Babadook

Grief is a terrible feeling, in many ways, it's indescribable. Everyone lives and deals with it in their own way. Many feel hopeless, some suffer confusion, and some even experience immense guilt. That's why i think The Babadook is so interesting. In some ways it's a supernatural monster movie that combines the early tropes of German expressionism, like Nosferatu, with the modern trends of creepypasta’s such as ‘Slender Man’ or the ‘Rake’. But on the other hand, it's a deep psychological thriller about the horrors of guilt, grief, mental illness, and even motherhood.

Directed by Jennifer Kent, and Starring Essie Davis, as a mother with a very annoying son who is extremely difficult to handle, has tons of problems at school, and likes to make homemade weapons... You can tell he's not making any friends at the playground. Both these characters are still dealing with a very difficult loss that happened on the day her son was born. One night when he requests her to read a story for him, he finds a one which she has never seen before called ‘Mr. Babadook’. It tells the story of a tall, top hatted monster that lives in your house, and will visit you if you ‘let it in’. From that moment on, The Babadook became the scariest horror movie i have seen in years. I consider myself well versed in horror. I’ve seen the good, the bad, and even the ugly.. You name it.. But this film, it truly and genuinely unsettled me to my core. This is because of …show more content…
The framing in The Babadook had a big impact on the atmosphere an overall feel the movie had, and likewise in The Pianist, you can see the same sort of visual style, from very unsaturated colors, along with cramped spaces. Both movies shared a very claustrophobic atmosphere. Which goes along perfectly with The Babadook’s theme of grief and mental illness, and how it can almost feel as if you’re trapped in your own