DON'T LET IT IN!

Rating: 9/10 (25 March 2018)

Let's rewrite the story of the widowed mother and the over imaginative/morbid son. Let's interpret aspects of Possession, Trauma, and even disadvantages that are made clear from other horror films, Amelia and Samuel. Let us see if the ones we love(d) will come back and haunt us with in the corners of our everyday lives in black trench coats, top hats and knitting needles nails...
While observing the clear depression displayed within the home and play of Amelia (the Mother) throughout the course of each scene we understand the sense of longing. Curiously though, even though this is a very smart and thought out book I have a question: Who left the Babadook book? Was it her dead husband (Oskar) who undeniable the Babadook has taken the shape of to control her? Or is it the way that we are able to see that poor Amelia cannot move on without Oskar? Besides that question we are able to see the beautiful increase of shadows within each shot until the Babadook has almost completely taken over. I'm not sure how Mrs. Kent pulled off such a beautiful and compelling story that pulls you in from beginning to end. But I can be sure of three things: 1. Don't read books that are left on your front porch. 2. BE sure to let things go, it's not healthy to hold onto them. 3. Don't let it in.