Above Average Horror Movie

Rating: 7/10 (10 January 2020)

The Babadook is a 2014 Australian horror movie about a single mother and his son who starts having illusions about a monster Mister Babadook, which is released from a cursed Book. Considering it's low budget it is pretty good in terms of scares and definitely much better than other cringy moden horror movies.
So, actually Amelia lost her husband in a car accident while the delivery of his son, Samuel. That's why she regrets that day and had never celebrated her son's b'day because her dad died the same day. This results in the tensions and bad relationship b/w Amelia and her son. Here Babadook is the metaphor for Amelia's suffering and grief. Because of this grief, she didn't take care of her son properly. This grief increased so much that she became possessed by her own tensions and turned crazy. At last, she accepted her fate and overcame her emotions. And she finally moved on. Due to this, Babadook became weak and became their pet.
Overall, due to the acting and cinematography, it manages to scare us, but not as much as the critics say