This is the best horror film of the year. It's scary, it's disturbing,and it is deep. The Babadook is a fantastic debut for Australian director Jennifer Kent,and surprisingly it's a modern horror film that just about scared the s*** out of me. You want to be scared don't go watch Ouija (A film I should see just for reference of a bad horror film) spend less than a movie ticket ($6.99 to be precise), and get this off Itunes, or the Google Play store. Just don't miss it. So The Babadook is about a mother who has lost something,and has to deal with her increasingly disobedient,and somewhat violent son while discovering that there is a creature that is causing the boys behavior. That's the quick explanation. What I really want to talk about is why The Babadook works so well,but also what keeps it from being perfect. So what makes The Babadook work so well is the fact that it doesn't use tiring jumpscares, and it also implies most of it's horror threw the insanity that one of it's characters drops into. See the mother Emily played fantastically by Essie Davis lost her husband near the time her son was born,and the monster almost represents the grief that is still attacking her. As she kind of falls into madness it represents something that is truly scary. The insanity that can come with grief. It's almost as if she has to accept The Babadook to get over the grief. It's actually kind of funny what happens at the ending of the film concerning this. However so with the grief,and all that I want to go back to the fact that The Babadook focusses on something really scary. Insanity. This of course I've been covered before (The Shining,is the best example), but the fact that insanity in the way it is portrayed here is possible,and quite real makes the entire thing scary. A loud noise,and something appearing quickly is not scary. The slow deterioration of the mind to the point of insanity is. Also the imagery is scary as well. There is a book,and yeah it's scary. Also the monster is scary and when the mother loses her marbles, it is really terrorizing. The film actually gives you time to get to know the characters,and allows the whole grief theme sink in. It just works. Why the film isn't quite effective as it could be. Yes the grief is scary and terrorizing,but you don't actually get all the satisfaction that you can get from this film. There is a shot that is very quick when you see the face of Mister Babadook. Yeah,and he's bleeping terrifying. That's all you really see him. Now that actually doesn't really hurt the film in any way really. However I was disappointed with it because I really wanted to see him again. He's scary. Get this film. You don't need to go to the theatre even just watch this it's great,and scary. I was disappointed a bit by not seeing the monster. Still see this. I give The Babadook a 9 out of 10.
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