She taught me that fragility was my strength.

so good so good so good. to see this on a tv at home would be a travesty, especially to see two ducks ravish each other, yes.

I certainly will never show my mother this film.

The Babadook is startlingly effective as a rather conventional horror film that veers into psychologically manipulative territory. By weaving in various themes of grief, alienation and motherhood, it uses these building blocks to make the horror more subversive and unsettling rather than exploiting shock value. To its credit as well, the reveal of the so-called "Babadook" is restrained and aptly relies on the viewer's imagination to elevate the terror.