- Drama, Horror
- 94 min
- NR
Rotten Tomatoes98%Metacritic86IMDb6.8
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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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Contemporary, grave, intimate and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
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Cast
- Essie DavisAmelia Vanek
- Noah WisemanSamuel Vanek
- Hayley McElhinneyClaire
- Daniel HenshallRobbie
- Barbara WestGracie Roach
- Ben WinspearOskar Vanek
- Cathy AdamekPrue
- Craig BehennaWarren
- HachiBugsy
- Tim PurcellThe Babadook
Crew
- Jennifer KentDirector
- Jennifer KentWriter
- Radek ŁadczukDirector of Photography
- Jed KurzelOriginal Music Composer
- Simon NjooEditor
- Kristina CeytonProducer
- Kristian MoliereProducer
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