The film "A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting" debuted on Netflix in 2020 with Tom Felton starring in the role of Grand Guignol, aka the Boogeyman. A shaggy-haired Felton is unrecognizable in his role as the monstrous antagonist who kidnaps children from their babysitters. This family-friendly spooky tale centers on Kelly Ferguson (Tamara Smart), a babysitter-turned-monster hunter. Kelly is a teenage social outcast who, as a child, was visited by Felton's Guignol. She shared her nightmarish tale with her classmates, who then called her "Monster Girl."
When her charge, Jacob (Ian Ho), goes missing on Halloween, Ferguson discovers her childhood monster is behind his abduction. Ferguson becomes entangled with a secret society of babysitting monster-hunters and a legion of ghouls, and sets out to kill Felton's Boogeyman. "A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting" sets itself up as a possible first film in a franchise, but we'll have to wait and see. The film only got lukewarm reviews, but Felton exudes fun in his ghoulish role. His Grand Guignol isn't horrifying, but the actor portrays him with a solid level of creep. Unfortunately, franchise or not, Felton's character won't appear again, because (spoiler alert) he dies at the end of the film.
