Fresh
The line between terrifying reality and terrifying fantasy isn't so much blurred as altogether obliterated.
John Semley, Globe and Mail
The Babadook
If it's in a word, or it's in a look, you can't get rid of...
2014 · 1h 34m · Not Rated
Drama, Horror
Directed by
Jennifer Kent
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The Babadook
Overview
A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
98%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This simple yet shiver-inducing tale, the auspicious feature debut of Australian writer/director Jennifer Kent, makes for one of the better horror movies of recent times.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fresh
At its heart, "The Babadook" is a story of mother and son, whose relationship ultimately determines whether they survive the demon - or die trying.
Thomas Lee, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
In the running with Boyhood as my favorite movie of 2014 is another work that turns on the challenges of parenting. This one is a tad more insane.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
As someone who has developed a pretty thick Critic's Shield from years of watching standard haunted house/possessed human/mythological-creature fare, I have to say I was genuinely freaked out by some of the passages in The Badabook.
Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
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