True Terror with a Great Plot

Rating: 9/10 (26 March 2018)

I would highly recommend this movie. Not only was I shaking in my seat for most of the film, but the film is also eloquently designed.
POTENTIAL SPOILERS: There are two key contrasts in this film that made it so critically acclaimed, which are the physical vs psychological manifestation of the Babadook and mother vs son as the victim of the Babadook. These two contrasts are played on throughout the entire film to create an elegant story and fear around the Babadook.
ACTUAL SPOILERS: The mother/son as victim of the Babadook is seen multiple times throughout the film; such as, when the son has his manic fit and passes out and the mother becoming "possessed" in the later portion of the film. This contrast is used to develop the story of the babadook. As told in the book, the babadook feeds and grows off of the denial of it, which is seen in the mother's repression of babadook's existence. This only causes the babadook to grow stronger from the mother and attacks her more both physically and psychologically. This contrast of the babadook's manifestations is what truly makes this creature terrifying. The babadook attacks the mother through the fear and repression of what her eyes are seeing, but it specifically attacks her psyche to the point of possession in the later half of the film. These two contrasts create the perfect analogy for the allegory behind the babadook, which is the repression of her husband's death. This is shown perfectly through the effect that the babadook has on her and her son.