Potentially Gripping Scenes Turn To Mush

Rating: 5/10 (26 September 2017)

I went into "The Babadook" with pretty low standards and wasn't expecting a lot but unfortunately the flick didn't even meet those standards.
If there's one pro to the movie its the idea of a monster coming out from a book and haunting a family, even if the idea is a tad tedious. However the problem in the way of this brilliant idea is the monster itself is barely seen through out the movie, if there's a horror movie in need of monster appearances to keep audiences fully hooked its this one.
I will say Essie Davis is the strongest part of the film and gives a tremendous performance as a suffering mother just trying to scrape by who's constantly judged by her friends.
Overall, personally this is a one time watch this one, even if the pros do pushed the cons away a bit
6.3/10