hyped garbage

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Simply dreadful.Obviously a very limited budget, so well done on that score, but so disappointing.The story is poor. You don't have to have all the effects if the story's good, and you can create terror just as much from something unseen as you can from the visual, but this is way off the mark. It goes from one stupid scenario to the next, with a dour palette inside a house that is seemingly from the mid-eighties. If this is set in that timeline, it's not made clear, although in the ensemble's clothing and the protagonist's car it would seem that way. Nobody has a mobile phone, but the telephones seem modern.The cast is far too limited when the main characters are this weak, and I didn't find myself rooting for either the flaky mother or the annoying child. Aside from those points, this is meant to be a horror film, and there wasn't a second of it that was enough to make the hairs on my arms stand up. The clichés are all there: dull, creepy house, unstable parent, the knowing child, a concerned neighbor, incredulous police and of course a cellar. The 'Babadook' (what a ridiculous name!) is less scary than some of the costumed revellers I see walking the streets with buckets of sweets in hand at Halloween. Not that you really see it.The ending is so awful. And not in a good way.If you're easily scared, or a child under the age of 12, you may love this. If I'd seen this at the cinema, I'd have asked for a refund.

This has gotta be one of my favorite horror films of all time. A creepy slow burn, its perfect.

I've noticed a lot of negative and misunderstood reviews about this film, but I feel people don't actually take the time watch and understand even the main characters and how they are expressing their emotions throughout.This is up there with one my my favourites. The mother, who's clearly struggling at the beginning of the film, tries her best as a single mother to raise her son, Samuel, who appears to show signs of learning or behaviour disabilities. Samuel takes everything literally. When hearing the story of the babadook, he feels it is all real.Now the mother begins to become an emotional wreck and all she can think about is the story.Is the book real?The book appears to the mother and son at her time of stressful dispare and then reflecting how she behaves amongst others. She then starts to 'play out' what's predicted to happen in the book, this could be all part of her worked up life and mainly the loss of her husband. (The husband is also displayed as the babadook in a later scene). This film makes you think outside of the box, if you actually spend time to watch it.

The positive reviews of this movie are an example of herd effect. It is simply a bad movie, with a poor plot and mediocre acting . The only interesting aspects of the movie are echoing "The others". The creepiest scene is the bingo game in the old people's home.