Babadook (2014) – Small budget, big Surprise
Category: Horror/Drama/Suspense
Actors: Essie Davis, Daniel Henshall, Noah Wiseman, Michelle Nightingale, Tiffany Lyndall-Knight, Tim Purcell, Benjamin Winspear, Cathy Adamek, Peta Shannon, Craig Behenna, Hayley McElhinney, Carmel Johnson, Michael Gilmour, Barbara West, Adam Morgan
Duration: 93 min
Rated: UNRATED
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If you know a movie that is comparable to Babadook please leave a comment
Long Story Short:
One night Amelia’s son asks her to read a book to him he found in their house. No one knows where it came from. As soon as she begins reading she realizes it is more than just a bed time story. She awoke something evil that will make the boogeyman look like a joke.
Review:
Babadook is a kickstarter project that raised a little over 10,000 USD, and is therefore a low-budget production. So if you expect CGI effects that will blow your mind, you won’t get it here.
What you get, however, is an atmospheric mix of drama and supernatural thriller that convinces especially towards the end.
The actors are engaged, the script is fluent, but the character of the little boy is so annoying. For the first half all he does is screaming. I wished the director would have decided to show his character in a different way; all I was thinking was: I hope the Babadook takes him, so we can all enjoy watching the rest of the movie.
The second half was very creepy and fun to watch; it kept me at the edge of my seat. The ending is not bad, but due to the little budget it wasn’t as big and bold as I hoped for.
All in all I enjoyed Babadook, it’s a great watch for Halloween, and I think I would watch it again.
Rating: 6/10
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The boy screaming had me so less interested in it; in the end, it was just okay, I think 🙂
The boy made almost turn it off too. 🙂 I am hoping for a reamake with a less irritating actor. 🙂
The reviews had my expectations high, and what happened was nothing huge in the end 😦
Sorry if I contributed to that disappointment,too hahahahaa. I saw it with the lowest expectations. I guess that’s why I ended thinking it wasn’t too bad.
No, your rating is close enough to what I hoped to provide 😀 I read somewhere else like the great movie on par with Exorcist and The Shining 😀
Oh no whoever wrote that was probably paid yo praise it or was part of the team. LoL it deserves credit for it being a real low budget movie and for it’s creativity. But not comparable to those classics.
Wherever I looked, I saw that 9/10 rating – that caught me; but your rating made it stable for me 😀 😀
Thanks buddy. I am keeping it real lol
I shall keep it for a later watch – never came to our theatres 😀
Not easy to find a comparison? 🙂
Works because it actually has a heart to its story that makes it all the more tense and terrifying. Nice review.