Obscure Australian horror film impresses

Rating: Null/10 (22 November 2015)

The Babadook is an amazing little horror film. I recently purchased the special edition DVD, and was not disappointed. While I had never heard of this film, just reading the synopsis on the back cover sold me on it.
This is one little thrill ride of a horror film!!!! Phenomenal performances by Essie Davis as a widowed mother, and Noah Wiseman, as her idiosyncratic son, are what makes this film tick. Radek Ladczak's eerily beautiful cinematography, and heart pounding sound effects add to the creepiness of this little gem.
When a strange children's book shows up mysteriously on a bedroom bookshelf, the horror begins! In someways, the Mr. Babadook pop-up book , is scarier than the film itself. With each reading, the book becomes more and more disturbing to the boy's mother.This film will both sadden and shock you to the core!!! I highly recommend it to all movie lovers, for while it is a taut little horror film, it is also an astounding study of human grief. Don't miss it!!!!!