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22/05/2014 Drama, Horror 1h 34m
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Overview

A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.

  1. Jennifer Kent

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Essie Davis

    Amelia Vanek

  2. Noah Wiseman

    Samuel Vanek

  3. Hayley McElhinney

    Claire

  4. Daniel Henshall

    Robbie

  5. Barbara West

    Gracie Roach

  6. Ben Winspear

    Oskar Vanek

  7. Cathy Adamek

    Prue

  8. Craig Behenna

    Warren

  9. Hachi

    Bugsy

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2014-11-19
Ba Ba-Ba Dook! Dook! Dook!

The Babadook is written and directed by Jennifer Kent. It stars Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall and Hayley McElhinney. Music is by Jed Kurzel and cinematography by Radek Ladczuk.

Amelia is a single mother still haunted by the violent death of her husband, she is trying to deal with her young son Samuel's fear of a monster in the house. Initially tolerating it as a flight of fancy, the arrival of a book in the youngster's bedroom called Mr. Babadook, signals the start of a sinister presence that she herself can begin to fear as well.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,000,000.00

Revenue
$10,300,000.00

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