Parenting, the real horror story..

Rating: 10/10 (30 November 2014)

****MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS****
With the boring horror movies Hollywood is putting out these days, this is refreshing. This movie is not for everyone though. If you're looking for gore/jump scares this movie isn't for you. This is a psychological thriller/horror/character study.
I knew right from the beginning where the mother was coming from. She's tired, she's a single parent having to deal with the endless patience it takes to deal with a child who has behavioral issues. She resents her son and loves him at the same time. He makes her a social outcast because of his problems. She's lonely and misses her husband who died in a car accident while driving her to the hospital to give birth to their son.
What I took from this movie was that everything is figurative. The babadook is her anger, frustration and fears. She doesn't want those feelings to take her over. With the babadook becoming real to her and to her son who sees the changes in her, she can keep those feelings in check. Some people did not understand the movie and I get why. Everyone is to take what they want from it. But to me, her feeding the babadook in the basement is her way of "feeding the beast", i.e her fears and rage. It's a way to keep it all under control.
I think the ending is brilliant and it sums up everything that happens throughout the movie. It's a well thought out, unique movie. The actress and the actor who played the mother and son were really great as well. This movie is a thinker, give it a chance...