The babadook
2014·Australia·94 min.
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“Do you want to die?!” seven-year-old Samuel asks his stressed-out single mother, Amelia. She wonders if his question is a threat or a warning. After dealing with Samuel’s frantic tantrums his entire life, Amelia suspects that her son has begun directing his violent misbehavior toward her. However, after a dark and foreboding children’s book called Mister Babadook mysteriously appears on Samuel’s bookshelf, Amelia must decide if her son is truly deranged, or if there really is a bogeyman lurking in their darkened halls at night.
DirectorJennifer Kent
ScreenwriterJennifer Kent
MusicJed Kurzel
CinematographyRadosław Ładczuk
CastEssie Davis·Noah Wiseman·Daniel Henshall·Hayley McElhinney·Barbara West·Ben Winspear·Tiffany Lyndall-Knight·Tim Purcell·Cathy Adamek·Carmel Johnson·Adam Morgan·Craig Behenna·Michael Gilmour·Michelle Nightingale·Stephen SheehanShow all
Original titleThe babadook