A Flawless Masterpiece - Perfection in Motion

Rating: 10/10 (19 November 2014)

The Babadook is probably the most impressive directorial debut I have seen (well if you only account the ones released where I actually was old enough to experience its release that is), and the best horror/thriller I have seen since The Shining - its direction, editing and acting was basically flawless. I really haven't been this impressed by a movie in years.
I have seen some users complain that the movie didn't really feel much like an actual supernatural horror movie, which unfortunately is a really shallow perspective to judge a movie from - and no this isn't your typical "there's an evil presence after us"-movie like Sinister or Insidious (to name some of the better examples) - this is something far better - this is a masterpiece in every sense of the word.
The camera-work, symbolism, colors, atmosphere, sound and artwork is beyond words. Essie Davis performance as Amelia is ALMOST on pair with Sigourney Weaver in Copycat and Ellen Burstyn in Requim for a Dream. While Noah Wisemans role as Samual without a doubt is the best child-performance ever - probably only matched by Sean Nelson in Fresh, though Nelson was a little bit older in that role/movie, so it's almost unfair to compare them. And these aren't just random facts I'm laying out, but deeply qualified and analyzed opinions, since I'm a genius. And a genius knows genius when he sees it.
I don't really know anything about the director Jennifer Kent, but if she can keep this level of perfectionism in future movies, I'm almost tempted to say that she could become the new Kubrick - I know these are big words, but no director has left me this impressed for years, and when you take into consideration that this is her debut movie, I almost can't imagine where her talent potentially can go - and this is coming from a huge and proud male-chauvinist sexist..