The Babadook

The Babadook creates tension not with jump scares or chase sequences but with judicious editing and slow-burn suspense—that is, until it descends into a final half-hour of harrowing emotional and physical intensity, an extended climax that made me gasp aloud, hide my eyes, and weep at least twice.

This is Kent’s first feature — an astonishing debut. Not perfect, though.

Here's one of the strongest feature film debuts in a long time, in any genre.

If film's rapturous reception is due in part to the rarity of filmmaking this skillful within the horror genre, it's hard to begrudge this near-masterpiece of unease any of the praise it's gotten.

As a director, working with actors, she may have drawn on her own experience acting in features and TV; whatever her method, she has come up with a matched pair of terrific performances.

The Babadook is too deliberately calibrated to prove truly terrifying.

Manages to pop the hairs on the back of your neck more than most repetitive, predictable and gory Hollywood horror films these days.

Genuine Terror. Chilling and Sad.Ignore the One-Stars! Never written a review before. Haven't felt the need. But after seeing the 1 star reviews of this film,i just felt compelled. Firstly,what this is. I would say a cross between The Shining and We Need to talk about Kevin. This film is desperately sad. A woman who is haunted,first by her husbands death,then by the Babadook all while looking after her young son. This is a creepy, no jump scare, fantastic psychological horror. A rare gem that plays on all those fairytale fears that you may have had as a kid. Second.What this isn't?! Well,not "The worst horror in years".I get that people have different opinions.I **** this isn't a film that can justify that sort of nonsensical comment. It isn't a dull jump scare-filled blockbuster. The characters are not hot teenagers. They are believable, disturbed and this makes the film the slow,creeping horror that it is. If you are a fan of horror,it really is a must see film

the movie was genuinely horrifying, and whoever designed the book needs a raise because it looks amazing (I wish we have storybooks that have a small mechanism inside them like in the movie :) ). As for the cast, i think they did well enough but truth be told i expected much more of the story than what i have seen, it was a bit slow burn at the beginning then started getting creepy midway through the movie. Ignore the over rating in the reviews, for me it was overall 6/10.

One of the most overrated horror movies I've ever seen. Reeks of budget constraints, with a terrible performance from the child actor and cheesy ending. Was very excited to see what the fuss was about, and walked away from the experience disappointed and confused.

Fa schifo il film horror più sopravvalutato della storia, non capisco tutte le recensioni positive.

The Babadook is one of my least favorite movies. Although there were a few parts that I liked, most of it was a boring attempt at horror.