The Babadook (2014)

Hey readers,

Welcome back. I was bored yesterday night so I decided to carry out one of my favorite pastimes, watching a scary movie. Like the usual times, I didn't pick up one of my favorite horror movies, which I have probably watched a hundred times already. I decided to watch a movie different from the rest of the horror movies. I came across The Babadook, a totally unexpected movie to watch, cause the name of the movie itself is eerie. I had read the critics reviews of The Babadook a few months ago. Most of the critics reviews were great, though the movie wasn't exactly a box office success.

The movie mainly focuses on the relationship between a widow and her abnormally protective son, Sam. The widows husband died on the day Sam was born in a car crash, while he was taking her to the hospital to have Sam. The woman has lived in grief from the day her husband died (the day Sam was born). Due to the grief she held within her she was unable to give Sam the amount of love he needed since he was a baby. Probably due to the unintentional negligence since he was a child, Sam had developed the mentality that an imaginary monster was coming to hurt him and his mother. Being overprotective of his mother, he vowed that he would let nothing happen to her. Then one day, the boy came across a damn creepy bedtime story book called Mister Babadook. The book contained scary lines about how the Babadook would be watching and enter the room through the cupboard after three knocks..dook...dook..dook. After reading the book, Sam goes practically crazy, thinking that the Babadook is everywhere.

Strange occurrences follow. The skeptical mother also feels that there is some supernatural entity in their home. The Babadook attempts to possess the mother. Okay, now I won't be telling you the rest of the story. You got to watch the movie for that. Anyways, I wanted to present my views on The Babadook. I feel that the makers of the movie had developed an imaginary character, Babadook, as an analoy to the grief residing within the widow. The grief emerged from within her as the dark entity called the Babadook, possessing her completely so that she was unable to love her child, Sam. Two dialogues within the movie which support this hypothesis are: "The Babadook won't let you love me, Mummy" and the line from the book," The movie you deny he exists, the easier it will be for him to get under your skin". This line from the book refers to the woman denying the fact that she is a widow and rebuking all who remind her of that fact.

Anyways, I recommend this movie to everyone who takes an interest in horror or psychology films.

Thanks for your time.