Babadook haunts you long after watching this

Rating: 7/10 (29 March 2015)

We all have monsters, maybe they're not physical, but they can be memories, dreams or just packed up feelings. And while they haven't got real bodies, they can be more scary than anything we know.
The Babadook is a story about mother and her troubled child. The father passed away in a car accident on the same day when their son was born and after that the mother, Amelia, tries to raise Robbie as well as she can. It isn't easy, especially when Robbie is convinced that monsters can be real. On one evening, while searching for a bedtime story from the shelf, Robbie finds a peculiar red book called "The Babadook". When Amelia opens that book, she doesn't know that she just opened a door for something else.
The Babadook was refreshingly interesting and well made. It has some good scares, but luckily the movie doesn't sink to basic Hollywood tricks - which are nowadays almost a cliché. Instead the movie gathers focus to the mother, her son and their attempts to survive, even when the enemy is not always clear. There will be lots of doubt, lots of "aha" moments and the watcher is slowly sucked in with the story.
Beware - this movie will not only haunt you. After watching this you will realize that Babadook is always with you.