Last Shift
2014
5.7/10
The Babadook
Released
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A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
How scary is The Babadook?
Nobody has rated it yet. Ratings on Scare Scale come from people who've watched the film, and score five kinds of scare out of 10:
- Gore
- Blood, injuries and body horror shown on screen. Violence that happens off-screen barely counts.
- Creepy
- Unsettling images, atmosphere and things that feel wrong. Not sudden shocks (Jumpscares) or waiting for something to happen (Suspense).
- Jumpscares
- Sudden shocks designed to make you jump, usually a fast movement or a loud noise. Not slow-building dread (Suspense).
- Suspense
- Tension and dread while you wait for something to happen. Not the scare itself when it arrives (Jumpscares or Gore).
- Psychological
- Horror that gets in your head: paranoia, madness, doubting what's real and ideas that stay with you. Not how a scene looks (Creepy) or feels in the moment (Suspense).
The Babadook on Scare Scale lists
- No. 1 in the best horror films on MUBI in Australia
- No. 2 in the best horror films on MUBI in the US
- No. 3 in the best horror films on 10 in Australia
- No. 3 in the best horror films on ABC iview in Australia
- No. 4 in the best horror films on Icon Film in the UK
- No. 5 in the best horror films on CBC Gem in Canada