Netflix pick for 9/21/15 – ‘The Babadook’

From 2014, the Australian horror film “The Babadook” took the cinema world by storm, becoming immensely popular and getting released theatrically all around the world, before it hit the home video and streaming markets, enabling even more people to get freaked out by this tale of a single mom and her struggles with raising her difficult kid all by herself. Because if that wasn’t troubling enough for her, they are also suddenly being haunted and terrorized by an evil spirit that came to them through a weird and creepy looking pop up book. Good times.

From my original review of “The Babadook:”

So the movie gets pretty crazy in the same kind of way “The Exorcist” does in regards to the intensifying atmosphere, with a little bit of the “Paranormal Activity” thrown in, mostly in terms of being tormented by an unseen horror and with special effects done on the cheap but still done well. The Babadook does make a few appearances in this movie, and they are all kind of different and otherworldly and weird and I really liked that. The presence of the Babadook was felt much more than it was seen and that makes things even more scary because nothing is scarier than the unknown.

This is a pretty cool movie, well acted and well made, and with a very clear vision and purpose. This isn’t just a cheap cash grab or a throwaway movie so prominent in the genre, this is an actual film exploring themes of parenting and childhood and regrets and confronting one’s real feelings and emotions and it does so in a very entertaining manner. “The Babadook” is a very good movie and should be embraced by people looking for some scares from their movies.

Check out “The Babadook” right here on the Netflix Instant and enjoy.