"The Babadook" A truly underrated title.

Rating: 9/10 (22 May 2015)

The movie "The Babadook" is truly an underrated title. It immerses you in a world whose feelings are grey and a little creepy at first; but soon it makes you go through a Roller coaster of events and emotions. With the stunning acting of Essie Davis who plays the lead role as Amelia a widow and mother of her unstable son Samuel, played by Noah Wiseman, that work as a nurse for the elderly; their acting together makes the whole plot and situation believable from beginning to end.
Besides an outstanding acting something I most remark is the music. The way the compositor, Jed Kurzel, managed to take the typical nursery rhymes singing of kids and creepy music boxes melodies and use them, along with multiple other elements, in such a suitable and eerie way for this movie blew me away. A great example is when - *Spoiler*- in the middle of the night she hears a loud "bang" sound in her son room and runs to see what is happening, so in the whole mix of fear and desperation Amelia is feeling by the fact the she can't find her son, Jed Kurzel, pulls out an incredibly intense composition that muffles any background noises creating a scene of true terror and mystery. -*Spoiler End*-
Something I loved too was the overall aesthetic of the entire movie, the greyish houses, how the lighting played an excellent factor when the monster appeared, how all of this elements made it have a strong presence in comparison of his surroundings.
To talk about the monster, -*Spoiler*- I enjoyed it had a classic and effortless look, because it goes back to the old and early horror with the typical man shaped figure, which is entirely black, wearing a long coat and hat, is hard to get scared by that in modern days. But to make something considered "non-scary" for this time or "too simple" in comparison to others have such a terrifying presence is something not anyone can execute as great as this movie did. - *Spoiler End*-
Besides everything I liked about this movie, there is something I cannot like at all. The ending. The movie overall takes the typical form and line of events of the haunted house cliché and approaches it in a fresh feeling of not being safe even away from home, which is amazing, but in the final confrontation -*Spoiler*- when the monster shifts into a type of dark pterodactyl and starts to make dinosaur noises my hype went down to the floor, not to mention they kept the thing in the basement as an evil pet that eats worms. - *Spoiler End*-
In the end is pretty enjoyable with good built terror, incredible acting, interesting direction and amazing sound effects.