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Nov 28, 2014 · A single mother and her son are haunted by a monster from a children's book called \"Mister Babadook\". IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this 2014 Australian film.
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- Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Jennifer Kent
- 2014-11-28
The Babadook is a 2014 Australian supernatural psychological horror film written and directed by Jennifer Kent in her feature directorial debut, based on her 2005 short film Monster. Starring Essie Davis , Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall , Hayley McElhinney , Barbara West, and Ben Winspear , the film follows a widowed single mother who with her ...
The Babadook is a critically acclaimed film about a mother and son haunted by a sinister creature from a book. Watch the trailer and read critics reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- Essie Davis
- Jennifer Kent
- Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Nov 1, 2023 · The Babadook is a horror film that explores the metaphor of depression as a monster that haunts a single mother and her son. The ending suggests that accepting and living with one's inner demons is better than trying to banish them.
- Colin Mccormick
Mar 23, 2015 · Amelia (AFI Award winner Essie Davis, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, The Slap) is a single mother plagued by the violent death of her husband. When a disturbing storybook called Mister Babadook...
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- 30K
- ScreamFactoryTV
Nov 28, 2014 · The hiding-in-the-dark entity called The Babadook is the most slippery kind of menace in contemporary horror: a metaphor for both the terrors of childhood and the terrors of parenting—particularly single parenting under a very vexed circumstance—that’s also, within the created world of the film, a very real thing.
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A widowed mother and her troubled son face a sinister presence in their home after finding a mysterious pop-up book called Mister Babadook. The film explores themes of grief, guilt, and mental illness as the Babadook becomes stronger and more dangerous.
