Twisted and spine-chilling thriller you shouldn't watch alone

Rating: 9/10 (22 July 2015)

This Austrailian horror-thriller follows Amelia (Essie Davis), a widowed mother who's husband was killed in a car crash, and is struggling trying to raise her six-year-old son Sam (Noah Wiseman), who has violent tantrums and copes with an extreme fear of monsters under his bed. One night, when she reads him book titled "The Babadook", about a mysterious figure that lurks at night. Amelia and her son become endangered when "The Babadook", the mysterious character from the book, comes to life and unleashes an unimaginable terror in their house. This film was directed and written by Jennifer Kent in her directorial debut.
The Badadook is by far the scariest movie I've seen since The Conjuring (2013). It left me at the edge of my seat for awhile. Instead for relying on cheap jump scares that most horror films nowadays are known for, this film goes for straight horror by constantly building up suspense so that it will leave you slowly backing away from the screen. It does take away awhile (maybe 45 minutes) for all the scares to arrive, but when they happen, it immediately sends chills to your spine. The Babadook, which is this eerily dark figure with a coat and a hat, is the scariest part of the film. In the scene when it slowly emerges from the dark and scares Amelia and her son, my heart just started pounding. This scene was so creepy and unnerving to the point where I felt the Babadook was gonna come out jump at me. Then you have Amelia, who becomes possessed by the grotesque figure and begins exhibiting nightmare-ish behavior, like vomiting blood and screaming unnaturally. This film just took me by a surprise at every turn.
The Babadook is truly one of the scariest of this decade. If you are a fan of horror films, this would be the best choice. However, don't watch it alone. Find a friend or a family member like a brother, sister, or cousin to watch this with. This is a really frightening movie, especially when you're by yourself.