The Babadook

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  • 2014


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$ 7 Million
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Average Rating 4.2/5
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4.2
But the movie has an emotional intensity uncommon to its genre, thanks mostly to its principal performance: Coming unraveled gradually, her stress cur .. Av Club
4.5
What really distinguishes The Babadook, however, is the metaphorical potency of its narrative. Av Club
4.5
The Babadook is the best horror movie Ive seen in some time, because it works on all those emotional and psychological levels in addition to succeedin .. Den Of Geek
4.5
Special effects and outlandish gouts of blood are few and far between in The Babadook, because it doesnt need them; like Sam, we learn to dread whats .. Den Of Geek
4.5
And Australias The Babadook is unmistakably a great horror movie, as well as an assured and often astounding feature directorial debut from Jennifer K .. Den Of Geek
2.5
While Kent struggles to establish true scares, its her dissection of grief that shoulders The Babadook.Its a weighty question to pose trading somethin .. We Got This Covered
4.5
The powerful performances of Babadooks lead actors easily negate the need for the gore and CGI prevalent in most modern horror films. We Got This Covered
4.5
So you cant fault Kent for wanting to tell a historically accurate account of Tasmania and its bloody post. We Got This Covered
4.5
Kent went on to describe the biographical series as a surreal abstract ride through her life, adding that shes really excited for people to know who S .. We Got This Covered
4.0
Essie Davis delivers a brilliant performance, notching distinct levels of fatigue and disorientation that grow ever more nuanced. Austin Chronicle
5.0
Its a tale in which the real terror might have already happened; parents should brace themselves. Time Out
4.5
Debut feature of writer director Jennifer Kent, The Babadook packs a considerable small budget punch, with genuinely chilling and unexplained events e .. Screen Daily
4.5
Debut feature of writer director Jennifer Kent, The Babadook packs a considerable small budget punch, with genuinely chilling and unexplained events e .. Screen Daily
3.5
Kent knows what shes doing possessed parents, sinister children and haunted homes this is the stuff sleepless nights are made of. ETimes (TOI)
3.5
Writer director Jennifer Kent has created a thoroughly creepy, nerve wracking horror film with old fashioned scare tactics. Collider
4.5
Like other thoughtful horror stories, the monster isnt just a powerful, malevolent creature. Collider
4.5
The greatest horror stories have little to do with bogeymen from hell and everything to do with bogeymen from inside uswhich is why Amelia can be the .. Vulture
4.4
Both a relentless psychological thriller with heavy primal stuff on its mind and a full throttle slam bang scare fest, it delivers raw sensation witho .. Rogerebert
4.5
The Babadook is horror movie that obviously takes inspiration and pays homage to many works of horror from the last 100 years, but its testament to Ke .. IGN
4.0
Managing to scare an audience silly with original imagery and non formulaic jolts is no mean feat at a time when the horror genre has become a largely .. Telegraph
4.5
This is easily one of the best horror films in the past few years.Not only does it deliver a fun story within a story, but it also gives us a solid, c .. The Young Folks
4.5
Occasionally, audiences are given a horror movie so raw with emotion, so provocative in its themes, and so sophisticated in its scares that it raises .. Cinema Blend
4.0
Essie Davis is Amelia, a struggling single mom with an easily spooked, socially maladjusted son, Samuel (Noah Wiseman). Ny Daily News
4.0
Like Mister Babadook, it might initially be easy to dismiss the film as a boorish retread of horror classics but, as willing viewers begin to investig .. Screen Rant
3.8
But The Babadook is too deliberately calibrated to prove truly terrifying.Kent rigs together a bundle of ideas from gothic fiction and horror cinema i .. The Globe And Mail
3.8
The Babadook, then, is a study in madness that lurks beneath the surface. Philly
3.1
Its simply not consequential enough to withstand this repetition. Rogers Movie Nation
3.8
I ntelligently presented creepy mood piece Old Dark House horror thriller. Sover
4.5
It tends to sinister business beautifully, establishing a frightful monster while playing with the anxiety of dark corners, and its genuinely scary in .. Blu Ray
2.5
Kent lets the mystery linger, focusing instead on the cinematography, with its expressionistic framing and its eerie shades of blue and gray. Chicago Reader
3.8
The films scares rely on the unknown, and Kent shows a great deal of restraint in avoiding the typical tactics of the genre... Mark Reviews Movies
4.0
Plenty of horror films mine the parent child relationship for material. The Times
4.5
Writer/director Jennifer Kent has created a modern horror masterpiece in this film. It is about as creepy as creepy can get. Lariat
4.0
Old school special effects give scary life to the titular black clad creature in a consistently unnerving allegory on grief and guilt, maternal trauma .. Radio Times
5.0
The Australian writer director Jennifer Kents bravura new horror pic combines subtlety and psychological depth with some very full blooded shock tacti .. Independent
5.0
If you get off on watching things go bump in the night and who doesnt then The Babadook is the scarefest for you.Heres the setup: Amelia (Essie Davis, .. Rolling Stone
4.0
Weve sung it every February ever since Black History Month was a thing, and every December since Kwanzaa was a thing. Pop Matters
4.0
The Babadook is the rare horror tale thats also a triumph of empathy. The Wrap
3.8
Kent invents a narrative twist that is remarkably clever and possibly unprecedented. News Day
3.5
Superbly cast and sleekly crafted, The Babadook is vastly superior to many of the vaunted recent fright flicks, including The Conjuring and Ouija.The .. Hindustan Times
4.0
But Kents nightmarish fairytale about enchanted books and accursed dreams works its frightful magic through our emotional engagement with its characte .. The Guardian
4.0
The Babadook is partly a psychological thriller in the style of Roman Polanskis Repulsion or The Tenant, a Freudian study of Amelia and Samuels joint .. The Guardian
4.0
Or is it a horrifying reality.Finding out is a big part of the satisfaction The Babadook offers. Az Central
4.0
In The Babadook, the storytelling has a tangible presence.One of the haunted elements is a childrens book. Smh
3.0
This one, too, has had a festival showing, this year at Sundance, where it impressed with the potency of its atmosphere and the strength of its perfor .. Smh
4.5
It makes The Babadook a film you should see.If youre a quality horror fan, its a flat out must see. Mountain X
4.5
In that spirit, Australian writer director Jennifer Kent is here to remind us what blizzards of CGI horror have made us forget that the best monsters .. Npr
4.5
It is a phenomenally eerie homage to classic horror, and a thematically fascinating standout in any genre. Star Tribune
4.4
The films evocative visual sense also plays homage to the genres development, as it slowly morphs from a kind of drab realism to an increasingly expre .. Q Network
4.0
The imminence of both half term and Halloween certainly makes for a varied batch of releases, with The Babadook firmly at the scary end of the spectru .. Daily Mail
3.8
Any parent with young kids lives in a constant, almost paralyzing state of fear that they wont be able to protect them from danger.It may be the most .. Ew
4.5
Director Jennifer Kents first outing as a horror director is a downright flawless effort that doesnt just shock audiences, but has a ton of subtext, a .. Cinema Crazed
4.5
What a simple, elegant setup for a psychological horror film about depression, motherhood, grief, and madness. Slate
4.0
Most importantly, the raw honesty which lies beneath this tale of loneliness, loss and coping mechanisms makes for emotionally impactful viewing, ting .. Flim List
5.0
Its expressionist style means its not easily reduced to a simple story of a psychological delusion there is a real monster, though ambiguity as to its .. Empire
4.0
Its an impressive benchmark in the genre and a most powerful debut. Common Sense Media
3.8
At its heart, The Babadook is a story of mother and son, whose relationship ultimately determines whether they survive the demon or die trying. Sf Gate
4.5
Thus, it falls somewhere between a psychological thriller and an all out horror film. Book My Show
2.0
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4.4
It pegs the establishing mood at an eerie thrum and slowly escalates it to the sustained shriek of Grand Guignol madness thats the third act. Slant Magazine
4.5
The title itself derives from the kind of childrens story that gives you giggly nightmares. The New Indian Express
4.4
With its mixture of frights both literal and literary, The Babadook will, I suspect, satisfy horrors devotees as much as the genres doubters. Washington Post
5.0
But then all of a sudden, the mood shifts and you wonder if you should be afraid for Amelia or afraid of her. The New York Times
2.0
This slow burning Australian chiller is well acted and often quite stylish but it feels awfully familiar and surprisingly tame by the time it reaches .. Express
3.5
The proceeding thrills are economically constructed but extremely effective. The Film Stage
4.4
Any horror film offering more than one answer to its central question is ahead of the game. Chicago Tribune
4.4
A stylish, confident debut feature from Australian writer director Jennifer Kent, the movie walks and talks like a horror film things that go bump in .. Boston Globe
3.5
But once weve figured out whats what, the film loses some of its momentum. Reeling Reviews
4.5
While its not exactly fun, its deeply meaningful, which I guess is the whole point of art anyways(). Uproxx
4.5
Genuinely horrific and deeply scary in a way that draws on the most primal of emotions. A horror flick with rare emotional and psychological resonance .. Flickfilosopher
4.0
Easily the best horror film to make it into commercial cinemas this year, Kents piece is both aggressively original and impressively connected to trad .. The Irish Times
3.5
The conclusion is a little anticlimactic, but it shows how the fears and doubts of parents (and children) never really go away, and can only be placat .. Las Vegas Weekly
5.0
Daredevil season 3 showrunner on Fisks return, Thanos snap, and the three words everyone longs to hear: Welcome to Marvel Interview With Daredevil sea .. Total Film
4.5
Stronger in terms of its psychological unease than its fright factor, the film may spark comparison with last years bracing retro surprise, The Conjur .. Hollywood Reporter
4.5
First time feature director Jennifer Kent admitted as much to Rolling Stone, saying It really was connecting to that woman and her journey towards sta .. The Atlantic
3.5
You could wear out a therapists couch with all the psychological undertones. Deccan Chronicle
4.0
The lo fi special effects are also enchantingly spooky and pleasingly quiet for a genre that usually blasts you out of your seat. Standard
4.0
The script is nimble in weaving together the psychological breakdown of a tapped out mother and many of the tropes of horror movies: the unexplained l .. Los Angeles Times
3.8
The lack of scares is a problem; this is a noticeable deficiency I cant help but feel a little uneasy about.All the same, Kent has manufactured a dram .. Movie Freak
3.8
Jennifer Kents Australian indie horror film is one of the years best Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman star in the horror film The Babadook. Detroit News
4.5
Their ultimate showdown with their unwelcome visitor is harrowing and strangely moving in equal measure, as it suggests that all of us who have loved .. Variety
3.8
Like the best horror movies, it could happen to anybody, and whether we want to talk about it or not, it sometimes does. Consequence Of Sound
3.1
Director Chad Archibald kicks The Drownsman off with a seriously underwhelming opening that immediately sets a tone of incompetence and pointlessness, .. Reel Film
4.5
Its interesting that two of the years more intriguing movies involve elements of horror. Movie Habit
4.0
The Babadook is a film that leaves you feeling severely shaken, stirred and mesmerised by the experience of what remains a masterful piece of modern h .. Hey U Guys
4.4
The usual assurances from disbelieving adults are there: Its just a book. The Star
3.8
Its a pity, because for all the wonderful moments of the film, it never feels truly menacing I never believed that it would be a fable that ended in a .. Film Freak Central
3.8
Kent masterfully ratchets up the tension, preying on the primal fears of both parents and children. Oregon Live
5.0
The Babadook doesnt just introduce a new horror classic to audiences. It also marks the assured feature debut of Jennifer Kent. Now Toronto
4.5
It wont rewrite the book on horror movies, but it offers a fun chapter. Deseret News
4.5
The supernatural elements are well executed and Kent directs the action with assurance.Kent uses the philosophy that less is more and this works to th .. Urban Cine File
4.0
I cant say enough just how profoundly disturbing I found this movie. Ner Dist
3.8
Story flaws aside, it announces a director of great skill, intuition, and imagination in Kent, and features sublime performances by Davis and Wiseman .. Movies Tv Guide
4.4
The best scary movies are as much about internal monsters as external ones. New York Post
4.0
Youll want the best for them throughout, while expecting the worst. Raidió Teilifís Éireann
4.5
A counterpoint to the loud but vacuous mainstream of Insidious and Sinister, The Babadook is a wonderful piece of filmmaking. Star Burst Magazine
4.0
Boasting brilliant performances from the two leads, it will be the cause of many a nightmare. Digital Spy
4.0
Aussie horror starring Essie Davis (Matrix Revolutions) as a widowed mother trying to take care of her out of control six year old son, who becomes in .. Flicks
4.5
The Babadook is remarkable debut effort, which even had Friedkin saying, Ive never seen a more terrifying film. . . .It will scare the hell out of you .. Cleve Land
4.0
There are elements of The Shining and Repulsion scattered throughout proceedings, but whats been delivered here is a potent brew of psychological terr .. Independent Ie
4.0
Made like an old school horror movie, with things moving around the edges and going Dook! Contact Music
4.5
An elegant little horror film reminiscent of Roman Polanskis apartment trilogy ... albeit minus Polanskis kinky male gaze. Ar Kansas Online
4.0
With The Babadook, Kent has created an iconic boogeyman and an intense psychological horror film that cuts to the core of actual human grief and trage .. Film Racket
4.4
Psychological issues may be managed, the movie suggests, but they never truly disappear. Larsen On Film
3.0
But as it stands, this is a right old mess that fails even to be so bad its good.Instead, it is simply boring. The Sun
4.0
Essie Davis delivers the best performance of her career (thus far), an emotionally draining, physically demanding portrayal of a mothers love tested b .. Matts Movie Reviews
4.2
Which is exactly what a horror film should do.But its not all thrills and chills. Patriot Ledger
4.5
Its not a monster movie nor a slasher film; things dont frequently jump out of the shadows to scare Amelia and Sam. Ign
4.0
Theres the expected confrontation and resolution in the film, but the sentiment stands.The fraught mood it evokes never settles. The Dissolve
4.0
If you want horror to be horrifying scary, as opposed to simply tense or shocking then it helps to shine a light into the those real life dark corners .. Sandiego Reader
3.5
Its final half hour doesnt live up to what came before, mostly because it cant.Kent tries to find a happy medium between revealing too much and not re .. Cinemix Tape
4.5
It would be easy to call this a thinking persons horror film, but that would be to deny its many deliciously visceral moments of flesh crawling terror .. Straits Times
4.0
Its a horror, and a good one, but its never brutal, and also darkly funny. Metro New York
4.5
What makes The Babadook so effective is that its as much character study as a chiller. Film Comment
2.0
And the unexpected ending finds a rare emotional realism in what could have been a run of the mill creepshow. Film Comment
4.0
A long, emetic climax has shades of The Exorcist, and indeed a ghost requires purging. Sbs
4.5
This is its genius, and what it has in common with the classics of the genre. Flavor Wire
4.0
Achieving what all the greatest horror films have done in the past by simply turning the normal into the threatening. The Shiz Nit
4.3
The Babadook Review: Im Your Boogey Mom Being a Mom is never easy, or so I must imagine, but I must also imagine that its probably easier for some peo .. Crave Online
4.4
Years from now, the new horror sensation will quote this minor masterpiece of the macabre its that good. Bitly
4.0
Refreshing for several reasons not least for having the balls to offer a child protagonist who is a genuine little shit Kents picture has all the requ .. The Skinny
4.3
The Babadook Studio: IFC Midnight Directed by Jennifer Kent Web Exclusive Six years after her husband is killed driving her to the delivery room, Amel .. Under The Radar Mag
3.8
The baffling grand finale resolution of the thing is a disappointment.But its an intriguing and welcome change from the hellish Hollywood formulas. Post Gazette
3.5
The Babadook is the best surprise Ive had at this years Sundance. Movie Mezzanine
5.0
Wetlands may just be the most offensively crass coming of age story out there, but its worth the ride. Or Lando Weekly
4.0
It will break your heart and it will scare the life out of you in the process. Scifi Now
4.5
You may not believe in bogeymen, but you better believe The Babadook is the best Australian film in years. Streaming Quickflix
4.0
One of the pleasures of moviegoing is stumbling on a really good debut feature. Wsj
5.0
It is remarkable that a movie, after over a hundred years of cinema horror, could possibly seem as fresh as this one. The Mary Sue
4.5
Shes a force in one of the greatest horror performances ever.Noah Wiseman, in one of the better child performances of recent memory, breathes much lif .. From The Balcony
4.4
If you go to see The Babadook, be sure to have your wits about you. This movie will scare you out of them. National Post
4.5
Hallucinations, medication, chaos and intimations of epic dread ensue.Unabashedly embellishing genre shocks and terrific tension to unusually controll .. New City Film
4.0
The Lazarus Effect is a sludgy resurrection thriller directed by a former documentarian with no discernible taste or talent for the genre. Winnipeg Free Press
3.0
HORROR films are in a wretched state and the big studios know it.They are now so ridden with cliches, publicists are increasingly organising press scr .. Daily Star
4.5
The acclaimed Australian horror film The Babadook is as much about imagination as it is about monsters. Toronto Sun
4.4
I found myself alone in an empty theater for a preview screening of the Aussie horror flick The Babadook..I dont recommend it. Columbus Alive
3.8
But the film is far more complex than its eerie boogeyman appeal (which, to its credit, legitimately scares you to the core).It portrays a deeper laye .. Reel Talk Online
5.0
The best horror movies aspire to more than just scaring the audience. Am Ny
4.5
Its as likely to thrill more casual horror audiences as it is to satisfy long time aficionados of the genre. Film Ireland
5.0
William Friedkin said, Ive never seen a more terrifying film than THE BABADOOK.It will scare the hell out of you as it did me. Graffiti With Punctuation
4.5
The Babadook is well written, well directed, well acted, truly scary and highly original.See it, if you dare. Movie Chambers
4.5
Kent knows that maternal madness is a subject for prime cinematic terror, and Davis conveys that terror with a power worthy of Cate Blanchett.Either p .. Metro Active
4.2
The Babadook doesnt just tower over this years other fright films: Its one of the most emotionally affecting pieces of macabre cinema in years. Willamette Week
4.4
Smart, emotional, intelligent and above all terrifying, its the sort of film that keeps you wondering, the sort that will delight horror fans and migh .. Ut Sandiego
4.5
So this holiday season treat yourself to a frightfully good cinematic present. Kpbs
4.5
Its a movie that uses dread and suspense, not cheap jump scares. Its also a movie that unsettles with deep psychological unpleasantness. And its got a .. Bad Ass Digest
4.0
Fact is, its the most moving and memorable fright flick of the year! Ear Of Newt
3.5
The happy rays of day make the bogeyman go away and the paranoia subside. O Canada
5.0
Davis gives possibly the performance of her career in The Babadook, portraying this emotionally destroyed woman with an authenticity and honesty that .. The Mercury
4.5
It rattles the emotions just as much as it does the nerves thats good horror. At Home In Hollywood
4.2
The Babadook marks actress Kents first feature film as a writer and director, and everything about her filmmaking debut is done brilliantly. Showbiz Junkies
5.0
Daredevil season 3 showrunner on Fisks return, Thanos snap, and the three words everyone longs to hear: Welcome to Marvel Interview With Daredevil sea .. Sfx
4.5
Popcorn break.If youre easily scared, now may be a good time to go get some popcorn, although you will have to spend the better part of the films last .. The Tyee
5.0
Movie Review: The Babadook The Babadook is a thrilling throwback to the golden age of psychological horror movies, where the real sources of terror ar .. Bust
4.5
The Babadook deserves some recognition, not just for regional acclaim but for being one of the most accomplished horror movies in recent memory. Blogs Houston Press
4.4
All published materials contained herein are owned by their respective authors and cannot be reprinted, either in their entirety or in selection, with .. Cinema Phile 2010 Blog Spo ..
4.0
The film works as great horror fiction thanks entirely to the believability afforded the protagonists psychological state. Screen Space(Squarespace)
4.5
Through the bizarre horror movie caste system that dictates Australian accents as less palatable than spiritless knock offs of past hits, it probably .. Bk Mag
4.5
Kents best effects are her actors, who are so convincingly haggard that every move they make against the monster looks all the more heroic.Thats what .. Nashville Scene
4.0
On the other hand, Amelia, his loving and caring mom, is a young and selfless widow who lost her husband the day her son was born. She has to match up .. Zee News India
4.5
The two lead performances are the films most special effect, with Wiseman always toggling between adorable and awful in completely believable ways, an .. Buzz Feed
4.5
Part of the beauty of Kents film is that it tells an unnerving, tragic tale of grief and guilt, of maternity and madness, of love and loss, while alwa .. Projected Figures
2.0
Sadly, this may end up undoing what is a very modest little exercise in psychological horror. Four Three Film
4.5
With a creative creature and a confident grasp of what works, Kent seems a director worth watching; her only misstep here is the all too tempting sequ .. Topless Robot
4.8
Its something akin to that awful, crushed throat croaking from Ju On. Tucson Weekly
4.5
Related Reading: In Surreal New Animated Film Rocks in My Pockets, Depression is a Ghost. Bitch Media
4.5
Basically The Babadook is full of great little touches that add up to a whole lot, and its a wonderful reminder that one need not re invent the wheel .. Blog The Horror Show
4.4
When a horror picture is perceptive and specific enough in character and story, it holds the power to remain wholly involving even if it were to be st .. The Fright File
4.5
Skilfully directed, the film is perfectly poised between real and unreal and manages to be both emotionally rich and disturbingly creepy, remaining am .. Electric Sheep Magazine
5.0
Its a primal fairy tale, a psychological thriller, an uncompromising portrait of a mother on the verge of a breakdown, and a genuinely creepy horror m .. Parallax View
5.0
Thats not to say, though, that The Babadook contradicts its own logic or abandons its daring ideas. Art Forum
4.0
Ambiguity is one thing, but the ending here is just plain unclear. Concrete Play Ground
5.0
A gripping and thought provoking drama that touches on the nature of grief and class corruption in the new Romania, the heart of Childs Pose is nevert .. Kill Your Darlings
3.5
As if all driving a movie really requires is keeping one shiny mid calf boot pressed firmly on the gas. Archives Sf Weekly



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