eerie atmosphere

Rating: 7/10 (4 November 2014)

Not bad at all but let me say that not every horror buff will like this kind of horror. It do has it moments but it also is a slow builder. There's not that much of horror going on in fact but it's the way it is shot and the use of lighting that gives a special feeling and don't forget the performance of the two main leads.
The story itself is rather simple. A mother and her annoying child are living together when the father has died by accident. But their child is a real pain in the *ss at home and at school, so the mother decide to read him a book, The Babadook. It's some kind of weird book and the child gets obsessed with it and start to see things but after a while the mother does too, the babadook is alive.
It's once the book comes alive in their mind that some creepy shots and eerie atmospheres appear and that's what makes this flick great. Not only that, when the mother is watching TV you also see shots of other classics and the Black Sabbath's (1963) most scary moment is here also to watch.
The Babadook is a flick that must have it from it's creepy moments and not for the gore (which isn't in it) like other horrors. As said earlier, not for everybody but once seen you will not forget it, or you will find it eerie or you will find it rather boring, the choice is yours.
Gore 0,5/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5