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The Babadook
2014 1h 34m R
Drama
,
Horror
,
Mystery
6.8
98%
72%
65%
Play
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.
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Directed By
Jennifer Kent
Written By
Jennifer Kent
Studio
Screen Australia
,
Smoking Gun Productions
,
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Cast of The Babadook
Essie Davis
Amelia Vanek
Noah Wiseman
Samuel Vanek
Hayley McElhinney
Claire
Daniel Henshall
Robbie
Barbara West
Gracie Roach
Ben Winspear
Oskar Vanek
Cathy Adamek
Prue
Craig Behenna
Warren
Hachi
Bugsy
Tim Purcell
The Babadook
Chloe Hurn
Ruby
Jacquy Phillips
Beverly
Bridget Walters
Norma
Adam Morgan
Sergeant
Pippa Wanganeen
Eastern Suburbs Mum 1
Peta Shannon
Eastern Suburbs Mum 2
Michelle Nightingale
Eastern Suburbs Mum 3
Tony Mack
Principal
Carmel Johnson
Teacher
Michael Gilmour
Young Policeman 1
Craig McArdle
Young Policeman 2
Terence Crawford
Doctor
Tiffany Lyndall-Knight
Supermarket Mum
Lucy Hong
Supermarket Little Girl
Sophie Riggs
Checkout Chick
John Maurice
Car Guy
Stephen Sheehan
Magician
Alicia Zorkovic
Fast Food Mum
Lotte Crawford
Kissing Woman
Chris Roberts
Kissing Man
Annie Batten
Old Woman in Corridor
India Zorkovic
Fast Food Kid 1
Isla Zorkovic
Fast Food Kid 2
Charlie Crabtree
Fast Food Kid 3
Ethan Grabis
Fast Food Kid 4
Sophie Allan
Fast Food Kid 5
The Babadook Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
As someone who has developed a pretty thick Critic's Shield from years of watching standard haunted house/possessed human/mythological-creature fare, I have to say I was genuinely freaked out by some of the passages in The Badabook.
San Francisco Chronicle
Thomas Lee
At its heart, "The Babadook" is a story of mother and son, whose relationship ultimately determines whether they survive the demon - or die trying.
Chicago Reader
Drew Hunt
The Babadook makes a convincing argument for classy, psychological horror cinema even as it fails to meet its own lofty standard.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Kent has taste, an eye and a knack for brisk, accelerated pacing. In the case of "The Babadook," familiarity breeds an eerily gratifying contentment.
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
This is a dark and shivery story about motherhood, a common subject for horror movies, but one that's rarely treated with such intelligence or seriousness of intent.
San Diego Reader
Matthew Lickona
Writer-director Jennifer Kent lets the dread creep in slowly, and wisely goes easy on the effects; she knows that hand-drawn pop-ups can be more than enough to unsettle things
CinemaBlend
Kristy Puchko
The Babadook is easily the best horror film of 2014. But bolstered by knockout performances, and a mind-bending narrative beautifully shot and colored, The Babadook is so much more. It's one of the best films of the year.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Davis gives one of the best performances you will see this, or in any other, year.
Reel Talk Online
Candice Frederick
Nestled deep within this teeny Australian thriller packs a simple yet profound message about what it often feels like to be a single parent, and even what it feels like to be the child of that parent.
Nashville Scene
Noel Murray
What's most terrifying about The Babadook is that Kent grounds a bizarre supernatural premise in very real feelings of anxiety and depression.
BuzzFeed News
Alison Willmore
A deftly inventive and psychologically charged horror story that trades on the ways in which the prospect of maternal failure can be just as fearsome a boogeyman as any monster under the bed.
Flavorwire
Jason Bailey
Kent is tapping into something far more unnerving than serial killers or the supernatural: the everyday terror of being a parent.
Bitch Media
Monica Castillo
Rarely outside of drama do we see the kind of imperfect motherhood shown in The Babadook, which is what makes this Repulsion-like household of horrors so frightening.
The Atlantic
Lenika Cruz
The film has a solid grasp on the mutable, but ever-present pain of loss.
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Edelstein
In the running with Boyhood as my favorite movie of 2014 is another work that turns on the challenges of parenting. This one is a tad more insane.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
Credit writer-director Jennifer Kent for lending her Australian indie a healthy dose of brains and subtlety, giving it a distinct advantage over most modern horror films.
Linoleum Knife
Alonso Duralde
An extraordinary film that taps into the fears of both childhood and adulthood.
Newsday
Rafer Guzman
Jennifer Kent's startling debut is an artful horror-chiller that gets under your skin and into your psyche.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
With its mixture of frights both literal and literary, "The Babadook" will, I suspect, satisfy horror's devotees as much as the genre's doubters.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
This is a really scary movie.
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