Really didn't like it

Rating: 3/10 (15 June 2014)

I really didn't enjoy The Babadook and it seemed that this feeling was shared with many in the cinema I was at. The acting, production and technical elements were good but the story and character development really let it down. There was no explanation of why the Babadook was in their house or what it's motivation was at all, which is really important in a movie with a supernatural element. Also I felt the way the supporting characters behaved to be very untrue to life and needed more back story to make their actions believable. The film was also a bit long and the ending just bizarre. The ending might have worked, again, if there was more development into why the characters were behaving the way they were.
If you're looking for a good Australian horror I would watch The Loved Ones.