Could have been better.

Rating: 6/10 (8 January 2015)

Going in to this I thought I was going to be scared out of my seat, as a result I was left disappointed, don't make this mistake. This is a psychological thriller.
This movie is very obvious in its intent and themes. 20 minutes in and you'll know how this movie goes. There is a mother who is clearly depressed, sleep deprived, and most importantly unable to get over the lost of her husband. This ultimately brings her son into a poor nurturing environment where he struggles to grow up.
Clearly the mother is the creator of the monster. There are many evidences for this such as the paper like monster or the fact that she is a writer. This is great and I prefer this to an actual monster, however I have problems with the way this is done. The son is obviously affected by the monster. This leads us to believe that it is all real. We are also shown the babadook throughout the movie then at the end are left "seeing" an invisible monster. I understand that this represents her keeping her troubles "in the basement", but I don't see how this is a good way of doing it at all. It doesn't do a good job of wrapping up the movie and just adds to the mess.
The movie is done mostly well. I dislike the fact that it seems to be trying to work as a demon and inner demon story. This is why it is a 6 instead of a 7.5.
And if their neighbor loved them so much where was she when all that screaming was going on?