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The Babadook
2014 · NR · 1h 33m
If it's in a word, or it's in a look, you can't get rid of...
A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
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Curator Score
Based on 1 curator rating
Built on atmosphere, light on gore.
Jump scares
The Babadook has 11 jump scares. Compare counts
7.3Overall
Fear7.0
Gore4.0
Atmosphere8.0
Genres
horror
Tags
Subgenre
familyhaunted-housesupernatural
Tone
slow-burncharacter-drivendreadpsychological
Setting
suburban
Region
internationalaustralian
Content Warnings
child-endangermentself-harmdomestic-violencepet-deathbody-fluids
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Details
Budget$2M
Box office$10.3M
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Starring
Essie Davis as Amelia Vanek · Noah Wiseman as Samuel Vanek · Hayley McElhinney as Claire · Daniel Henshall as Robbie · Barbara West as Gracie Roach · Ben Winspear as Oskar Vanek · Cathy Adamek as Prue · Craig Behenna as Warren
Production
Causeway Films, Entertainment One, Screen Australia, Smoking Gun Productions, South Australian Film Corporation
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