A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
Acting
Essie Davis's unraveling is genuinely Oscar-snubbed territory.
Practical Effects
That pop-up book design is simple, tactile nightmare fuel.
Direction
Kent builds dread through absence—what you DON'T see.
Director
Jennifer Kent
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Babadook book was hand-crafted by the film's production designer; only a few copies exist and one sold for over $2,000.
The film became an accidental queer icon in 2016 when Netflix accidentally categorized it under 'LGBT Movies,' spawning a meme that reclaimed the Babadook as a gay icon.
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