Pretty great movie

Rating: 8/10 (5 April 2016)

I'll be the first to admit that I saw this movie because of the hype. I was really skeptical and went in with low expectations. I'm a big horror fan, and usually I end up pretty disappointing by any modern takes on the genre. But to my complete surprise not this time!
"The Babadook" is first and foremost a movie with excellent pacing. The story is told piece by piece, in an unsettling way. Each shot increases the viewers uneasiness, making sure we are never too comfortable during viewing. It's greatly effective and I so wish more movies would do this. It also has this strange beauty to each shot, even though 90% of the film happens in the same set.
The only bad part about the movie was the sound editing. I was constantly having to turn up or down the volume and it became pretty annoying after a while.