THE BABADOOK (2014) Ending Explained + Analysis

Ending Explained & Analysis for the psychological thriller THE BABADOOK, where a creature comes to life from the pages of a pop up book and terrorizes a family.
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[@alyssakreder2412]

The Babadook t-poses to show dominance

[@jamvously7170]

*[Sweats in Fear]*

[@jadeds8140]

oh no

[@mfwiloseintouhoubossfights9305]

at least he doesnt pee at you while t-posing You cant recover from that

[@mchan2141]

@UnknownGomez yes

[@arianatorres3138]

Lmao I can't with these comments 😂🤣

[@leem8266]

When the Babadook... gives you that Babalook... you gonna be Babashook

[@melozar]

Panic! at the Everywhere then the babadook is gonna babatook the babacook

[@joyc.e.7511]

I hope you're proud of yourself

[@jessdavis3947]

Panic! at the Everywhere Ayeee hello fellow panic! Fan

[@kelseyvenus1474]

Lololol

[@obi-wankenobi308]

By the Bababazer

[@pig_cakes1368]

Y'know what I just realised. The mother repressess all of her emotions, whereas the BOY projects all of his emotions

[@godfreymitti9241]

Almost as if one is adult and the other is a child

[@kianbarrett1042]

@@godfreymitti9241 I love you man thank you for the laugh

[@deedee7780]

Interesting!

[@austin702]

Yes, he projects all his emotions, through a glass window, via catapult

[@glitterspray]

I think you mean he’s “expressing”? Which he does, very honestly. He’s feeling his anger and fear and pain. And the burden of guilt he has for being alive. Imagine how sick he would have become if he’d repressed all that. Mom’s the one projecting her anger and pain - mostly onto her son, even into to something that may or may not be “real.” We can only suppress our emotions for so long before they find a way out.

[@tomato_fr0g]

“This is my house! You are trespassing!” The Babadook: *Understandable, have a great day*

[@xqxx712]

Babadook: I may be a Villain, *But I least have manners.*

[@Le_Grand_Corbeau666]

Yes its fucking funny

[@esmem6516]

BAHHAHA

[@AnubisX3]

He better pay for all that damage before he leaves lol

[@LuisSierra42]

@@xqxx712 He is even wearing a top hat, indicating he is a gentleman

[@ashleybrigitte2423]

“This is my house you are trespassing!” Babadook:well can’t argue with that,gotta leave

[@anneratleyn6205]

XD

[@clubedanarrativa5603]

Babadook: *Gets in* Person: Get out Babadook: *Gets out*

[@rafaelsantosnovais7813]

Understandable have a great day

[@simuenthusiast3843]

Guys We should kick the shit out of demons

[@The_Detective_Prince_]

Understandable have a great day

[@garyjennison5879]

Babadook: Haha I killed ur dog!!! Sam: That isn’t our dog, we were watching him for the neighbor. Babadook: What neighbor? Sam: Some guy named John Wick Babadook: Oh **** *door knocks*

[@thai4713]

haha this comment is f*cking underrated

[@esppupsnkits4560]

Thai agreed

[@Flapjack505]

Keanu Reaves

[@kittencookiecronch4493]

*John Wick wants to know your location*

[@tyrionlannister8216]

Jon Wick is the one you send to kill the fucking Babadook

[@goregoththedestroyer6317]

Fun fact: Babadook rescrambled is "A Bad Book"

[@wheredaminoritiesat5407]

I think that's one of the reasons they chose that name. The reason why is self explanatory.

[@gamegame-wv6kz]

i did not know that

[@ariana4742]

Noice

[@itsnotpaul8548]

The secret message has been found

[@bartsimpson337]

Well gg

[@lordmoncef5494]

Damn basically babadook is just a great therapist anyone knows how to hire him ??

[@HigherThenOctane]

Summon him

[@crestonplanimates8021]

Try finding the book and read it.

[@sheilatirta6231]

*extreme* therapist

[@the-fool666]

Read the book

[@retroalex1176]

He is one but only for those who need it most

[@cantbuylove4208]

you wont be laughing when you hear his name: the poopoopeepeeman

[@milan4989]

why is this the funniest shit I've ever read

[@babyskippaskippa4313]

Uh its peepeepoopoo

[@Will-zs9ny]

@@jayzee2634 omg. Great. This is a reference to the bye-bye man tho, it was a meme making fun of the movie.

[@dylanholden3815]

This shit just sent me

[@lindainocencio9189]

*Insert horrifying scream*

[@ImaNeedHalf]

The fact they got him as a pet is hilarious

[@roydondsa]

Ikr it's out right weird

[@versthappening8768]

do they groom him

[@themilkman795]

@@versthappening8768 wtf

[@pain2040]

​@@themilkman795 you heard him

[@bungerroyale112]

I believe it's metaphor. Since the Babadook symbolises grief and getting over death, the fact that it's there being fed at the end means (at least to me) that grief never really goes away but you learn to live with it

[@sc0tt562]

I know I'm late, but the bugs pouring through the wall could be her emotions busting out, allowing the babadook in, and the hole being gone when other people come could be them not understanding her grief

[@Poseidonblue123]

Scott Graham or maybe thinking she was crazy. Both is possible

[@billymx7175]

That is true nirt but Scott’s explanation is also kind of psychological so it could be both too

[@edmondgrasa9260]

What's happening in the self may not be evident when in the socialized self. Grief may easily seem not present in the presence of others. Psychological instincts to hide the observable grief - a negatively viewed emotion by society - in such kind of situation. Noting that that was the scene where community services were checking upon their state as a family with a threat of her being seen as an unhealthy environment for the child which would possibly lead to other unwanted things. Grief, with the mix of her starting to really hate her child, but she too don't want to lose him, also if at the expense of her motherly identity.

[@paulghignon4092]

Or it's a bit of a nod to schizophrenia, I've read many suffers of it describe seeing bugs crawling from holes and places that don't exist. I'm starting to wonder if the whole premises to the movie is that she's suffering from that and simply doesn't know it. Sam of course only being a child doesn't fully understand whats going on and relates it to being caused by the book, and she of course having hallucinations.

[@fluffymonster396]

"It's just a coat. It's not real." YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST. Coats aren't real.

[@veryamazingandcreativename]

04:05 “Why can’t you just be normal?!” *screams* One of my favorites memes but I didn’t know it was from this.

[@stealthisaccount433]

Ha. A while ago, I had the same profile pic.

[@veryamazingandcreativename]

Nice

[@noeyejack8680]

SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE🔥🔥🔥🔥🚗🚗🚗🚗🔥🚗🔥🚗🔥

[@thotieprincess7190]

Hayden Martin omg same just realized that

[@Flapjack505]

*Screams in Florida man*

[@doodles1574]

"Now they have been dealt with in a healthy way" *tried to kill her own child and killed her dog* Me: oh yes veri healthy

[@supersaiyanafify]

Oh hö hö hö

[@Diamond1234]

Poor dog. Couldn't protect itself. :( (I guess the Babadook being the new family pet works though?)

[@yoboikamil525]

helth

[@kraft.dinner1]

Helth

[@Resi1ience]

It's not clear how much of the movie is real and how much is a dream. It's possible she didn't kill the dog or get stabbed, but we don't really know.

[@garlicbread2528]

Mom: WHY CANT YOU JUST BE NORMAL Kid: **SCREAMS**

[@jackieweaver3884]

when i rewatched this movie today i was so surprised to find that meme is from this movie lmao i started laughing

[@overlordvelvet7301]

*SCREAMS LOUDER*

[@yanisxerri9854]

babadook: I'll make you a bet, the more you deny the stronger I get. me: DAMMMNNN babadook you got bars, mixtape droppin never

[@thiccandridicc]

Rhymed two words and children like you act like it's good

[@raw8814]

@@thiccandridicc do you know what a joke on the internet is

[@pinnstree8769]

@@thiccandridicc just mad you can’t drop fire bars 😡 😤😤

[@smash3439]

@@thiccandridicc "children" lmao you don't get a joke do you

[@angelehh4758]

@@thiccandridicc you missed the joke

[@gabeking9471]

Therapist: Don’t worry, T-Posing Babadook isn’t real, it can’t hurt you... T-Posing Babadook:

[@jamvously7170]

*[Sweats in Fear]*

[@khiry3tyl3r95]

Kid default dancing

[@generalofinsanity4418]

T-posing Babadook:am I a joke to you? I know the meme is a little old, so sue me. (Don't sue me)

[@swiftysnail9053]

T-t-this i-is o-only a d-d-dream

[@0StrayGhost0]

Plot twist, T-posing Babadook is the therapist.

[@leorys]

The Babadook was only trying to help her get over her repressed emotions. He was a good boy

[@ethanbutler4951]

Therapy 101

[@robinschuelke2056]

I’m pretty sure it represent grief, the more you deny it the stronger it gets, the five stages, and once you finally except it, it’s still there

[@michaelspooner7254]

yea he is

[@josephochoa9861]

Scooby Snacks babadook did nothing wrong

[@weirdlookindoll]

*What a good boi!! He got a treat!!*

[@winterh46334]

the boy beating up his mom Home-Alone Style was the best part

[@Lisa-xr6ty]

Alternative title for the movie: Home Alone: Halloween Edition

[@Valyirxz]

Underrated 😂

[@ajd489]

And your next is home alone: murder edition

[@7Ghos]

You're not you when you're hungry

[@hayden1578]

7Ghos Have a snickers

[@icecreamoman288]

Underatand comment.

[@mr.fortniteprisoner9517]

XD😆

[@mchan2141]

Shutup😂😂😂

[@traccoon2081]

Your profile pic shows that a lot

[@pepela8214]

*Babadook has entered the chat* *Illiterate people have entered the chat* *Babadook has left the chat*

[@bleu3416]

Wh-

[@toukopolojarvi8099]

Illiterate people left the chat babadook has joined your life

[@lolhey1083]

i wanna like but your @ 666 so nope :)

[@lester6498]

KS AQUA your profile pick is godly

[@commandercat10]

Nice joke

[@cranberrysmoothie1]

That ain't a Babadook, that's my neighbor RayRay. He's always doing stuff like that.

[@MT-dy3cg]

"He tells her he knows she doesn't love him, but that it is the Babadook's fault. And that he will always love her" I haven't even watched the movie and this made me tear up a little bit. The childhood inocence and its interpretation about the unfairness of life is so raw, it hits you hard every time.

[@AgeraXXX]

Big facts

[@agustinamagpie]

The exact quote is "I know you don't love me. The Babadook won't let you. But I love you, mum. And I always will."

[@stairwaygoddess]

​@agustinamagpie I explained to my teen that just watched this to replace the word Babadook with the word "depression " and parts like this make a lot more sense

[@lorenzoduron4848]

This kid clearly watched Home Alone. Lol

[@e.n.d8847]

He didn't watch it he is Kevin but in his toddler days so he started with crossbows then the super lethal and painful traps like flamdthrowers

[@aliciabaker9356]

Hahahahaha

[@aresmeade6319]

Yep

[@brendan8672]

The Babadook - #1 highest rated therapist

[@knoxnelson1]

He has his own stress therapy! A lot of dog hair around and it smells bad, but still good!

[@PongoXBongo]

100% success rate, one way or the other.

[@heyimcraig8766]

Official Wemo because no ones allowed to give a 1 star lmao

[@fialee8ca132]

Her: Why can't he behave?!? Me: Well, maybe due to inherited mental illness from mom? Her: Good point.

[@davidjones272]

She was emotionally abusing him, that's why he acts out and is so afraid of "monsters", the monsters are her demons, she is the babadook: it's a manifestation of her frustration towards him.

[@thetuckinlady]

@@davidjones272 Uh, there is a difference between emotional abuse and emotional absence. I hope you know that? There is a lot more to the movie than your narrative of "bad mother". I didn't know you were an expert on human psychology, David.

[@duckyjoel5373]

@@thetuckinlady Ehm...sure...

[@sweettartz1985]

“He’s annoying as shit” sums up the entire movie 😩🤣

[@pepela8214]

Ya know I kinda feel bad for the Babadook..... He probably spent time making that pop up book then Amelia just rips it up!

[@mchan2141]

It was really well made

[@cassie1168]

He should look into doing art and pop ups professionally.

[@movedchannels682]

I know right? Poor dude.

[@helpppstuckinblender3998]

@Bunker Siebengo accuse someone of a being right wing extremist

[@thejackinfenwa7101]

@@helpppstuckinblender3998 "a right wing extremist with a small dick" LMFAOO

[@noisemarine1432]

It's sad the dog died but they got a new pet a babadook

[@theguccigangbanger5749]

Eddie Dog Rocks hahaha

[@ironmanmason4247]

Eddie Dog Rocks 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@juliansantos6023]

I wanna pet babadook, I'd love and nurture it

[@jagwirejj1451]

Fuck

[@jagwirejj1451]

I wanted to see what would happen

[@colinclement2752]

That catapult backpack was pretty sweet tho

[@ERAL782]

Ah yes the scariest, most evil horror movie villain in all of history... The Frankadook

[@endertrentgaming5866]

👄👁👄

[@zaneviper]

Dookdookdookdook

[@ANDREW-qm8wt]

ah yes

[@alshapr6969]

Franka franka dook dook dook BABEH

[@squirrel_slapper]

Ah.

[@crazydave9938]

Someone get her a therapist, a priest, and some salt. WE'RE FIXING THIS.

[@mylovesongs2429]

nah. Just give her a snickers bar! She'll be back to normal soon after!

[@littlemushroom8020]

Crazy Dave no

[@slump5428]

and a hooker

[@pinkducklett1051]

Nah, they don't need salt, she's salty enough.

[@cooldude4845]

Crazy Dave she also needs some milk

[@MrOrcshaman]

Theres a much deeper meaning in this then I feel your letting on, or maybe haven't noticed. There are clues in the movie that point towards the fact that Amelia was a storybook writer, something she's not been able to focus on since her husbands death. So it was her that wrote the babadook, she created the story, in her fractured mind as a way of punishing samual, because of the resentment she had for him. she created the babadook, and while we think we see the creature, the focus of the story is that of a mothers fractured and unsettled mind, and the hyperactive imagination of a child, both from their perspective giving life to the babadook. so while you could argue maybe the creature is real, what it most likely is, is the two main characters going though the grief and wild imagination. At the end of the movie amelia has a mental breakdown, and to samual he see's it as his mother being possessed. The ending is her finally dealing with her grief, and the babadook just being a representation of that grief.

[@twilightjamgaming]

Mr Orc Shaman wow... thank you for that explanation...

[@rascoehunter3608]

I kind of wished the movie explored her writing stories more. Her writing the book make sense since the book doesn't have an author on it and it is already in the house. Her writing stories only gets mentioned once.

[@PyeLynnD]

So how do you explain the ending where she feeds the "babadook" the bowl of worms? Is that still in her imagination or ..? Love your explanation of the movie btw it makes so much since now. I just finished watching the movie

[@whore4miso]

Tahler theArtist in my way of interpreting it - the worm scene was a metaphor that the grief she holds is still and will always be there. grief never goes away, but now amelia can deal with it in a stable and proper way. she appears scared and about to fall first when the babadook (representing her depression) lunges at her, but she is eventually able to stand back up and tell the babadook “it’s alright”, soothing it. in essence, she is able to cope with her depression much better now and won’t fall back into insanity. the worms are a metaphor for things that medicate and help her for her depression/grief (like food to tame the babadook), it helps and trains her to cope. hope this helps :)

[@prod.2733]

this guy doesn't really dive deep into explanations and theories and its pretty weird

[@minecraftblastfurnace452]

19:02 *"...dealt with in a healthy way..."* I KNEW killing your dog and attempting to kill your child was a healthy way to deal with grief! Maybe I can finally get out of jail now.

[@HelloGeeklings]

The thing I love about the ending is that Sam picks the food. He is the one helping tame the grief. And hopefully someday it will be tame enough for Emilia to go through all her husband's items and memory with her son.

[@edgar882]

Something you didn't address which I think was worth noting, the fact that the babadook was kept in the basement where she fed it can symbolise how she would go down to the basement to look at her husbands things and spend a moment alone to remember him and when she nearly trips its her having to fight the grief and not let herself sprial back into the way she was.

[@Mr.Kachersky]

Got a birth control ad before this video.

[@ethanbutler4951]

Yes that kid

[@random1652]

Comrade Pedrovich lol

[@soo-yunpark208]

same

[@addyschultz3472]

SAAAMEEE😂

[@MrGump-xj2ry]

I knew the babadook was behind those baby ads

[@BEXASTORIA]

When she screamed at the babadook toward the end, clutching her son, I even felt empowered. She really just told that demon to get the hell out with all the motherly strength that she had. Just wow

[@rocketlaunch99]

that was so stupid I laffed

[@kdankness420]

​@@rocketlaunch99 lern 2 spel maybe bozo

[@fuzzbuzz3099]

“Dang, that crafty dook!” Me: it’s not “dook dook” it’s troom troom

[@the-fool666]

Not the troom troom man

[@alextheferret5674]

@@the-fool666 it's just a guy who gets into your house when you watch too many 5-minute craft videos lol. He's just walking around your house replacing items with dollar store versions

[@aaronbrisby9731]

Lol the meme at 4:05 "why can't you just be normal!" Florida:Screams

[@emelie9545]

I just know the physics meme 😂

[@waluigizuckerberg774]

That’s exactly what I was thinkin

[@CryoCustoms]

Aaron Brisby as a Floridian I can confirm

[@marifelyrodriguez6858]

Aaron Brisby as a flOridian i will eat ur gorilla

[@MrEddyedr]

SO THIS IS WHERE THAT KID SCREAMING MEME COMES FROM

[@fuzzykat5285]

Yeeees! I love that meme!!

[@primerogue3063]

Amelia: WHY CANT YOU BE NORMAL Child: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWW

[@Limox09]

MrEddyedr when?

[@grinchly4707]

LOL welcome

[@GiDD504]

Reeeeeeeee

[@the1walrus81]

When i first saw this movie before this vid I actually wanted to tear my eyes out it was so stressful. The psychological was so much.

[@jackbrunato8960]

This re giving me a scarw

[@jackieweaver3884]

for me, the movie didnt even make me flinch at all on my first viewing, then i realised the metaphorical angle to it and as someone who has always repressed/shoves away emotions, it is now that the horror has set in

[@UmamiWave]

Watch this movie while taking copious amounts of lsd, it's going to do sum redonkulus to you

[@GrubGrubGrubGrub]

i like to imagine that the babadook is actually good, like what happened after the experience was meant to happen, i imagine that he puts people through these situations and then influences the others mentally to fix the problem, and when they actually try to fix it, he acts like he’s being defeated and causes the mother to realize how much her son actually loves her unusual theory but definitely would be a creative topic

[@mlpfanboy1701]

I would agree except he made her kill the dog.

[@formychaery9625]

@@mlpfanboy1701 my thoughts exactly

[@lauragraves4342]

Hopefully she wont bury the dog in the wrong pet cemetary.

[@sirennumber5248]

Don't you mean the pet semetery

[@boom-jr8vi]

The one WITHOUT the ‘S’

[@dgnutty6272]

Wait was that doggo real

[@garlicbread2528]

*I DONT WANNA BE BURIED IN A PET SEMETARY*

[@Valyirxz]

IKR XDD

[@joyc.e.7511]

Y'all need to chill on the kid. His mother is the reason he's like that.

[@SageofSorrow]

That kid was awesome. I admit, I couldn’t stand him at the beginning. He was annoying as FUCK. But at the end he turned into a resourceful and resilient hero and saved his mom. That was really good character development. That kid definitely had special forces training lol. Him and Kevin from Home Alone would be unstoppable together

[@Xxsorafan]

Ikr. If u don’t give kids attention they will force you to

[@cookingwiththecripple]

How is it on the parent? My dad didnt give me attention yet I'm not a freak

[@erikvelasco7718]

Lmao this guy ^ is actually trying to put the blame on the kid

[@cookingwiththecripple]

@@erikvelasco7718 it IS the kids fault. You either adapt to what you're given or you throw a temper tantrum

[@procye]

I always felt that 'the Babadook' was a broad personification of grief. It's in a word, it's in a look, and it will never leave. But you can tame it, if you understand what's happening

[@Dexobite]

0:36 Anyone remember that short “lights out” film right here? With the woman turning on and off the light? Just me? Ok...

[@PITTBULL0]

I remember the lights out thing I always thought that it was pretty neat the monsters go REEE

[@jackieweaver3884]

Is lights out a good movie?

[@zeinnerp7609]

Don't have the guts to watch a horror movie...so I watch their analysis ;D

[@jensa6313]

The Paleo Miner MEEEEEEE!!! It makes it 10 times less scary.

[@alexisdytrt4963]

The Paleo Miner I saw the movie and it’s the same as what he says but I WAS SOO scared

[@chinacadena4979]

SAMMEEE

[@Mopter21]

Pussy

[@requiemofcrimson]

MychannelisOP Not everyone’s brave and if their a boy or an adult male not all of them have to be brave sexist

[@elijahberry204]

IM BABASHOOK

[@hyperplayer-cr3le]

Same😂

[@hunterhowlter7596]

i was waiting for this comment-

[@lolzthecat8993]

Don't you mean B A B A S H O O K E T H

[@CoolStory543]

Lolzthecat Sort of ruined the vibe this comment section had going

[@byebye183]

I THINK WE *ALL* ARE

[@anonymouslizard1601]

"But now they have been dealt with in a healthy way" Ah yes, what a healthy way to deal with your emotions.

[@lilymaguire5894]

The scariest part of this movie for me was when she sees her own face staring through the window on the T.V. Such an eerie moment. Her entire expression just sticks with me.

[@iisvndqyniqhts4154]

the way she treats Sam in the movie is actually horrifying

[@Bogalog]

😫

[@whenbrainstopwork240]

Super cat Gaming roblox and? He’s a fucking kid.

[@mariah-se7ji]

she was terrible. she never wanted him even when she wasn’t possessed by the babadook

[@smash3439]

@@mariah-se7ji lmao no. You have to understand what sleeplessness and desperation does to you. When the demon was actually threatening them both she shows her true nature and saves her son. When she was possessed and choking her son she still couldn't actually kill him because the power of her love for her son was too strong.

[@mariah-se7ji]

@@smash3439 ye at the end...but in the beginning it was clearly obvious she didn’t want sam, just by the reaction of when sam acted up. she felt empty because her husband died and she just didn’t want to love sam until the babadook threatened her home. then she was protective and showed her true feelings for sam

[@brighteyesjessy]

so basically... If you yourself cannot release, Babadook will come to take a piece

[@raikhan2701]

Mr.Look-See would be proud

[@durjair5239]

You right

[@TotallyTally]

If you yourself cannot release, The Man who writes on the internet who watches Crypt TV and can't forget will come to take a piece.

[@DwarfyDoodad]

Tried watching Crypt TV. Not scary and actually kind of bad in my opinion. I have never really liked creepypasta garbage, and the lack of any attempt to explain anything. So that and the bad (even by youtube video standards) "special effects" just turn me away from their stuff.

[@managerofthecostumeparty5090]

Crypt TV

[@mikaeladruit5660]

Everyone ever: “HA! I’m under my blanket, the monster won’t get me!”

[@ibbymochi941]

When i saw this movie, I had the pause and take a break. It made me scared of my own Mom’s yelling, made me come to terms with my own grief. It was just too much for young me, and I have yet to want to watch it again.

[@lordchungass410]

The babadook only haunts people who have expreienced actual fear or a tragedy that leaded them to disasters in their life. So that's a good reason why to face your fears

[@lynxstormy1622]

This is just like the movie Ritual the monster knows he had real pain

[@randomman3710]

The Babadook is just depression visualized

[@danzel5764]

Weeb Life true though

[@suziebelle4113]

Deppression and insanity

[@robinschuelke2056]

I’d match it with grief, the more you oppress it the more powerful it gets, you can’t deny it, and it makes you mad. Depressed, and do stuff you don’t mean too, and getting over it can be hard.

[@darthlazurus4382]

It is depression and grief made worse by denial. Like boiling a kettle, but blocking the spout so the steam cannae escape. Now imagine there is a a gallon of water in that kettle. * opens umbrella *

[@robinschuelke2056]

Darth Lazurus What? Yeah, depression is one of the five stages of grief

[@Megamaratsu]

Me: Why are you killing me?! The Ghost: So I can teach you to be open to others and stop being such a wreck. Me: Could I just get a therapist? The Ghost: Well you did kill the therapist earlier Me: Ooh ok understandable

[@johnbob7135]

Someone should make a compilation of all of Foundflixes skits

[@scptime1188]

I always babalook for the babadook... Edit: Oh no, he babatook my bababook

[@jamdajamman8399]

Some nerd 157 I first to comment in 3 mins yes

[@jamdajamman8399]

Some nerd 157 lol

[@jamdajamman8399]

Notice me Senpai

[@scptime1188]

-GamingWithRubba - hahahaha liked

[@jamdajamman8399]

Some nerd 157 same bro

[@ZedKingsley]

The Babadook is just a great therapist

[@Peepthefade]

ZedKingsley fr

[@goldenuniverse5375]

ZedKingsley BABA- ok billy I know it’s hard to deal with your father leaving but it’s ganna be ok 👌

[@knoxnelson1]

Yeah he makes people kill dogs and hurt sons, making them either die or bond. :)

[@siobhangibbens3346]

First of all I CANNOT get over your impeccable intro and outros, the skit format was moving yet comical. The metaphorical flavour is one of which I cannot get enough of. Your apt analysis makes the video watchable and comprehensive while your humour takes this video over the edge. Your voice speaks to my soul, an old soul, one that appreciates cinematography for all it's worth. Thank you for this brandon. much lov e

[@alcoholically4280]

The first interaction w the babadook possession was so terrifying. The way how it’s presence is presented is unique and truly terrifying. Also those long arms, fingers, eyes and hat just made him one of a kind. Strangely and seriously concerning how the babadook looks like a demon I used to have night terrors about as a kid

[@suzettebeltran7622]

Foundflix:She isn't releasing her grief. *The Look-see has entered the chat*

[@neonutopia6487]

"you're talking mad shit for somebody within snapping distance"

[@adamstout6961]

Look_see is here

[@zedmasterofmeme5594]

Oh yesss shit gets real

[@sharahula3606]

Looksee vs babadook Yes just yes

[@timechick2]

i was about to look up the look see, but someone beat me to it. the babadook reminds me of it, just probably not as violent and doesn't possess you when it shows up.

[@cherishthewritingprodigy1969]

Amelia: "YOU ARE TRESPASSING!" Babadook: "Y-you are-are the on-on-one who le-le-le-let me in."

[@niceduckie9565]

Le le le* derpadook

[@liamgeiger7549]

Does this thing have like Tourette’s syndrome or some shit

[@alban4220]

You can ge-ge-ge-get the fuck out my house

[@riley4510]

Me: “no I didn’t I opened a book and you let yourself in. NOW F*CK OFF!”

[@kokidos5700]

A-ameli-ia s-senpai y-youre the one w-who let me i-in 🎩 👁️///👄///👁️ 👉🏻👈🏻

[@brittanygidley1291]

She creeped me out, especially at the end with her child.

[@Savicurlly]

I actually think the worms being fed to the Babadook are a peice of symbolism themselves. With the Babadook, and with grief, it's shown there are times where invasive thoughts are projected onto the mother that push her further into grief. It's natural to not want to feel or relive those memories, but it's important to recognize them for what they are. Still not completely over her husband's death, I believe she's collecting those worms as a way to gather all the "ear worms" or invasive thoughts she's having and attributing them to the death of her husband properly instead of trying to force them out of her mind.

[@torvamessorem6686]

You know, I can take the craziest shit, no matter how gory it is or violent. But please not the dog :(

[@dramakween3743]

Torva Messorem same

[@alexisdytrt4963]

Torva Messorem IKR

[@petrolarti5628]

RIP

[@amercelo9371]

Vicci Tab ALL animals are amazing. Except mosquitos. That pesky screen have failed us. PS. I KNOW MOSQUITOS ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE EARTH, this is a joke.

[@bluew0lfo746]

Torva Messorem no not the dog 🐶

[@zombyjano]

Something about that part where the mom is trying to choke her son and he just softly touches her face in response just tears something apart in me.

[@gamestain1511]

Nothing in Particular fuck the dog i was too worried about Samuel. Poor misunderstood baby

[@Vexcron]

GameStain Fuck sammy. Did you see how THICC Babadook is?

[@gamestain1511]

Darknis Toribash no?

[@Vexcron]

GameStain Oh.. Alright.

[@girthyyobo1554]

ThatZombyKid TM it tears my dick in half

[@f86sabre92]

That intro was so funny! Love this channel.

[@SubcarpatiRO2010]

Baba Dochia In Romanian mythology, Baba Dochia, or The Old Dokia, is a figure identified with the return of spring. She is sometimes imagined as “an old woman who insults the month of March when she goes out with a herd of sheep or goats.”[1] Supposedly the name originates from the Byzantine calendar, which celebrates the 2nd-century martyr-saint Eudokia of Heliopolis (Evdokia) on March 1.[1] The Romanian Dokia personifies mankind's impatience in waiting for the return of spring. Baba Dochia has a son, called Dragomir, who is married. Dochia ill-treats her daughter-in-law by sending her to pick up berries in the forest at the end of February. God appears to the girl as an old man and helps her in her task. When Dochia sees the berries, she thinks that spring has come back and leaves for the mountains with her son and her goats. She is dressed with twelve lambskins, but it rains on the mountain and the skins get soaked and heavy. Dochia has to get rid of the skins and when frost comes she perishes from the cold with her goats. Her son freezes to death with a piece of ice in his mouth as he was playing the flute.

[@bellaswan5470]

Woah

[@matiasjuncos3824]

Haha.. goats..

[@tankdown1981]

My brother looks exactly like Sam so it made the movie 10x scarier

[@Yuki-vo5fm]

TankDown my brother looks like babadook so it’s 100x scarier

[@evans4162]

Don't let him go to the library

[@Woquevagina]

My dad looks like the dog 1000000× scarier

[@B-Dad]

Apparently as a young boy I looked exactly like Gage from Pet Sematary and it scarred my mother for years seeing him get hit by that car. I was never allowed anywhere near a street and I never knew why until I was older. It’s kind of funny how much that movie fucked with her head...I hope that doesn’t happen to me some day with some movie lol!

[@scotchiescotty4179]

B-Dad 8504 my brother when he was little looked like Danny from The Shining, found out that was why I wasn’t allowed to watch it until I finished the book

[@MRoriz-ls8hg]

the part that actually TERRIFIED me in this movie is really the mother son relationship and more specifically when she begins to lose her mind. the idea of a child having to live with a mother who is not actually a mother because she is too psychologically ill to be one, THAT is scary it is terrifying to see how she yells and says those things to him because it ACTUALLY HAPPENS in real life and i can GUARANTEE it is probably the worse most destructive thing to have happen to a child, for a child is dependent on their parents and have nowhere else to go. it’s just... it’s heartbreaking THIS IS WHAT CONDOMS ARE FOR PEOPLE!! STOP HAVING CHILDREN JUST SO U CAN DESTROY THEM 🤠

[@Gamer88334]

Cakey, kind of like the protagonist in Among The Sleep right? The monsters you see in that game are actually the protagonist's drunken, abusive mother. Since he's a toddler, his imagination merely causes him to see her as these monsters. While I do feel bad for the mom because of what she had been through before the game's prologue, that doesn't excuse what she did.

[@4lenEngels]

So the point of this movie is for us to use condoms

[@suzettebeltran7622]

*Abortion has left the chat*

[@justmo6208]

This would apply here... if the kid wasn't planned to begin with. The abuse applies still, yea, but the quip about condoms is irrelevant

[@hazelnut20030]

as someone who went through having a mother like that i completely understand what u mean and i remember watching this movie with my mother and she related so heavily to the mother in the movie with is double scary but it’s alright that’s what therapy is for kids 😁😄

[@shadowslicer2238]

It's never good to repress grief, especially the loss of a loved one.

[@Azotadeth]

Man, I loved this movie when it came out. Everything from the setting to the cinematography and interpretative story was fantastic. Definitely one of those horror movies I could recommend to anyone.

[@defuegodiablo4249]

**dook, dook, dook** Me, in crusader armor: **loads LMG with religous intent**

[@mell5955]

*holy music stops*

[@okaythen4784]

*plays holy music even louder*

[@0918only]

Heavy metal music starts

[@parrottarot995]

The Doomslayer has arrived

[@funguslord6]

Speaks in tachanka: it’s all over now

[@anthonycolasanto5599]

*Dog Dies* Everybody: *Triggered*

[@mylovesongs2429]

I am no libtard, but fucking right i am TRIGGERED! There was NO reason to kill the dog! It ruined the fucking movie!!

[@BishounenLuvr]

And caring about lives of course makes it justifiable to call people tards. Politics are so stupid. No wonder so many people are stuck on them.

[@JesusRodriguez-po1rj]

Why the dog?😭

[@omlette8240]

*Dog Dies* ANIMAL ABUSE!! *TRIGGERD*

[@botgamingthebad]

ELEMENTAL DELTA lol imaged if at the start of the movie it said no animal was harm during the making

[@kajalrai1545]

I really like your skits and explanations! One of the best movies of all time ♥️

[@jas_094]

Like I told Ryan Hollinger, thanks for these videos mate. I am not very fond of watching movies anymore, so Experiencing them through you is a blast for me. Also, I get scared quite easily so, yeah

[@pepela8214]

Can we get an F in chat for those worms that got eaten by a literal demon

[@traccoon2081]

F

[@mothersandfuckersofthejury5416]

F

[@Ballslover_]

F

[@dzusikkapri7273]

F

[@cameronvanpelt2540]

Bunker Sieben Shut up

[@stevedocherty1816]

...and then she killed the dog and we couldn't be friends again.

[@jordanwantsasilvia]

A Scott Pilgrim vs the world framed poster. That garners all the respect

[@Commander6727]

That begging with Frank at 0:37 was amazing and love the way he say Duke duke duke it cracks me up every time our man knows how to start a review

[@DARTHON90210HSNAP]

So Babadook = Grief as she goes through all stages. Denial - As she denies its existence, it gets stronger as real grief. Anger - She goes berserk and gets frustrated with people not understanding her issues (police station) Bargaining - Goes to do babadook’s bidding as she tries to kill her son to rid herself of the monster Depression - hopelessly laying on the floor - powerless - and trying to find courage Acceptance - Realizing grief will always be there and knowing every once and a while you have to feed it emotionally (or with worms in the hyper realistic take on dealing with grief) and going to the basement to feed the Dook is all to show that she’s feeding grief by visiting her husband’s old oddities and music. Mind is fried like bacon, have a good day

[@cannedsoup2126]

Is the babadook a got damn pokemon. Why he just say his own name

[@drakelanatta1884]

That's exactly what I thought.

[@questsoftheqodeshim4593]

haha I'm not a mutan monster with cool powers....WHAT NO I JUST CAME FOR A BATTLE BA BA DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK

[@spnchick4438]

lol, It’s attacks are depression, repression, grief, anger, and hallucination. Trainer: “Babadook, use grief attack!” Babadook: “Babadooooooook!”

[@pineapple7011]

@@spnchick4438 *His attack was VERY EFFECTIVE*

[@jabrishi_j1]

He’s learning........... give him time,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@soniacooper3317]

That is fascinating, how a certain style of German films reflects outwardly how the protagonist feels inwardly. I genuinely appreciate trivia like that and find it always entertaining since you seem to feel a movie more when you can connect with the author in some way. Thanks for your skits and trivia. You are a professor in filmdom

[@DanielVerberne]

A significant film and one that I've appreciated far more since learning more about it. One thing I appreciated from reading the production details on Wikipedia is that significant efforts were to made to keep the set a happy and relaxed and safe place for the actors, especially child actor Noah Wiseman. I don't care how 'big' or how much money a movie makes - it MUST look after its cast and all staff involved in its production.

[@Usiff_Vons]

Foundflix:A catapult that launches rocks Me:creates a molotov launcher Me:Come here babadook,you're gonna get babacooked

[@theshinyumbreonw5196]

Babadook gonna get babadunked on •w•

[@Noirenoe]

Babadook is an asshole

[@jlol2701]

babacooked

[@ooofsized2036]

I’d blow my load on the babadook

[@yoboikamil525]

BabaCOOKED

[@that1fella564]

I feel like the whole movie is a metaphor for depression

[@maxfischer1648]

No shit

[@stoplyinn]

How so?

[@asharudheenm5806]

If that's the case. How did she float in thin air in front of his son? And how did the kid get dragged up the stairs .? 😕

[@kakashiMEK]

@@asharudheenm5806 "metaphor"

[@phantasticgoose]

It is. The simplified version of it is that the Babadook is the symbolic representation of how her grief and depression is controlling her life and preventing her from being the mother that her son deserves. The weird possession floaty things and the black vomit is more symbolism, but for Sam instead of just her. It’s how he sees her, scary and abusive, and sometimes he has to defend himself, but he still loves her. Ultimately that love is what helps her redeem herself and break free from the control of her depression. The end shows that Emilia still has her grief and depression, and she acknowledges it (feeding it worms) and how strong it still is, but she won’t allow it back into her house to control their lives ever again.

[@eraiastaunton2702]

Love your channel mate good job

[@roseberzerker2989]

Yo, that one scene of her seeing herself smiling in that news story gave me freaking chills, I don't know why but just that cold yet inviting smile is simply terrifying in my opinion

[@GTdba]

Amelia:" Why can't you be Normal?" Well Amelia, you never shown genuine love for your child, you were mostly detached and you even blamed his birth for the death of your husband...I am pretty sure this is not a good way to raise a child! And your sister a little bit of a bitch,too. The only good, balanced character in this movie was the Elderly neighboor which I loved so much!

[@nazeemameen1253]

It's not Amelia's fault. She was struggling with her post traumatic depression and yet she tried to be a good mother.

[@Poseidonblue123]

And her husband died during the drive to the hospital. Double misery 😢

[@av3r3st24]

what happened to you doesnt excuse you of doing things to others.

[@diy_cat9817]

People never ever have any sympathy for mothers I stg. She was almost certainly experiencing postpartum depression on top of very real grief of losing her husband the same night. Y'all are always so quick to blame the medical system for not caring about mental health, and yet here you are. Not caring. Did Amelia get the therapy and support she desperately needed? Judging by her clear exhaustion and obvious depression, the answer seems a hearty no. Yeah, she isn't winning mother of the year, but I WISH my mother showed me the love Amelia did for Sam. My mother wasn't even single or lost her husband in a horrific accident, yet she has never been as warm as Amelia. No mother is perfect, Amelia certainly wasn't, but ffs. Give her a break. She got it together after 8 years, some people never will.

[@lukehenry6712]

@@diy_cat9817 Miss me with this stupid bs about nobody caring about mothers. You sound like the kind of person who thinks women who smother their children should be sent to mental insititutions or somehow be given legal leeway because of “muh depression”. “Nobody cares about mothers” which is blatantly untrue. Jesus I think I lost brain cells reading that comment.

[@aubrey6664]

amelia: WHY CANT YOU JUST BE NORMAL!?!? sam: *AAAAAAAAA*

[@av3r3st24]

or 😂:

[@av3r3st24]

sam: WHY CANT YOU JUST BE A MOTHER?!??? amelia: *AAAAAAAAAAAA*

[@tlsrob6772]

r/AAAAAAA

[@addsch4989]

Why does that sound like come play

[@deshawnplaysroblox]

@@addsch4989 I think it is

[@aWildHiker6444]

I'm watching/listening to this while I'm working. That little skit at about 30 seconds... the timing was perfect, as soon as you turned around I did the same to look at my screen. The music and the robed dude actually spooked me a little hahahaahahaah

[@WoodlandDrake]

The movie was always very emotional and cerebral; the Babadook was a literal metaphor for grief. Grief was a monster for Amelia because she was so trapped in denial, and Sam was too innocent and ignorant to understand the concept of grief that he could only accept it as something to be feared the way his mother did. In the end, the mother and son triumphed by facing their grief and accepting it into their lives without letting it take them over or living in fear of it.

[@yrcr6383]

A dead dog? Someone call John wick!!

[@treyreid7196]

Johann Redgrave seriously

[@a.froman1419]

Only part of the movie that scared me..

[@bliss2282]

Kills his wife:ok Kills his dog :REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@comicstrider4851]

Ooh not even the babadook can survive that....

[@memeyboi3856]

*micheal myers/the shape

[@danichisum]

The Babadook is a form of depression and when she confronts the babadook she fights depression

[@samuriabroproductions3051]

lovinglife I thought the same thing

[@queenbishp4680]

Wait what? That makes so much sense...sh00k

[@kittiesstan0]

Explains alot!!!

[@missgirl1000]

softsun HAHAH

[@Jaymuter889]

lovinglife Nah that guy just wanna kill and be creepy af

[@KuKKuDu]

This is for those, all single mothers out there we hope u all stay strong and keep ur loved one close.

[@franklinbonnefoy2295]

I remember seeing someone say that the end meant that Amelia traded Sam's soul for the babadook so she could finally have a normal child and that that's all the "demon" wanted, human host. I just.... I wanna find that person sometimes and just..... Shake them