#the babadook (2014)

[imsoglitter]

Cinematic parallels

Vampire's Kiss (1989) | The Babadook (2014)

[letterboxd-worth-a-damn]

[slothula]

31 Days of Halloween 2023

Day 24: The Babadook (2014)

[mostlygibberish]

I liked the part with the stock monster roar sound.

Not really sure what to say about this one. I've certainly seen worse movies, but I walked away from The Babadook feeling like I wasted my time watching it.

The whole movie focused on a woman and her kid, and they were both extremely annoying characters that I didn't care about in the slightest. I assumed the babadook would be a tangible monster which would annoy me, but I guess it was just a metaphor for depression or whatever, which was somehow even less satisfying. Also, the ending made no sense.

The only saving grace was that some of the effects looked good. There were a few very briefly interesting bits, like when the old horror-carnival style hallucination was on TV, and the neat sleeping time-lapse shot, but generally it was just a bunch of unsettling shit happening for no reason while an extremely annoying child ruined a woman's life.

Not even close to my cup of tea. I didn't enjoy watching it at all.

[fanofspooky]

Horror movies of 2014

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.

The mod has not seen it because she saw one image of the 'real' Babadook and didn't sleep that night.

[littlenightma]

The Babadook (2014) but whenever he appears he says “great googly moogly!” from Maggie and the Ferocious Beast

[rye-views]

The Babadook (2014) dir. Jennifer Kent. 7.5/10

I would not recommend this movie to my friends. I would not rewatch this movie.

Precise sound design.

I do think I'll be freaked out if my kid acted like Samuel. I would be freaked out if I heard movement in my empty house. Babadook's voice freaks me out.

This poor single mom. Nooo. Poor Bugsy.

Every time we look into a part of the room that's dark, it reminds me of looking at the Moonlight Man for the first in Gerald's Game.

Ruby's a mean little kid.

What even triggered the book to first appear? Or these series of events?

This movie is at moments funny to me. The Babadook even looking like that and his movements are kinda not scary but more amusing. The Babadook overall seems kinda pathetic to me.

Samuel is ready to be a part of Home Alone. He's also in general so freaking brave. I want to know what all these events were like from his perspective. I kinda want to know the mom's too. Like not as a third party but what it was like as them.

[theo-decker]

Boogeyman was like 2.5/5. It wasn't bad at all and it had some vague gestures towards character building and scene setting but at this point it's like how many movies can we possibly watch where there is a monster that feeds on trauma that decides to attack a family and then the family work together to defeat it. The new Evil Dead movie is the same too. Cmon. Babadook was 2014 can we move on????......

[horrorphilesanon]

[thequantumranger]

The Babadook (2014)

[vampirecorleone]

"Director Jennifer Kent holds the rights to the film. When asked if there would be a sequel, she said, "I will never allow any sequel to be made, because it's not that kind of film. I don't care how much I'm offered, it's just not going to happen."" The Babadook (2014) dir. Jennifer Kent

[slayerbuffy]

“While this trope has faded away in modern cinema, it’s hold on the human psyche still remains. If Jaws made us fear sharks, these films made us fear our own phones. If it’s night, and you’re all alone, and you receive a call from someone you don’t know, that ring is a chill down your spine. If you choose to answer, the possibilities are endless. It could be a simple wrong number or a telemarketer, or maybe it’s the unknown, a faceless presence in the dark watching you, waiting to strike. That fear never goes away.” (x)

Black Christmas (1974) dir. Bob Clark When a Stranger Calls (1979) dir. Fred Walton A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) dir. Wes Craven Scream (1996) dir. Wes Craven Scream 2 (1997) dir. Wes Craven The Ring (2002) dir. Gore Verbinski The Babadook (2014) dir. Jennifer Kent

[cronennerd]

Mother’s Day Horror Movie Pairings (1/2)

Monster moms: The Brood (1979) / Aliens (1986)

Bringing up (adult) baby: The Baby (1973) / Barbarian (2022)

You can’t tell me what to do, Mom!: Splice (2009) / Hatching (2022)

Moms on the edge: Serial Mom (1994) / The Babadook (2014)

That’s not my mommy: Coraline (2009) / Evil Dead Rise (2023)

[goryhorroor]

horror movies in horror movies (part 3)

the golem (1920) in ti piace hitchcock? (2005) the toxic avenger (1984) in slither (2006) black sabbath (1963) in the babadook (2014) the house on haunted hill (1959) in terrifier 2 (2022) the brain that wouldn't die (1962) in the unheard (2022) night of the living dead (1968) in all hallow's eve (2013) the tingler (1959) in the black phone (2022) the forgotten (1973) in house (1985) nosferatu (1922) in scream 2 (1997) frankenstein (1931) in scream (1996) the beast from 20,000 fathoms (1953) in gremlins 2 (1990) the birds (1963) in my soul to take (2010) the funhouse (1981) in halloween kills (2021) attack of the crab monsters (1957) in chopping mall (1986)

[horroredits]

THE BABADOOK (2014) dir. Jennifer Kent