- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- May 22, 2014 (11 years ago)
- Language
- English
- Origin
- Australia · Canada
- Genres
- Psychological horror · Monsters & Creatures
- Tags
- B-Horror · Folk Horror · Monster Horror · Psychological Horror · Supernatural Horror
- Production companies
- Causeway Films · Entertainment One · Screen Australia · Smoking Gun Productions · South Australian Film Corporation
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rating
- TV-MA
The Babadook

Where to watch (United States)
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
Chloe HurnRuby
Jacquy PhillipsBeverly
Bridget WaltersNorma
Adam MorganSergeant
Pippa WanganeenEastern Suburbs Mum 1
Peta ShannonEastern Suburbs Mum 2
Michelle NightingaleEastern Suburbs Mum 3
Tony MackPrincipal
Carmel JohnsonTeacher
Michael GilmourYoung Policeman 1
Craig McArdleYoung Policeman 2
Terence CrawfordDoctor
Tiffany Lyndall-KnightSupermarket Mum
Lucy HongSupermarket Little Girl
Sophie RiggsCheckout Chick
John MauriceCar Guy
Stephen SheehanMagician
Alicia ZorkovicFast Food Mum
Lotte CrawfordKissing Woman
Chris RobertsKissing Man
Annie BattenOld Woman in Corridor
India ZorkovicFast Food Kid 1
Isla ZorkovicFast Food Kid 2
Charlie CrabtreeFast Food Kid 3
Ethan GrabisFast Food Kid 4
Sophie AllanFast Food Kid 5
Crew
Producers
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Violence
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Profanity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Algohol & Drugs
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Fright & Intensity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>
Reviews
The Year's Most Inventive Horror Movie Will Awaken Your Childhood Nightmares The Babadook combines an ominous picture book with a mother pushed to the breaking point, showing how creepy children's literature can be.
Review: ‘The Babadook’ Here’s one of the strongest feature film debuts in a long time, in any genre. Currently on demand and making its way into a few brave theaters, “The Baba...
The Babadook Easily the best horror film of 2014. But bolstered by knockout performances, and a mind-bending narrative, The Babadook is so much more. It's one of the best...
‘The Babadook’ and the Real-Life Terrors of Parental Horror The Babadook, the gripping new horror film from Australian director Jennifer Kent, is a movie filled with terrifying sequences and things jumping out from th...
‘The Babadook’: Film Review The oddest-sounding title at Sundance turns out to be a gruesome treat in 'The Babadook,' talented Australian director Jennifer Kent's child-in-peril Midnigh...
The Babadook - film review This supernatural chiller is the most haunting movie of the year
What the Hellish 'Babadook' Has to Say About Childhood Grief The best horror film of 2014 understands that kids, especially very young ones, deal with loss much differently than adults do.
The Babadook: Heart-pounding horror just a hair too tidy Obliterating the line between terrifying fantasy and terrifying reality, Jennifer Kent’s first feature, The Babadook, is a creepy classic in the making
'The Babadook' Review: Year's Best Horror Film Is a Powerful Exploration of Ambivalent Motherhood Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman play a mother and young son on the verge of destroying each other in writer-director Jennifer Kent's masterful debut
'The Babadook' review: Aussie horror near perfect The litmus test of psychological horror is to give the viewer a chill with as little as an artful shot of darkly-draped clothes. What adult doesn’t have th...
Australian Horror Movie The Babadook Is In the Running For My Favorite Movie Of the Year An astonishing debut film.
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