The Babadook (2014)
A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her. (imdb)
Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Horror
Directed By: Jennifer Kent
Written By: Jennifer Kent
Starring: Essie Davis, Daniel Henshall, Hayley McElhinney, Noah Wiseman, Tim Purcell, Barbara West, Benjamin Winspear, Chloe Hurn, Terence Crawford, Craig Behenna
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Still not into horror movies, but this one at least is beautifully produced. Plus they hit the right mixture between metaphor and reality, and acting is great.
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A supernatural psychological horror film written and directed by Jennifer Kent in her directorial debut. This film had lots of potential but ends up being just a disappointment. Reminding me of Tobe Hooper's 'Poltergeist'(1982), a way better and scarier film, 'The Babadook' has the same idea but does not deliver the scares. The best part of the movie was Noah Wiseman's erratic acting performance as Samuel. I was hoping to get scared when I watched this movie, it's too bad I never did.
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| Oct 31 | mcgreig | 30 2% |
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One of the best horror movies I've seen in a long time, and while there are moments that degrade into a generic schlocky possession story the family dynamics were strong enough to make me care about the characters, and the hints of some deeper metaphor or meaning were just enough to make me to appreciate the film beyond the surface level.
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This manages to hit on everything that I love about horror: the tension, atmosphere, characters, and the thematic lens through which the horror derives. It has some great performances from the two leads. Why is it not rated higher? The film presents about a half-dozen themes and only halfheartedly develops them before the third act when it finally decides to focus on one and almost completely drop the others. If it were not for this fact I would call it great.
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far from solid.
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I'm a big fan of the recent push for slow-burn psychodrama over jumpscares but this one is just generic trope filled blumhouse trash minus the jump scares. I've heard a lot of claims that it's innovative and unique, but I don't see why. It's visually bland, the script is bland and the monster as an externalization of inner conflict thing has been done since before the genre made the jump from the gothic novel to the screen. The first 2/3 are ok but the last 30 min are actually terrible.
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The Babadook is enjoyable to a fault. The fault being its minimal cast and slight over reliance on a not-so-great child actor. Aside from that, there is something to be said for the nail biting tension and eerie atmosphere.
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While not outright scary it had some good ideas planted regarding grief and having to care for a child that you don't really enjoy. However the kid is really hard to watch and the movie is kinda plodding. I was underwhelmed
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Not scary so much as anxiety inducing, from well before the monster shows up. Feels like a sustained panic attack. The metaphor isn't subtle but why should it be, grief isn't subtle.
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