THE BABADOOK (2014) Breakdown | Easter Eggs, Hidden Details, Making Of & Ending Explained

[@heavyspoilers]

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[@suneater4328]

consultations on being a father

[@alluviumeugene]

This movie is very emotional from anyone whose parents couldn't really love them because of their demons. When the boy tells his mum, "I know you can't love me because the Babadook won't let you", that was very emotional for me. You can't get rid of your trauma by denying it, you have to face your trauma, give it space, and learn to move on while acknowledging its presence in your life.

[@christpeters5302]

This

[@Qrtuop]

Yup

[@valeria_sue777]

That line broke me everytime!

[@TimJohniLL]

Well said.

[@chloerachal4601]

Love this I felt this way too!

[@aroha9090]

I don't see the smile at the end as being forced - but as her smiling despite pain, or through pain. She's learning to live with her pain but to also allow good things in too, like being present for her son, seeing his creativity, & nurturing a friendship with the woman next door. These might seem like small victories but to someone dealing with grief, trauma & depression, these are enormous victories.

[@dylanmonstrum1538]

It is ABSOLUTELY smiling despite her pain

[@stephengrigg5988]

Yeah, I took the ending as cautiously optimistic

[@jrich436]

So she FORCED the smile through the pain

[@BearPawSwipe]

This is what I got out of it as well.

[@mazystarr]

I was with my wife 25 years. 5 years after her passing there's still a seat saved beside me for her everywhere I go. She collected hello kitty dolls and one of the larger ones now occupies her empty side of the bed. Much like the chick in this movie, I never moved on and really don't care to. It is something you feel every day and think about every time you see happy couples in the park or on tv. The portrayal of losing your soulmate in this movie was so spot on, something you rarely see, that I can't even watch the movie anymore. I loved the movie but now it's among the few I can't sit through, but I still can watch the spoilers. Oh and the killing the dog scene. I can't watch people hurt animals make believe or not.

[@LILMCJOHN]

I'm sorry for the loss your wife. I will pray for you.

[@neilgaming2127]

I'm sorry for your lost I truly knew how you felt. This is the reason why I don't want to get married ever. Because I don't want to feel the pain it's extremely painful to get through. I'm 26 and still single because I avoid knowing a women even tho there are women ask for my number and interest on me. When I was a kid my parents went through a divorce. I stayed with my mom till I was 6 year old. Then eventually my mom family couldn't accept her in the family because of family problems. My mom send me to my dad which my dad took care of me till I was 11 then he send me to my dad's grandma eventually left me without saying anything. Essentially I lost my mother and my father. Also I lost my brother and my big sister also my lil sister. I was Soo done with life. At one point I felt like when I started to love a person, and bonded with them..they always leave me or dies. My grandma was hard on me but she did what was best for me because I was a men and there's no easy life for a men in this world. But in the end when I grow up I gave up to love anyone. Because the moment I felt love to someone I always lose them. It's extremely painful and traumatize. I also don't want to go through that again. I don't want to love someone and lose them and I had to lived the rest of my life without them while my memory keeps thinking/remember about the ones that I loved. It's essentially carrying a burden because your the last to outlived them.

[@johnc4957]

@@neilgaming2127 I wish you the best brother, may peace find and embrace you

[@daniellac.7588]

I totally get it. I've seen people with their soulmate. If I had that and the love of my life passed away, I couldn't even look at anyone else. When you have that connection and love someone like this they just took a part of you with them and you still have all of them with you.

[@Born2beSPRA]

I really like that the director tries to help her young actor childhood with intense scenes. I love horror movies but do feel bad how sometimes kid actors seem to grow really quickly with scenes like that

[@melindawolfUS]

I suspect the mother wrote the book. At the cousin's bday party, her sister mentions that she used to be a writer and she admits she wrote kids stories.

[@dranksinatra2493]

The movie highlighted so much of the struggle with mental health, projection of rage/pain and confronting grief… and as a professional in the counseling field, it resonated on a number of levels. Definitely a solid choice.

[@Gitfiddle]

It took me 3 viewings to finally start to realize what this Babadook is about. The way I see it is the monster is actually a personification of the mother’s grief, anger, depression, and feeling of inadequacy to be a good mother. The boy is a substitute for the dead husband and mom turns all these negative emotions and thoughts onto the child. Once she begins to come to grips with the reality of these feelings and starts to admit they do exist within her, and she shouldn’t feel guilty or inadequate just because she has these very normal emotions and thoughts. At the end of the movie she’s begun to come to grips with these issues and starts to learn to control them in a healthy way. The monster still lives but she has learned how to handle it in a healthier way.

[@762Super]

Exactly!

[@stephengrigg5988]

Thats actually incredibly sweet and thoughtful how they shot around all the stuff that was too dark in thinking of not traumatizing the kid. It probably slightly hurt his performance(I remember him coming off too jovial and unafraid at the darkest moments, so a bit of a disconnect) but ive seen some other movies where the kids give a good performance, but I have this sneaking feeling that what I just saw was unethical.

[@torque9889]

Being from a single mum who had depression this film recreates that sense of hopeless emptiness and isolation a household like that is. A strained love on both sides and the feeling of confusion and resentment.

[@BuildinWings]

I love this. It's such an amazing and honest metaphor for grief. As somebody who lost a parent at a young age, those emotions dull but they're always there. Sometimes you just gotta head down into your psychological basement and feed it a little something.

[@heavyspoilers]

Brilliant comment, thanks for dropping it

[@jasmyionsellers6755]

💗

[@Melapoo]

Great breakdown. A friend once suggested to me to view it as the mother/her depression as the monster and as a person who struggles with depression it just made the movie even better. Definitely made it more terrifying being able to relate to it in that way.

[@philmcclenaghan7056]

That's... The literal whole point. How can you interpret it any other way??

[@Melapoo]

@@philmcclenaghan7056 if you look deeper at it. But at surface level it's just a haunting/monster movie.

[@IronTiger]

@@philmcclenaghan7056 Like there's a silent movie creature who lives in her basement and eats worms.

[@GOODEUSMAXIMUS]

My nickname from my mother was Babadoo, my whole family calls me it. You can imagine how it’s been since this movie. I love this film

[@WeasleyGirl1767]

How the hell did I manage to go almost ten years without noticing that "BABDOOK" is an anagram for "BAD BOOK"? My world is forever changed.

[@crunchyfresco]

I cant believe I didnt see the babadook hiding. They did a good job.

[@geekgod3947]

I used to read it Badabook when I was younger 🤣, kind of dyslexic or lazy. But I got what they were going for because of that.

[@Phlowermom]

@@geekgod3947 I have found my dyslexia to be very helpful in solving puzzles very quickly!! My dad used to ask me all the time, "how did you get to the answer so quickly??" "Because I can see the answer in my head, I just write down what I see", I would say truthfully. Then, one day when I was a little older (I think I was 7 or 8) I had to go to a different, bigger school than mine. There were kids there that were so big, they looked like grown-ups! Only they were the ones that were sitting down! Anyway, I spent the day being tested and having to write stories about the pictures in front of me, word association and comprehension were heavily tested in the afternoon. I started to get scared about how I was going to get home because I was pretty sure I was going to miss my bus! To make an already too long tale a bit shorter: I was dyslexic. Severely so. But brilliant enough that my brain was already teaching itself the workarounds that were needed and necessary for graphological education with the appropriate eye-brain-hand coordination necessary to read and write a few words of a few languages and most importantly, to comprehend the language of my parents and my Elders.

[@lukeGGlee]

hmmm i think ur reaching…its babadook…missing some extra letters in bad book

[@SmokeEM732]

Great break down!! Would love to see your take on Donnie Darko.

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah definitely wanna cover it eventually

[@easytiger360]

@@heavyspoilersI’d love to see that too.

[@HECKproductions]

i didnt find the monster to be scary really what really scared me was the idea of a mother treating her child so bady (regardless of wether it is her own fault or not)

[@remyw.4959]

If you keep in mind that there was no babadook, the scenes of child abuse are just tragic. It was this mother's own hands that abused her son.

[@Niles_Champagin]

I subscribed purely because you're good folks, and I LOVE that you brought MT on - please make it a full-time position, if it isn't already.

[@leroybrown8872]

Great job Paul! I love this film. It was really awesome to see this broken down to it core meanings. That’s why you’re the man. ❤

[@VintageStarlet]

Oh gosh, this was a really beautiful analysis. It made me appreciate the movie in a way I didn’t when I saw it the one time, I think I’ll rewatch it soon.

[@AsmodeusMictian]

6:00 - This has to be one of the best things I think I've ever heard about this movie. Just brilliant and gave me a huge smile :)

[@Elementra31]

I have a few suggestions: Angel Heart, Jacob’s Ladder, Twelve Monkeys, and The Sixth Sense. I hope to see one of them in the Breakdown videos.

[@nx1379]

Jacobbs ladder is great! Ii still find the ending so sad😔

[@rjmcclure8019]

Nice, 12 monkeys would be great

[@ccaatthheerriinnee]

I started watching this, then stopped, when I realized Bugsy was not going to make it

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

I thought the monster was a real entity at first viewing and loved the movie. Then people said it's the mom's mental illness and now I can't unsee it and no longer have the desire to watch as it ruined it for me. Fuck.

[@TheFantasticFox822]

Paul, great breakdown, and I love when you add your personal experiences and insights to show how relatable some themes can be. A weird suggestion, but could you consider doing ‘What Josiah Saw’ please? It’s a Shudder movie. Devastating and traumatic, but seems to have picked up a fan base although it’s not particularly well-known.

[@rjmcclure8019]

Another great breakdown. Personally I would love to see you tackle The Abyss

[@mbaca225]

Love this movie. In the scene where she goes to the police to explain the book her hands are covered in black chalk implying that she's the one who wrote the book.

[@pollymorphic500]

The book had been written and read way before she showed up at the police dept. I assumed the blackened hands were from her burning of the book

[@audreyquinn73]

Your commentary about depression is very insightful. I love this film; it's more a psychological thriller to than a horror film. ❤

[@jwilliam3962]

Great commentary. Although I feel you're missing a large part of what we are seeing. The mother is a writer, and the house is actually pages of the book she has written about this time in her life. There are times the book reappears, this perhaps is her subconscious forcing her to write the book, even though writing about it may cause her pain. But by finally doing so, she's able to explore her pain, and may even help explain her own anguish to a child. In a strange way, the film is actually a film made of her book, after she had published 'The Babadook.'

[@paulinegallagher7821]

She is not a writer, there is no evidence of her ever being a writer. She works in a care home, that's it. I think you're reaching there a bit. Its a great metaphor for depression and grief, and the book itself doesn't exist, because the Babadook doesn't exist as a supernatural entity.

[@jwilliam3962]

@@paulinegallagher7821 Respectfully, go back and watch the party scene. It's pretty subtle, but she really is a writer. At the birthday party when the other women are feeling sorry for her. Her sister mentions that she was a writer, then the lead actress says she's thinking of writing children's books. That's why the book keeps coming back, she is thinking of writing the book, but keeps pushing away the thought. Yet, her subconscious is not going to let it go until she comes to terms with her depression and lets it out through writing. (Which I'm assuming she had to let that art go due to the birth of her son.) I may or may not be reaching, but I think I'm on the right track. Plus the home is painted strangely, flat and monotone colors, like the 'Babadook' book. Please come back and let me know what you think, it's all open to interpretation.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

@@jwilliam3962 Yes I just looked it up and the kitchen scene at the birthday party. She does talk about having written articles and thought about writing childrens books. Maybe thats why thematically her inner black dog if you will, is in the form of a black entity called the Babadook. Yours is an interesting take, but to be honest i dont think the book existed, and while we witness the inner workings of her mind (the visions of her dead husband asking to bring her the boy, the book changing to horrific images of her killing her son, dog and herself), I dont believe she wrote the book as she didnt even know what it was when she took it off the shelf. I think the movie Smile is a lot like this predecessor in the sense that it plays like a straightforward horror movie, but we really do not know whats real or what the main actress perceives to be real. Her aspirations to be a childrens writer may only be relevant in the sense that the malevolent creature takes the form of a storybook character.

[@jwilliam3962]

@@paulinegallagher7821 I like your take on this. By the way, I looooove talking about this with you. This is just my gut feeling on this, due to the phony looking paint job on the walls. AND....let me say that I've not heard anyone talk of my theory on the extra layer I feel this film has, the actual writing of the book after the ending of her hugging her son. I didn't mean to suggest that the book in the film exists. It doesn't. It's only on her mind at the time. As you know, the film is an interpretation of what really happened. That's why the book is half finished in rhe film, it's not real at the time, but it's her thoughts on the book she will end up writing. Its only haunting her, not the boy. She's struggling to work out the story in her real life before she puts paper to pen. This story happened in real life, the abuse, the depression, her teeth rotting because depression can cause people to neglect thier health. (Of course no real monster.) But, as shown at the end of the movie, she hugs her child.....afterwards, i feel she sits down and writes this scary children's book.....or perhaps a scary teen book about a monster and learning that it will always come back, but one must face it when it does. I say teen here, because when she says " I'll talk to you later about this when you're older." -Paraphrasing- This is all my uneducated opinion of course.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

@@jwilliam3962 Well it would explain the empty pages, and yes, the house is colorless just like her life is, which i was a bit curious about. You could have something there. I wonder did she really kill the dog..I know she treated her son badly, all because of her not sleeping and his behavior making her more unhinged, but the parts where he is frightened of the creature were not real. I think his bad behavior was a direct result of her neglect towards him.

[@MrKinezos01]

Underrated movie

[@sanpedro1337]

This film is the only time ive ever had a chill run down my spine, never understood what people where talking about until i watched this years ago. Great film watch it!

[@davesargent7304]

Babaduke is my fav film. Thanks for the breakdown

[@jaejonmalloy1341]

I've never had a desire to see this movie, but your analysis has shown me the error of my ways. My wife and I are watching it as soon as the kids go to bed. 😅

[@fkcamry88]

This film is brilliant. This is an “in your face” representation of the 5 stages of grief, depression and unconditional love. I believe the soil and worms represent death and acceptance. Spending planned alone time with her husbands belongings and grieving gives her a healthy step forward which will keep the “Babadook” at bay.

[@rileybraukman597]

Love the horror movie breakdowns! Keep up the hard work stud muffin!

[@vinyfiny]

I somehow forgot how good this movie is; haven't seen it since it was in theaters. Time to revisit!

[@LateefThyNative]

I said the same thing. I haven’t watched it since it came out and I feel like I didn’t appreciate it enough first watch

[@harvardblue2436]

Great breakdown

[@jimmyolsenblues]

I am so happy you are doing classic movies, because clearly these are better movies than anything in 2023.

[@colincook1383]

I connect with this movie, ive had terrible demons throughout my life due to mental illness that i medicated with alcohol, i was able to drink it away in my youth but once i had a kid the guilt and self loathing i felt due to living with undeniable alcoholism was a living nightmare, i love the ending and all the different interpretations of it

[@mckid2683]

Awesome video as usual bud! You do the best breakdown videos and I am really looking forward to the "Upgrade" video! I dont know how that movie went under the radar as much as it did! I bought it on video as soon as I could as my woman and I both thoroughly enjoyed it! Its in the same category as "Edge of tomorrow/Live, Die, Repeat"(same movie with 2 names) as far as not getting the recognition it deserved, I think anyways. Keep the great breakdowns coming!

[@heavyspoilers]

Thank you man, just finishing up upgrade today so hopefully be this weekend

[@kendeljl22ify]

Been awhile since I've seen this movie but it also sounds like the Babadook can second as a metaphor for postpartum when untreated.

[@nunyabusiness3666]

Great acting by both the kid and his mother.

[@amandayancosky]

This was such a great breakdown! I made me go watch the movie again knowing all these tiny details.

[@justinweaver7029]

Hey just wanted to say love your channel and breakdowns of all the great movies, was wondering could you do Frailty

[@1Love-starboss]

Love it I & will say the man of this channel is a very good film/series reviewer/recapper it is why we gave up him 1m plus and going subs many don't have all this much he is top tier /top notch very very very good at what he do

[@DeviIGundam]

20:18 is also the T Rex roar from A Land Before Time. Ripped me out of the movie honestly

[@Limit47]

Love your reviews of older movies.

[@dyllanrodriguez2828]

Oh man it’s been a min since I last thought about this movie and saw it. Really underrated film

[@magicjackmaxwell]

Dope breakdown Paul. Such a Dope choice too. I loved this flic.

[@mdturnerinoz]

Liked this enough to buy a copy. The Amelia and Samuel actors were simply awesome!

[@estradamurcielgo175]

Her only hope was the local Fire Station.

[@DanielCornwall519]

I saw the story as an analogy for Postpartum Depression as well, it’s a good movie and I rate it 8/10

[@nostreesnomess]

this video made me appreciate this movie way more than i already did. amazing

[@nostreesnomess]

Ayeeeee😎😂

[@tinks1066]

Paul do Tenet please!

[@Trojan24]

With New Rockstars currently destroying itself from within, you are going to be the king of breakdowns (maybe you always were)

[@Mitch_Fisherman]

I’m glad I’m not the only one that thinks they’re going downhill, the deep dive is alright but everything else is gettin whack

[@Trojan24]

@@Mitch_Fisherman Yeah the Deep Dive isn't terrible. I never liked the Break Room and now the Breakdowns are just bland and almost insulting

[@amirtumi6155]

To me the ending seemed like a dream sequence because of how good Samuel got at magic. I think Amelia killed Samuel and imagined/ dreamt that ending.

[@ikapatino3214]

Thank you I think the same,finally someone who sees this too.

[@aliciamarana]

I finally watched this movie (2024). I had zero expectations of it. (I thought it was just a horror film and I’m not a horror fan.) I have to say, as a mother myself who suffered ppd after my first child was born. First child is also on the spectrum. I thought this movie was a masterpiece. I didn’t really get the healing I needed till my child was around 6-7. I was not surprised to learn this movie was written by a woman. It represents so well the monster we can become when we deny/repress our inner demons not knowing how to ask for help or where to turn when no one really understands. I’m so relieved to say that I also was able to identify with the end of the movie when she’s found peace and true joy with her son. This movie is a MASTERPIECE!

[@robertstoner4973]

I have one of the first runs of the book. It's a thing of beauty and horror.

[@mariajosenegueruelalopez2453]

This film is amazing. Great breakdown!

[@kyloren4849]

When she's talking to her sisters friends and they talk about her being a writer, she mentions she used to write kids books. Potentially hinting at the fact she wrote the babadook book

[@blaqshiep4920]

Thanks for doing this movie, one of my favorite movies of all time, from an avid movie studier.

[@Justanotherelectrician]

Do one of these for IT Follows

[@heavyspoilers]

No doubt, one of my favourite horrors ever, waiting for the 4k to come out

[@sofia7374]

I know some people believe she didn’t truly love her son, but I think she did love her son, however, she resents his clinginess to her and feels guilty about that. Like others, I thing the “monster” represents not only her grief and depression, but also the monster within her that hates her son. There are so many layers to this great film!

[@djtripmix]

Love this movie, thanks for the breakdown

[@tbastdgagitw]

Good observations. Notice her hands at the police station. They are black from her creating the drawings in the book!

[@heavyspoilers]

Nice catch

[@TheWenexx]

this is one of my favorite horror movies and one of the best movies of the last decade

[@anthonyhudak9363]

Another movie you should look at if you never seen it is The Hitcher (1986). It's criminally underrated

[@WinniesPapa]

Loved the breakdown. Babadook is high on my list for best horror movies and has been for some time. It really holds up. Also I’d love to see a breakdown on Beau is Afraid. I think it has a lot of themes and messages to discuss and has somehow gone under the radar. It can be a labor to watch the first time but a true masterpiece after the second watch. Highly recommend it

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah definitely wanna cover it, thanks for the comment

[@mikejackson2228]

I knew a guy when I was a kid who's mother was the Babadook. If he did something she didn't like she wouldn't punish him then; she would buy him a pet. She'd let him raise it and care for it, then, right when he got to loving it, she would bash its brains out with a hammer in front of him and tell him what he did six months ago to deserve it. Also you didn't let Babadook speak.

[@SpecialEddies]

Holy shit that’s horrifying

[@JonesVibes]

This is one of the few horror films that genuinely terrifies me. Something about the aesthetic of the babadoook just gets under my skin. Maybe I accidentally let him in idk. It would be one of my favorites but as always, they decided to use the dog as a disposable piece and that will always lower my rating. I don’t understand why it’s always the dog.

[@geekgod3947]

I don't think most movies show dogs as being disposable. Rather they're the first and last lines of defences against the evil forces. You can get past them, but you'll need to take them out of the picture before you could directly attack the target. Even if babadook was just a visual representation of mental illness they had to get rid of the dog. Here it was just a metaphor and a supernatural being, and just like every other malevolent entity in horror it had to remove the dog from the setting. I was recently depressed and had schizophrenic episodes (for brevity), and everything started culminating into it right after my dog died.

[@JustinShrader]

Amazing movie. Would you do a breakdown for The Empty Man?

[@266shango]

Please do The Nightingale! It's by the same director. Both are fantastic films!

[@paulknights1764]

Great breakdown as ever … 👍🏼 I’d love to see a breakdown of Netflix’s superb German masterpiece’DARK’ if you’ve seen it …

[@jwazftw4200]

Australia cinema represent! 🇦🇺

[@oxymoron02]

At 15:34 "we see a coat and hat hanging up" but the arrow points to a lamp.

[@alcindorama]

The end reminds me of the end of Blue Velvet when Dorothy is reunited with her son.

[@Onewomanharmonies]

That scene of her in the window made me scream

[@KidFresh71]

Would love to see 2001 analysis - and Eyes Wide Shut as well! All the Kubrick.

[@rossjones1530]

I didn’t get allusions to Psycho when she was holding the knife, I personally got vibes of Margaret White from Carrie, with the nightdress and all.

[@IronTiger]

Please do "We Need to Talk About Kevin" next! I feel like these movies perfectly compliment each other.

[@juleswinnfield8556]

I had only mild interest in this film, despite having seen it twice, but your breakdown gave me a new appreciation for it. I have no kiddies, so you have me perspective that I missed. You guys do really great work! I kno this is a little bit out of your wheelhouse, but I'd genuinely love to see you do breakdowns on some classic & renowned dramas, like The Godfather series (individually), Citizen Kane, Seven Samurai, HEAT!, Casablanca, Pulp Fiction, the spaghetti westerns by Leone, and other drama & crime stuff. I'm sure others would agree. I'd love to see you apply your sharp wit and unique analysis on those kinds of movies too. I think you'd be doing us a service & you'd introduce people to great cinema that they might not otherwise have considered really watching. Anyway and either way, I'll keep watching, so long as you keep putting 'em out! Congrats on your success. It's well deserved! ❤❤

[@sonnigreen9409]

@15.33 isnt that just lampshade?

[@thelemonwho]

I'm looking forward to all of those videos. Especially Silent Hill!

[@Ravuun]

I saw this movie at home, with no clue what it was about. I was pregnant at the time with my second child, in my second trimester. The way the mother treats her son throughout this movie was so upsetting to me that I was completely broken down sobbing by the end, feeling so much empathy for that poor little kid. I know my hormones had everything to do with my reaction, but I don't think I had ever reacted that strongly to a movie before. The closest since then would have been Hereditary.

[@allnamesaretakenful]

I'm 44 and I've been depressed since I was 19. It isn't going away. I can't even get high, and I don't feel Serotonin like others do.

[@Nuked519]

I always thought it was interesting if you switched around the syllables of "babadook" you can get "dadabook" considering all the grief and trauma is around the father.

[@alyssatheexcellent]

I ADORE this movie. It is extremely good. The scares aren’t as scary as the suspense- the jump scares make it exciting- but it’s the psychological dark side of the mind and sometimes her dead eyes are very disturbing. The fact that the first part of the movie is all mundane and pale- it gets so more contrasted and dark later on in the movie. I love the cinematography and I think it’s really important.

[@TheDeadCritic]

You should do "Talk to me". One of the best horror movies I've seen in a long time. ❤

[@easytiger360]

I thought that film was absolutely crap 😂 I’m sorry but it was shocking. Started good then got worse n worse as it went on

[@TheDeadCritic]

@@easytiger360 It definitely wasn't made for everyone, way better than most modern horror movies though. 👍

[@BBolloBB]

7:30 it's a reach but a valid one 😄

[@upperdecker9992]

I loved it.

[@tmarie69]

I love this movie so much!

[@simonmacomber7466]

Samuel was written, and was very well acted as a child on the autism spectrum, though this is never addressed in the movie. I could very much see my child (also on the spectrum) in the behaviors that Samuel exhibits throughout the film.

[@_1Brick1_]

Lmaoo that name of this movie is always hilarious 😂😂

[@TheJaker5]

Hell yeah! I love this movie

[@territorialarmyfoundations6044]

I always assumed that she wrote the book as she mentions being a writer. She made her own monster

[@bodhidharmashmarma5179]

"...when we see Samuel in a reaction shot, it was her just threatening to break his toys." 😂😂

[@TidyRC]

@heavyspoilers do the monster squad plz.

[@sofia7374]

13:46 The policeman himself looked like the Babadook

[@stevecash9312]

Love this movie

[@TheresAWay-uq9sv]

Almost 10 years time flies so fast