The Man Upstairs

The Man Upstairs is an 2018 American horror comedy film based on the urban legend The Babysitter and The Man Upstairs. The film was directed and written by Guillermo del Toro and produced by Sam Raimi. The film focuses on an 16 year old high school girl Courtney who is targeted by an serial killer. Courtney is babysitting three kids and must protect them from the killer. The film stars Kane Hodder as the title character, Didi Costine, and Jack Dylan Grazer.

Production of the film started in 2015 and ended in 2018. del Toro casted Hodder as the Man Upstairs after seeing his stunt performances in the Friday the 13th film series as another serial killer Jason Voorhees. The film was slated for an release in March 2018 but was delayed to an October 11 release in the same year. An trailer for the film was released on YouTube in July, and error was there with an release date of October 10 instead of 11. This was fixed in the other trailers. Like some horror films, the film uses major instances of humor.

The Man Upstairs was released in theaters on October 11, 2018 and received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $370 million at the box-office.

Plot
In December 1975, Hayley Marsden is babysitting an 7 year old spoiled brat named Nancy. At 9PM, Hayley sends Nancy to bed and stays up watching horror movies. At 10PM, she gets an phone call from an unknown person, telling her to check on Nancy. Hayley believes that this is an prank from her boyfriend Marcus and hangs up the phone. She gets the call from the same person several times