Babadook Movie Review

Rating: 8/10 (27 March 2017)

**Spoiler Alert!** Warning: Do not watch this movie before bed! Jennifer Kent's The Babadook takes us on an emotional roller-coaster ride of every child's worst nightmare. In her first full- length film, The Babadook, she successfully uses cinematography effects and mise- en-scene to bring a bedtime story to life and illustrate how it consumes the lives of a widow and her son. Amelia Vannick (Essie Davis) can't seem to cope with the loss of her husband after he died in a car accident on the way to hospital to deliver their son Samuel (Noah Wiseman). Depressed and alone, she is left raising her energetic and imaginative son. Before bed one night, Samuel chooses a mysterious new book called "The Babadook" for his mother to read to him. After reading a few pages, Amelia realizes this isn't an average children's book. The terrifying illustrations along with the haunting and threatening messages, causes paranoia for both Samuel and his mother. As most legends proceed, the more you don't believe, the stronger and more prominent Mister Babadook becomes. As the movie continues, we are forced to watch the deadly and horrifying toll that Mister Babadook has on Samuel and Amelia's lives. How will they stop Mister Babadook from haunting and brainwashing them before it causes Samuel or Amelia to snap completely? You'll just have to watch Jessica Kent's, The Babadook to find out what Mister Babadook has in store for his latest victims.