The Babadook (2014)★ 7.1/10

Not Rated · AU,CA · 94 min · January 17, 2014

Drama
Horror
Mystery

A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.

Original title

The Babadook

Storyline

Amelia lost her husband on the way to give birth to Samuel and she struggles to raise her young son as a single mom. When Samuel reads about a scary monster in a mysterious pop-up book, as Amelia's mental state deteriorates, the line between reality and delusion becomes blurred and they found themself haunted by “The Babadook”. Showing how grief can haunt us, this story is praised for its atmospheric tension and psychological horror.

Rating

7.1 / 10 · 273,251

Companies

Screen Australia, Causeway Films, The South Australian Film Corporation, Smoking Gun Productions, Entertainment One, Capelight Pictures, Cinecolor Films, Feelgood Entertainment, Golden Village Pictures, IFC Films, IFC Midnight, Icon Film Distribution, Koch Media, Sundance Selects, Thimfilm Filmverleih, Westec Media Limited, Wild Bunch Germany, Wild Bunch, A-Film Benelux MSD, Alambique Filmes, Alive Vertrieb und Marketing, Calinos Films, Film1, GEM Entertainment, Icon Home Entertainment, Mongkol Major, Pratama Film, SGN Mediaworks, Scream Factory, Transformer, Umbrella Entertainment, WOWOW Cinema, Yleisradio (YLE), Yolo Media Network

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