The monster we create

Rating: 10/10 (12 January 2018)

The little boy was amazing, what an actor, what a character.
The mother still depressed and suffering from her husbands death, partly blames the boy and is very abusive to him. What seems as a tooth abscess that has become infected and irritating has also possibly affected her mind with infection.
This has escalated her abusiveness and produced fevers which have produced many hallucinations. The BaBaDook is the Mother.
The son is very honest, very aware and knows that when the mother is good and not abusive he sees his mother. He wants to protect her so his "mother" can protect him from her abusive side.
When she pulls her sick tooth, a physical healing occurs.
A bit of insight occurs and the mother is angry with her evil, abusive side.
The son says "you can never get rid of it"
So the mother must lock her evil side in a closet.
A ritual of feeding it, or visiting it to calm it, to acknowledge it, because "if you are in denial it will get stronger"
Look at it like anger management. Visit the emotion, talk to it, get it under control.
Worms represent death and also strength, as they are the strongest things alive.
Fascinating story, coming from someone who sees the monsters we create.
I just loved the little boy, what an entertainer, a magic magician, hope we see more of him. "Nothing in my hands, nothing in my hands" an oscar for this child.