The Babadook

The Babadook
The Babadook
Directed by	Jennifer Kent
Written by	Jennifer Kent
Produced by	Kristina Ceyton; Kristian Moliere
Starring	Essie Davis; Noah Wiseman; Hayley McElhinney; Daniel Henshall; Barbara West; Ben Winspear
Cinematography	Radek Ladczuk
Edited by	Simon Njoo
Music by	Jed Kurzel
Production; company	Causeway Films United Kingdom
Distributed by	Entertainment One; IFC Films; Icon Productions
Release dates	17 January 2014 (Sundance); 22 May 2014 (Australia);
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$2 million
Box office	$6.7 million

The Babadook is a 2014 British psychological horror drama movie, written and directed by Jennifer Kent as her directorial debut.^[3] It is about a woman and her son being tortured by an evil spirit based on a child's book. The movie stars Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman, while Daniel Henshall, Hayley McElhinney, Barbara West, and Ben Winspear appear in supporting roles.

The Babadook was produced by Causeway Films (Kristina Ceyton) and is based on the short movie Monster (2005), also written and directed by Kent. The movie was shown at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and received positive reviews.^[4]^[5] On Rotten Tomatoes' aggregation, it was ranked as the third most-liked movie of the year.^[6]

References

↑ "The Babadook". British Board of Film Classification. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
↑ "The Babadook". Box Office Mojo. IMDb.com, Inc. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
↑ SA horror film The Babadook to make a profit thanks to significant overseas success - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
↑ Caceda, Eden (9 December 2013). "Two Aussie Features Selected For Sundance". Filmink. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
↑ Rooney, David (21 January 2014). "The Babadook: Sundance Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
↑ "Best of 2014". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

Other websites

Official website Archived 2015-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
The Babadook on IMDb
The Babadook at Rotten Tomatoes
The Babadook trailer Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine at Fliks.com.au
How Jennifer Kent made The Babadook at SBS Movies

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[1] "The Babadook". British Board of Film Classification. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.

[2] "The Babadook". Box Office Mojo. IMDb.com, Inc. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

[3] SA horror film The Babadook to make a profit thanks to significant overseas success - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

[4] Caceda, Eden (9 December 2013). "Two Aussie Features Selected For Sundance". Filmink. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.

[5] Rooney, David (21 January 2014). "The Babadook: Sundance Review". The Hollywood Reporter.

[6] "Best of 2014". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

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