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The Babadook

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.

Release Date: November 28, 2014

Genres: Horror, Mystery

Director: Jennifer Kent

Writer: Jennifer Kent

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Screen Australia, Causeway Films, The South Australian Film Corporation, Smoking Gun Productions, Entertainment One

Distributor: IFC Films, IFC Midnight, Sundance Selects, Scream Factory

Countries: Australia, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

Domestic: $ 964,413

International: $ 9,520,046

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6 year old boy absent father abusive mother accident accidental death alarm clock allegory ambiguous ending anger animal cruelty ant anxiety apology arm injury aunt nephew relationship aunt niece relationship australia australian horror australian psychotronic film australian supernatural awakened by a child awkward situation bad dream barbeque grill barefoot female barking dog based on short film basement bed beetle bingo bingo game birthday birthday gift birthday party blackout blocking a door blood blood stain bloody face body seizure bondage book book burning book ripped apart book vandalized bossiness bouquet boy boy in a bathtub boy wears pajamas breaking a car window breaking a window broken car window broken nose broken window bug bully bullying burning a book business card camera shot from inside a closet camera shot from under a bed camera shot of an eye camera shot of bare feet camera shot of eyes camera shot of feet camera shot of mouth canadian horror car car accident car crash caressing cheek carrying someone carrying someone in one's arms catapult catching worms caught masturbating character appears on tv character name as title character's point of view camera shot chase chasing a dog checking for a monster under a bed child protective services children's book choking cicada close up of an eye close up of eyes close up of mouth close up of open mouth closet clown cockroach cockroach infestation colleague colleague relationship convulsion cousin cousin relationship covered in blood coworker coworker relationship crack in the wall crashed car crawling creepy boy creepy child cricket the insect crossbow crying crying for help cutting a telephone line dart darts dead dog dead father death in a car accident death of father death of husband deceased father dilated pupil directorial debut disbelief disembodied voice distraught mother doctor dog dog's death doll domestic violence dove dream about falling dream sequence driven insane earthworm elephant beetle emotional abuse emotionally abusive behavior emotionally abusive girl emotionally abusive mother emotionally unstable mother emotionally unstable protagonist emotionally unstable woman employer employee relationship evil girl f rated fairy tale family relationships family tragedy fantasizing fantasy scene fantasy sequence fear feeding a monster feeling of falling female bondage female bully female director female filmmaker female in a bathtub female masturbation female protagonist female psychopath female vomiting female writer fender bender film within a film fire cracker firecracker fireplace flashback within a dream sequence flickering light flickering lights foot chase framed photograph frustration garage gasoline gift girl glass in soup going insane gore grief hallucination head cut in half head nurse healing hearing voices hiding in a closet hiding place hiding under a bed hiding under a blanket hiding under the covers hole hole in a wall hole in the wall homemade weapon horror directed by woman husband wife relationship husband wife reunion hyperactive child hysterical mother hysterical outburst hysterical woman ice cream ice cream cone illusionist in bathtub with clothes on infestation insane woman insect insect collection insomnia interrupted masturbation invisible isolation juggling killed in a car accident killing a dog killing a pet killing an animal killing one's pet killing someone's pet kitchen knife knocking down a door knocking on a door lie lighter fluid little boy little girl locked door locked in locked in a basement loneliness lonely woman looking at oneself in a mirror looking in a closet loss of husband lying on the floor magic trick magician magician costume male and female protagonists male nurse man wears an open shirt man wears eyeglasses man wears makeup masturbating under a blanket masturbation masturbation with a vibrator matron medical examination mental breakdown mental illness mentally ill mother mentally ill protagonist mentally ill woman mime mistaken belief that someone is crazy model airplane kit monster monster horror monster in basement monster in the closet mother and son bathing together mother caught masturbating by son mother son relationship motherhood moving a refrigerator mysterious book mysterious event mysterious figure mysterious noise mysterious telephone call neck breaking neighbor neighbor relationship neurotic woman nightmare no opening credits nosebleed nurse nurse as protagonist nursery rhyme older person opening a birthday present orderly outburst outcast overheard masturbation overheard telephone conversation overhearing a conversation overwhelmed mother paranoia parenthood park parkinson's disease party pediatrist pet dog photograph photograph vandalized physical exam pill playground playing bingo playing darts poem police station policeman pop up book possessed woman possession poster praying mantis precognition primal scream problem child prophecy psychological horror psychopath psychopath as protagonist psychotronic film pulling a tooth pushed from height reading a bedtime story to a child reading a book reading a book aloud reading a book to a child reading in bed recurring nightmare redhead reference to barbara stanwyck reference to bruce lee reference to georges melies reference to howard thurston reference to lon chaney refrigerator retirement home ripping page from a book running late school school principal schoolteacher scream screaming boy screaming child seeing dead people sexual frustration sheet music shot in the arm silent movie sequence single mother sister sister relationship sitting on the floor sleep deprivation sleepiness sleeping on a couch sleeplessness slow motion scene small dog social outcast social worker son catches mother masturbating son hits mother son sleeps with his mother sped up footage spitting blood spoiled brat spoiled girl spook stabbed in the leg stabbing stairs standing on top of a swing set staying awake all night strangulation stretcher stuffed animal toy stumbling on stairs supernatural horror supernatural power suspicion suspicious man suspicious woman swing taking a bath taking a bath with clothes on taking a pill taking medication talking to a dog talking to an animal talking to oneself tantrum teacher telephone call telephone conversation telephone line cut telephone terror the babadook character threatened with a knife throwing darts throwing something at someone tied feet tied hands tied up tied up while barefoot tied up woman tied woman title directed by female title spoken by character tooth pulled out top hat top of head cut off toy crossbow traffic accident tranquilizer trauma traumatic memory traumatized protagonist traumatized woman treehouse trip wire triple f rated trying to stay awake tulpa tv show within a film two word title urban fantasy urinating in fear urination vibrator violence violent mother violent outburst violent woman violin visit visitor vomiting vomiting blood waking someone walking stick the insect wall wallpaper watching a black and white movie watching a cartoon on tv watching a horror movie on tv watching a movie on tv watching oneself on tv watching tv wearing clothes in a bathtub wet clothes wetting one's pants wetting oneself widow woken up by noises woman caught masturbating woman caught masturbating by a boy woman in a bath with clothes on woman in a bathtub woman masturbates woman masturbates in bed woman masturbates with a vibrator woman reads a book woman tied up woman wears a nightshirt worm worms writer written by director young widow

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