Disappointing

Rating: 6/10 (10 July 2016)

This is a very well acted and directed movie that I've been looking forward to seeing for some time. Some of the devices, like the time-lapse of the mother's sleeping face to show the passage of time, were neat. There are some truly creepy moments as well, and the Babadook's voice was quite chilling.
However, after all the buildup the payoff was brutally disappointing. Mr. Babadook is played up to be a powerful, perhaps unstoppable demon (you can't get rid of the Babadook), but in the end he's satiated by a bowl of worms. He goes to elaborate lengths to torment and ultimately possess a mother with the goal of killing her son, when he could have just gone to the garden and scooped up a handful of dirt. Of course, he would have preferred to consume the son, but the mother yelled at him, so..
Overall, some nice elements but disappointing as a whole.