Knock knock knock...

Rating: 7/10 (5 July 2015)

This film is more about human emotion - grief, anger and despair - than terror or jump scares. The Babadook takes an everyday concept, bedtime stories, and makes it into something we can fear, not dissimilar to what The Ring did (for me, the top modern horror).
Like several films of its genre, what we do not see is often more eerie than what we are shown. I felt the ending let the film down somewhat, but I know that many will disagree with that. I have read opinions of the ending and still feel that there was too much symbolism; the 'monster' concept was more successful than any readings that the conclusion prompts.
Overall, I would recommend watching The Babadook. This is a psychological thriller with a good premise that makes you think, which can be somewhat of a rarity in horror.