(Note: this review originally ran in January during the Sundance Film Festival; we've republished it now as the film opens in theaters and on VOD this weekend.) The Babadook is one of the best horror movies in years, a vigorous and hellishly intense story about a family on the edge of sanity. This isn’t a…
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The Babadook is a lean and mean horror film out of Australia, and this new Babadook trailer is just perfect. The film was one of the best at Sundance this year, and remains one of my favorites of the year so far. The story centers on Amelia, a widowed mother, and her troubled young son Samuel.…
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One of the most popular films at Sundance this year has been the Australian horror picture The Babadook. Not necessarily in the sense that everyone here has seen it, but I haven't spoken to anyone who didn't like the film, and most people seem to be as big a fan of it as I was.…
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