The Babadook
Directed by Jennifer KentEen alleenstaande moeder wordt geplaagd door de gewelddadige dood van haar echtgenoot. Bovendien heeft ze te kampen met haar zoon Samuel die een nachtelijke angst voor een schimmig monster heeft ontwikkeld. Maar al gauw wordt ze zelf ook geconfronteerd met een duistere aanwezigheid in het huis.
The Babadook Ratings & Reviews
- buford fernsby15 april 2025nothing made sense and it wasnt even fun about it. left the movie angry. babadook if i ever see u in da streets its on sight.
- Eric Bakke5 november 2024A terrifying story filled with real-life metaphors, a haunting exploration of people coping with trauma, as well as the manifestation of destructive and repressed emotions.
- Allie Tran30 mei 2025The Babadook is one of the pioneers of “grief” themed horror movies. This film is more complex than you think with metaphors sprinkled in everywhere. However, it does get a bit boring at times for my personal taste.
- JoshuaW20 maart 2026It’s worth the watch. Little bit of a long build up. It made it spooky/creepier though. Main characters did great. Creative horror…☝🏼💡. Caught myself getting frustrated at my T.V at moments. 🫲🏼 🫱🏼I do that. Unusually odd ending.
- jessmuszynski17 september 2025the dog.
- jackmeat5 oktober 2025My quick rating - 7.2/10. An exceptionally well-made flick on a shoestring budget. Everything in this movie does its job. The story is basically a yarn on "the boogeyman" tale, but this goes much further and is more personal. I must point out that this is a thinking person's horror movie that uses camera work, slight music, acting (that forgotten art), and a story to scare you. No gore is needed to frighten you around the corners of the house. I suppose I should just simply state the plot: A single mother and her slightly off son live in a suburb of Australia (I think Adelaide is a suburb, I am new to this Continent). The son believes there is a dark force haunting them, known as the "Babadook," which happens to be a quite disturbing children's book they have in their house. Well, of course, the mother dismisses this as nonsense. We know from other movies what happens when evil spirits aren't believed in... The plot centers around the mother (played wonderfully by Essie Davis) and her spiral into madness. The book almost describes the twists she will take on her journey. Every element of this movie is paid such detail, that it borders on "genius". Keep in mind this movie was a Kickstarter-funded film, made on a 30,000-dollar budget. After watching, all I can say is it screams "Get Jennifer Kent (writer/director) a budget and let's see what she can do." Definitely something that any drama/horror fan should be checking out. The only negative I could find is the strange ending, and of course, I am not saying what that is. Enjoy.
- bugg87718 maart 2026This movie is great. Just enough tension to make it scary and plenty of humanity to be relatable.
- Nicholas Florio8 december 2025What a freaky movie!! It definitely scared me. It also had me questioning the woman's parenting skills at the end. Maybe they wanted to leave it open for a sequel 🤔
- stolteclan16 februari 2025A fantastic horror movie with incredible suspense, amazing characters and an outstanding conclusion
- Emanuele Martellone20 september 2025a mix of psychological and possession horror. i liked the tense atmosphere created in the first half. captivating family dynamic. the only downside is the kind of strange final resolution, but it could be an upside depending on the direction you were expecting. overall good film
- butnyb5 september 2025Excellent film and great acting from the mother
- maskedrider2924 september 2025Complete garbage!
- Lilis5 september 2025Love it
- ProfSolon17 augustus 2025Great movie.I think it was an original idea.I'm not sure. But I've never heard of this before, and I thought it was pretty interesting, create a new folklore, or perhaps it was bringing back old folklore, I've never knew about either way. It was good and I do suggest a watch.
- Lasse Viinikainen31 juli 2025The monster under this bed is all too real.
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The Babadook Trivia
The Babadook was released on 22 mei 2014.
The Babadook was directed by Jennifer Kent.
The Babadook has a runtime of 1 u, 33 m.
The Babadook was produced by Kristina Ceyton, Kristian Moliere.
Een alleenstaande moeder wordt geplaagd door de gewelddadige dood van haar echtgenoot. Bovendien heeft ze te kampen met haar zoon Samuel die een nachtelijke angst voor een schimmig monster heeft ontwikkeld. Maar al gauw wordt ze zelf ook geconfronteerd met een duistere aanwezigheid in het huis.
The key characters in The Babadook are Amelia Vanek (Essie Davis), Samuel Vanek (Noah Wiseman), Claire (Hayley McElhinney).
The Babadook is rated 16.
The Babadook is a Drama, Horror, Mysterie film.
The Babadook has an audience rating of 7.2 out of 10.
The Babadook had a budget of US$ 2 mln..
The Babadook has made US$ 10,3 mln. at the box office.