Widowed mother Amelia is struggling following the violent death of her husband and her son Samuel’s fears that a monster is coming for them. When a storybook featuring the sinister Mister Babadook appears in their home, Samuel is convinced he is the monstrous creature and Amelia slowly begins to sense a very real ominous presence.
Australian psychological horror thriller written and directed by Jennifer Kent. Amelia (Essie Davis), a grieving single mother, grows to resent her difficult son Samuel (Noah Wiseman) in the wake of her husband's death six years previously. As well as having to deal with Samuel constantly getting into trouble at school, things become even more tense at home when he begins having disturbing visions of a threatening character from his storybook 'The Babadook'.
Becoming more frightened by Samuel's visions, Amelia also begins having similar experiences, and she starts to believe that there may be more to the hallucinations than she initially thought...
Extras
Audio Commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
This Is My House!: an interview with Essie Davis
The Sister: interview with Hayley McElhinney
Don't Let It In: an interview with Kristina Ceyton
Conjuring Nightmares: an interview with Kristian Moliere
Shaping Darkness: an interview with Simon Njoo
If It's in a Name or in a Look: interview with Alex Holmes
