Quick Movie Reviews
Rating of
1.5/4
Andulamb - wrote on 10/02/2020
The Shining+ Home Alone+ Gulliver's Travels. Bits and pieces of other movies, The Babadook doesn't make the effort to seek the full potential of any scene. Take the scene in which the boy ties up his mother in the basement. She comes to, she's tied up, she shakes herself free. Why not let that scene play out further? Take the scene in the tree house. The girl is mean, the boy pushes her out, end of scene. So much more could have been done with both scenes, and with many scenes. The movie flits from idea to idea too quickly. As do most movies these days, frankly.
Rating of
4/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 07/02/2019
There's not a single horror film like it. It packs scares while also having a thoughtful message.
Rating of
2.5/4
Amy - wrote on 08/05/2015
Some creepy moments, but overall the story was more depressing than scary. The book is great, though.
Rating of
3/4
Chris Kavan - wrote on 04/18/2015
This is psychological horror at its best: creepy, tense and lingering; one of those films that makes you think and raises the hair on the back of your neck. The movie sneaks up on you, starting as an overstressed mother dealing with her supposed problem child (and still unable to get over the death of her husband six years ago), not realizing the darkness is much closer than she thinks. A random children's book shows up and allows that stress, fear and evil to manifest leading down a dark path. Is the ending redemption or wish fulfillment? Depending on whether you're a glass half-full or half-empty person, you could read it in different ways. One thing is for certain, between this film and It Follows, horror is making a comeback.
