Fantastic acting but overall slightly disappointing

Rating: 6/10 (31 October 2014)

I'm a huge fan of the psychological horror genre. The way a well made movie can put you on edge without anything scary actually happening. I think the best example of this is years ago with the Blair Witch Project, love it or hate it, it had the ability to get your heart going just by the crew saying 'oh we'll have to camp another night'. After watching The Babadook trailer I was excited to watch it on it's Halloween release date here in Australia. I did feel that it was a well made movie and the acting is very impressive, it just didn't deliver for me on the horror side. If it was labelled a drama or a thriller I would have rated it 9 or 10, however for a horror I just don't think it had the scare factor to really put you on edge.