Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (2014-05-22) |
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| Awards: | 56 wins & 64 nominations |
| BoxOffice: | $964,413 |
| Screen: | Jennifer Kent |
| Productions: | Screen Australia, Smoking Gun Productions, Causeway Films, South Australian Film Corporation, Entertainment One |
| Production Countries: | Australia, Canada |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 33449: Essie Davis - Amelia Vanek
- 1277195: Noah Wiseman - Samuel Vanek
- 220442: Hayley McElhinney - Claire
- 213202: Daniel Henshall - Robbie
- 75410: Barbara West - Gracie Roach
- 1399368: Ben Winspear - Oskar Vanek
- 1277196: Cathy Adamek - Prue
Crews
- 164554: Jennifer Kent - Director - Directing
- 164554: Jennifer Kent - Writer - Writing
- 1364805: Kristina Ceyton - Producer - Production
- 1364808: Kristian Moliere - Producer - Production
- 566112: Radek Ładczuk - Director of Photography - Camera
- 37281: Nikki Barrett - Casting - Production
- 549315: Jed Kurzel - Original Music Composer - Sound
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Reviews
John Chard
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Ba Ba-Ba Dook! Dook! Dook! The Babadook is written and directed by Jennifer Kent. It stars Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall and Hayley McElhinney. Music is by Jed Kurzel and cinematography by Radek Ladczuk. Amelia is a single mother still haunted by the violent death ....
Continue reading ->Gimly
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The best pure-horror of the year. But that's not saying much. Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.
Continue reading ->r96sk
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<em>'The Babadook'</em> is a well done horror film, one that is most definitely creepy. I would've liked more from the monster and how it works, though the film does give you enough and certainly does a fine job at building up the atmosphere of uneasiness that the thing produces. ....
Continue reading ->MovieGuys
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The Babadook is one of those elusive horror films, that's open to broad interpretation. My personal feeling have watched the whole film in the context of the single mothers predicament, is the real monster is the spectre of domestic abuse. Abuse that happens when a fundamentally ....
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