Overrated with Disappointing Conclusion

Rating: 6/10 (17 August 2015)

The widow Amelia (Essie Davis) lost her husband in a car accident while driving her to the hospital to give birth to their son Samuel (Noah Wiseman). She has quited writing books for children and presently works at a nursing home to raise Samuel alone. However the boy is problematic and outcast by his friends and even by his aunt Claire (Hayley McElhinney) and his cousin Ruby (Chloe Hurn). Amelia usually reads books for Samuel before sleeping and one night he gives the mysterious book Mister Babadook that he has found in his room. Amelia and Samuel are disturbed by the book that tells the story of a supernatural entity that torments people and Samuel tells that Babadook is haunting him during the night. Amelia rips up the book and throws it in the garbage, but soon they are haunted by Babadook. Amelia uses pills and Samuel and she are able to sleep during the night. When the book Mister Babadook appears mended in her front door, weird events happen in the house. Does Mr. Babadook really exist?
"The Babadook" is a creepy horror movie about a woman that has been grieving the loss of her husband for many years and her son that fears monsters and has a strange behavior. When they become aware of the supernatural Babadook, they are tormented by the being and the woman is possessed by Babadook. Why Amelia does not immediately move to another house with her son after the supernatural events? The story has a promising beginning and development that recalls "The Shinning" with the possession of Amelia. However the conclusion is very disappointing and if the intention of the writer and director Jennifer Kent is a metaphor, she did not succeeded since it is not clear. My vote is six.
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