The Babadook

The Babadook

  • Director: Jennifer Kent
  • Countries of origin: Australia, Canada
  • Language: English
  • Release date: November 28, 2014
  • Runtime: 1h 34min
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Sách Ma
  • "The Babadook" is a horror film directed by Jennifer Kent and co-starring Essie Davies and Noah Wiseman .
    The film tells the story of a single mother Emilia reading a bedtime story for her son. The son chose a book "Mr. Babadou" that she had never seen before, but because the content was too horrible and weird, she stopped reading. Who knows The son was so enchanted and claimed that Babadu had come to the house, and various terrible incidents followed one after another   .
    The film was released in Australia on May 22, 2014.

    Details

    • Release date November 28, 2014
    • Filming locations Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    • Production companies Screen Australia, Causeway Films, The South Australian Film Corporation

    Box office

    Budget

    $2,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $964,413

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $30,007

    Gross worldwide

    $10,507,563

    Movie reviews

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    • By Luigi 2022-03-22 09:01:32

      Horror movies made by Australians are really different from those produced by Hollywood

      The horror films made by Australians are indeed quite different from those produced by Hollywood, although this film inevitably uses a lot of genre film routines in the second half. As a director's debut, Jennifer Kent is indeed extraordinary, and the characters are accurately portrayed. The contradictory and complex relationship between the little boy and his mother is slowly revealed in this metaphorical text. The setting of the monster has a retro expressionist color. The important thing...

    • By Josue 2022-03-21 09:01:37

      Babadu

      Emilia's husband was killed in a car accident on the way to the hospital. Young Emilia was unable to get out of the shadows, but she still took care of her rebellious son Samuel. One day, the mother and son found a story book called "Babadu" on the closet. Since then, Samuel often dreamed of a monster, and he believed that this monster was the Babadu in the book. As the situation became more serious, Emilia, who didn't believe it at first, also began to see strange shadows. She gradually...

    • By Sven 2022-03-21 09:01:37

      Mother's Heart Demon

      I think my mother has been holding back the pressure in her heart for too long and happened to see this book by Babadu, so she started to release it. In fact, there is nothing Babadu is a demon at all Even on her husband's memorial day, the pressure in her heart will increase. "I recognize that the person who died is my son and I don't want my husband to die." This is the climax of the movie. But the son still loves his mother and uses his own heart to influence the mother Ending: In fact,...

    • By Orpha 2022-03-21 09:01:37

      "Babadu": a horror movie worth savoring

      You can't get rid of Babadu if it's briefly or skipped.

      If it's in a word or ti's in a look, you can't get rid of the Babadook.

      This is a horror movie. The director used a symbolic approach. As for the interpretation of metaphors and symbols, some articles have very detailed interpretations, which can be referred to. Here we mainly talk about the film from the aspects of film shooting skills.

      After watching this movie, it can be said that the cost of this movie will...

    • By Dayne 2022-03-21 09:01:37

      Personal understanding of the film

      I can't understand such a simple horror movie... So are there any ghosts? When I saw half of it, I thought it was like a domestic mentality routine, mainly because the mother acted too much like a mental illness... After that, the climax part made me suspect that there was really a ghost, it was floating and the child exorcising the mother spitting black water, after all, black water is It's a symbol of the devil, but in the end, the neighbor said that you do this every year, and at the end,...

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    • By Milan 2022-04-23 07:01:38

      It's still a matter of...

    • By Afton 2022-04-23 07:01:38

      Not very scary or very depressing ghost...

    • By Shanon 2022-04-23 07:01:38

      I really like this story, it's cold and warm. The main reason is that the two people are not annoying. At first, the child is very bearish, but in the end, it is not easy. Shutting the fear back to the bottom of your heart is a more reasonable...

    • By Hosea 2022-04-23 07:01:38

      Expected too high, but still disappointed... Expressionism, demons, mad mothers and bear...

    • By Braeden 2022-04-23 07:01:38

      I love cinephile horror movies. Mélière and Expressionism. Delicate, sophisticated, solid and sincere. Candid psychological fear materialized, from the inside to the outside can be from the outside to the inside, the emotions are complete and smooth, and the performance is excellent. Babadu's design is weak, and it is simply cute, and therefore gives people comfort outside of fear. We dare to overcome our negativity, imprison it and still pity...

    Movie plot

    A few years ago, Emilia Fanning (Ice Davis) and her husband suffered a serious car accident, and her husband died in this accident. After that, Emilia worked hard in the nursing home while taking care of her young son Samuel (Noah Wiseman) . Without the protection of his father, Samuel was afraid of ghosts since he was a child, and on the contrary, he showed extremely violent and rebellious words and deeds. Samuel was reprimanded by...
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    Evaluation action

    Jennifer Kent uses excellent visual and auditory effects to create a surprising horror sketch. Jennifer Kent obviously has a deep understanding of "maternal fear", and she takes it to the extreme in her works. The film's projection and psychological pressure are enough to tear the audience's sleep. It is difficult to say whether the audience will like or dislike this film, of course it has been successful from this perspective. (Sina...
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    Movie quotes

    • The Babadook: [from trailer] You can bring me the boy.

    • Amelia: You are nothing. You're nothing! This is my house! You are trespassing in my house! If you touch my son again, I'll fucking kill you!

    • The Babadook: You can bring me the boy. You can bring me the boy. You can bring me the boy.