Overall, a fairly terrifying horror movie

Rating: 7/10 (16 April 2015)

I really liked the movie. I really did. It scared me and had me looking away from the screen a lot, which is great. I love it when horror movies can do that to me. Essie Davis gives an awesome performance that really made me feel for her character. The relationship between her and her son at the end was actually really touching. Every scene with either the book or The Babadook were really sweet and I really liked the ending (except for one part, which was kind of stupid). Yet, I didn't love this movie. To me, it felt like the movie had all these amazing things in it, but they weren't really put together in the best possible way. Not to say it failed miserably at it, I just felt like it could have been a bit better in that regard. You might not even notice this, as I have a sneaking suspicion that this is a problem only I have, but who knows. As I mentioned previously, I like the ending, except for one thing in it. *Spoiler warning* At the end, Essie Davis defeats The Babadook, I guess you could say, and it runs off to the basement and stays there. Fine, whatever. But then we get a scene of Essie Davis going to the basement with a bowl of worms to feed it, which was really weird to me. I mean I get it. She wants to keep it contained, but it makes me laugh to think that this evil creature that freaked me out so much can be subdued with a bowl of worms. I don't know, it's that that big of an issue. It was just kind of silly. In the end, the movie scared me, which is the main thing I need from a horror movie.Combine that with all the other good things, and you've got something worth watching.