baba dook dook dook!!! that was creepy..

Rating: 8/10 (1 November 2014)

the babadook is the story of a women who loses her husband on the way to have her child...this happened 7 years before and is the main conflict that arises between her and her ingenious 7 year old son. basically the mother indirectly blames her 7 year old son for her husbands death. the child starts out as the poster boy for childhood behavior problems which essentially means hes two screws away from being a full fledged sociopath. the mother on the other is depressed, repressed, sexually frustrated , tired and on the verge of an emotional breakdown. the kid seems to have a "home alone" complex coming up with weaponry that proves the kids ingenuity and understanding of what going on whiten his family. nobody seems to understand either him nor his mom and his mom ( and everyone else it seems) all blame the kid for the mothers emotional instability. one day the mother picks up a book with the words "the babadook" a child's book about a demon that kills children. this demon suddenly takes the role of the new affliction between the mother and son, as the son claims the babadook is real while the mother contends that its part of his overactive imagination. as the story goes on the roles are suddenly switched when the son now seems to be the sane one and the mother seems to be the one losing her mind. this is not a the typical clichéd mother and son relationship. in the end this movie is less about a demon and instead serves as a metaphor for the difficult relationship between a mother and her 7 year old son. your left with a feeling that the Babadook may be a figment of that families imagination, a manifestation created by the family in an attempt to coup with their problems..but it could very well be real...there is evidence to suggest both may be true. this is a must watch for horror fans.