The Babadook
Directed by Jennifer Kent
Six years after the death of her husband, Amelia struggles to discipline her ‘out of control’ 6 year-old Samuel – a son she finds difficult to love. Samuel’s dreams are plagued by a monster he believes is coming to kill them both. When a disturbing storybook called ‘The Babadook’ turns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that the Babadook is the creature he’s been dreaming about. And when Amelia begins to see glimpses of the creature herself, it slowly dawns on her that the thing Samuel has been warning her about may well be real.
Amelia struggles to discipline her ‘out of control’ 6 year-old Samuel – a son she finds difficult to love. Samuel’s dreams are plagued by a monster called ‘The Babadook’ who he believes is coming to kill them.
Cast: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall
Member Reviews
Very creepy and the acting is great!
this is my favorite horror comfort movie! the acting by Essie Davis and He
An LGBTQ+ icon. Watching this creep find love is the treasure every gay monsters cold heart needs. Heroic effort of love from the shadows. Doing the devils work for the horror-romance genre. 5 stars.
Great psychological thriller
So far out of a week of watching movies on the shudder app, this is the only one I thought was fairly worthy.