Real horror

Rating: 10/10 (20 June 2015)

This psychological horror movie is definitely worth watching. It isn't for everyone, but no movie is. In the beginning of the movie, you'll might think that the boy is nothing but an annoying and very weird little brat, that he's just looking for attention all this time. Then, the tables turn. You'll fully understand his situation. You'll understand that he's just trying to protect himself, and his mom, who's becoming possessed - I can't think of a better way to describe it - by the Babadook. Some people don't like this movie because it isn't filled with jump scares and because you'll never really get to see the Babadook - which I find terrifying, to me, it's scarier to not really know what you're up against. There is nothing but a constant tense. And it really creeped me out. To be honest, I don't really like jump scares, but I almost started wishing for them, knowing that they'd probably end this disturbing vibe.
Their first encounter with the Babadook starts of very peacefully, with the mysterious pop-up book they found on the bookshelf. It seems normal at first, but turns out to be very disturbing. Amelia hides the book, she doesn't want her son to see it again. But this doesn't seem to help. She tears the pages apart and throws the book out, to find it on her doorstep later on.
This is a very symbolic movie about a women being pursued by depression, grief and her past. She sinlently blamed Samuel for his fathers death, and physically expresses this near the end of the film. This is a real horror film. It's really scary because it tells about real emotions, real grief and depression, which are represented by the Babadook -for those who hadn't figured yet. Lots of people are getting confused by the worm-scene at the end of the film. I don't really get the reference either, but I guess it's safe to assume that the worms are some kind of sacrifice, which they have to make to please the monster in their basement. Since you never get rid of the Babadook. Since you never really get rid of grief.