up with such ingenious (and deadly) snares.
As a self-professed (and self-inflicted) Christmas movie expert, I’ve sat through my share of dismal holiday horrors over the years, but “Better Watch Out” is among the sub-genre’s gems.