Essie is the easy reason to give this one a ba ba look

Rating: 7/10 (21 July 2015)

The Australian horror film "The Babadook" was not as haunting as I thought it was going to be. Maybe all the "baba blabber" about how magnificent the film was garnered high expectations for me. Writer-Director Jennifer Kent's movie stars Aussie actress Essie Davis as Amelia, mother to young child Samuel who warns mummy that the fictional title character in a children's book called Babadook will enter their home and cause horror havoc. Amelia ignores Samuel's warnings and, not to play Bada Spoiler, you pretty much can assume the rest. Kent did not really construct any spooky elements to the picture; and it was somewhat predictable. Now I must exorcist, I mean exercise my right as a ghost corny film critic, to mention that Aussie Essie was auuuuustanding as Amelia. Child Actor Noah Wiseman was on his novice thespian ark (whatever that is) quite bravely with his stunning role as young Samuel. "The Babadook" was not totally a bad bad spook, but it could have been better. *** Average