Above average thriller for the Lifetime channel

Rating: 2/10 (18 January 2015)

**SPOILER ALERT** Along with Housebound I'd rank this as the major disappointment of 2014. For all the hype this film has received, The Babadook adds up to what would be an above average psychological drama on the Lifetime channel. In other words, this is not a horror film. Over-used tropes abound (they actually re-use a few within the film) and it makes me wonder if people who praise this flick have ever seen any other horror films, or, horror films are so bad now that anything that shows an inkling of originality is considered great. On the plus side, good acting, sound effects and a few creepy visual effects with the book.