★★★★☆ Despite a third act change of tone, that plays out like a hybrid of Home Alone (1990) and The Shining (1980), there is...

'Emelie': EW review

Michael Thelin’s perversely effective debut feature is a little thriller that pokes and prods at the fears of young parents.

A new babysitter turns out to be seriously emotionally twisted in Michael Thelin's B-movie thriller.

Parents in the market for some deserved date-night distraction couldn't do much worse than "Emelie" — and that's meant as a compliment.

Parental paranoia gets a boost from the quietly nasty “Emelie,” where the cool new baby sitter (Sarah Bolger) turns out to be a full-on psychopath. This ...

In this horror film directed by Michael Thelin, a girl hired to mind the children in a household turns out to be a dire threat to them.

In this horror film directed by Michael Thelin, a girl hired to mind the children in a household turns out to be a dire threat to them.

Emelie is a tidy, nasty and often effective thriller that doesn’t quite blossom into full horror.

“There’s something WRONG with the new babysitter!” Jacob (Joshua Rush) is just a tween, but he’s got clues. “Anna” is letting them tear up stuff ...

It begins with the abduction of a girl. The scene is quiet and innocuous until it isn't—a car rolling up to a young girl to ask for directions as children ...

A familiar but stringently executed home-invasion chiller that rarely goes for the straight-up scare when a more insidious one will do.