Don't Expect Epic Horror

Rating: 7/10 (22 April 2015)

I had very high hopes for this movie and was slightly let down only because i expected a legendary horror film. The story is more about the mom and son than than babadook itself. This film had very good scares and unsettling scenes of the highest caliber, good acting and a good soundtrack. It was made with a low amount of money but you rarely notice it, the babadook is very scary itself but the way things play out it doesn't seem scary at all after the film was over. I watched with my wife and neither of us were afraid or left unsettled like some of the reviewers have posted. It's sad that they didn't capitalize on his scariness because his appearances were some of the most unsettling scenes i've seen in any movie. If the director held it's suspense and climaxed with more of the unsettling bits this movie would be truly terrifying and would have set a new standard for leaving viewers uneasy and terrorized. Still worth watching for the suspenseful moments in my opinion though.