Absolute waste of effort and creativity

Rating: 1/10 (26 November 2014)

Before watching the film I had read reviews which adored the film absolutely. After watching the film, I have come to the conclusion that this is even worse than 'The Happening' (which was the worst movie ever before Babadook for me).
It is a challenge for every filmmaker who makes a horror film to employ techniques that have not been used before or else the scare, would in fact not be a scare and would be a straight rip off that audience might have already experienced in other movies. While Babadook tries to avoid these clichéd techniques (which it still does at one point or another), it has absolutely nothing new to offer to the genre. Rhymes and childlike antagonist isn't exactly what the horror genre needs. It needs narratives that play with our emotions.
Through out the movie, it seems they've tried hard not to scare us with some experimental shots and editing (straight from music videos and experimental for the genre only) every now and then that I seriously wished to God such style would serve some sort of purpose and help a huge plot twist that is going to help makes sense of what has happened and why the movie was constructed this particular way and probably leave us a scared as well. Well nothing of that sort happened and all it was an experimental waste.
So while it is always good to avoid clichés, offering nothing is the worst thing you can do with one's time and money.