Masterpiece.

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2014)

Great movie. Will be a cult classic before long I'll wager. If you like jumps every 15 seconds then not your kind of scary movie id suggest. The Babadook is subtle and very unnerving throughout with the occasional in your face scare but only at the right moments. It is a beautiful piece of film making, well acted and considering the small budget a triumph for the small players in the industry particularly in Australia. I think this film deserves an overall IMDb rating of about 8 which is at the higher end for this genre, I'm scoring it a 10 however, to balance the 7.2 it currently has which I feel is a little under par for this thoroughly entertaining film. I cannot think of much I don't like about this film. Maybe if they had a few more million, a visual effect here or there could have been a bit better but that's about it really. The Babadook monster itself is as creepy as they come and about the most terrifying sounding monster/entity since the devil/captain howdy from the Exorcist. Mr bab a dook is a bad book indeed and an exquisite film. A must see for true lovers of horror/drama.