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By Joshfriesen (6) on 13 Jan 2015

A deliciously strange combination of the Exorcist, Repulsion, and Dr.Seuss, Jenifer Kent’s debut feature The Babadook is simultaneously true…

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By Jambondeluxe (1) on 11 Jan 2015

I haven't stopped thinking about THE BABADOOK since I saw it…

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By Manofthemoon (45) on 11 Jan 2015

First rate performances lift what could have been an average spook story into levels of strong drama…

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By Metacritic17 (1) on 10 Jan 2015

Just to put it out there, I loved this movie…

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By Dominick Suzanne-Mayer (260) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 08 Jan 2015

When the film turns horrifying, The Babadook deftly negotiates the thin line between a well-handled metaphor and a hamfisted one and never…

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By Dominick Mayer (133) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 08 Jan 2015

When the film turns horrifying, The Babadook deftly negotiates the thin line between a well-handled metaphor and a hamfisted one and never…

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By Ajarias96 (17) on 08 Jan 2015

The Babadook is simply scary and disturbing and keeps you on the edge of your seat till the very end like any great horror movie should…

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By Daroczi (7) on 06 Jan 2015

Great acting, but there's no relate-able characters…

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By Vrchris (2) on 06 Jan 2015

If you are thinking this will be a good horror movie then you are in for a disappointment. There are no attempts to make you jump…

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By Apolsc (28) on 06 Jan 2015

It combines stuff from the exorcist, the shinning and other great from the genre. Great perfomances by the two leading, specially the boy…

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By Beingryanjude (584) on 04 Jan 2015

The Babadook will haunt you long after the film concludes its brief 90 minutes…

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By Joel Harley (37) for Starburst (899) on 03 Jan 2015

A supernatural fairy tale with real humanity, The Babadook is a resounding success. If you hear him knocking, be sure to let Mister Babadook in…

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By Laura Demarco (55) for Cleveland Plain Dealer (828) on 03 Jan 2015

A haunting masterpiece of psychological horror, claustrophobia and paranoia in the vein of Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby and The Tenant,…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 03 Jan 2015

As someone who has developed a pretty thick Critic's Shield from years of watching standard haunted house/possessed human/mythological-creature…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 03 Jan 2015

The imminence of both half-term and Halloween certainly makes for a varied batch of releases, with The Babadook firmly at the scary end of…

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By Devin Faraci (498) for Birth.Movies.Death. (774) on 03 Jan 2015

It's a movie that uses dread and suspense, not cheap jump scares. It's also a movie that unsettles with deep psychological unpleasantness…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 03 Jan 2015

This is Kent’s first feature — an astonishing debut. Not perfect, though…

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By Nathan Southern (20) for TV Guide (1,527) on 03 Jan 2015

Tthrowback horror picture that grips us with pounding in the night, startling effects such as the appearance of roaches and pools of black…

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By Rob Hunter (276) for Film School Rejects (1,198) on 03 Jan 2015

It's incredibly chilling, but the horror doesn't take away from the raw emotion of a mother struggling against herself and stuck between connecting…

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By Michelle Orange (458) for sbs.com.au (697) on 03 Jan 2015

The direction is plain and demonstrative, emphasising the isolation and confinement of the characters in a world (and specifically a home)…

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