The Mind Monster

Rating: 8/10 (25 March 2018)

**SPOILER ALERT**
It's okay to look under your bed for this film, as it provides unnerving terror through a children's book. Audiences are immersed in Amelia's family and the heartbreak they have endured over the years. Through a dark setting where one may call home, this family is being stalked by their past that has become their present. Amelia is on a constant journey of grief, allowing this emotion to anchor her in every physical and mental way possible. The Babadook portrays the burden of grief as a dark, intimidating figure who controls the mind and deprives this family of functioning by eerily weighing over the home and its occupants. This film shows audiences that one must come to terms and nurture such feelings, without allowing them to haunt their lives through a heartwarming ending between Amelia and her demon coexisting.
Whatever you do, do not let it in. Keep it at a distance.