The Babadook - Reviews

...the movie has an emotional intensity uncommon to its genre, thanks mostly to its principal performance: Coming unraveled gradually, her stress curdling into abusive rage, Davis offers an alarming portrait of maternal affection...

...the finest and mostgenuinely provocative horror movie to emerge in this still very-new century.

...clever, nasty, clammily claustrophobic chiller about a mother and child brought back a strange episode in my own parenting career.

It’s genuinely scary in its jump moments, but also imparts a lingering sense of dread that will stay with you for days — and will definitely come to mind the next time you wake up in the middle of the night...

...Essie Davis’ skildring af karakterens psykiske deroute er voldsomt effektiv...

Liksom de flesta riktigt bra skräckfilmer förlitar sig The Babadook på mörkret och det mänskliga psykets obehagliga skörhet.

…en psykologisk skräckfilm som både skrämmer och berör.

...en snudd på perfekt skräckfilm.

En originell, välspelad, suggestivt gjord, otäck och – i längden – också fruktansvärt jobbig film att se.

Jag rekommenderar The Babadook, men ta dig i akt min vän, den är skrämmande, på alla sätt.