The Babadook
If it's in a word, or it's in a look, you can't get rid of the Babadook.
Production
Budget
$2 000 000
Box office
$10 494 795
Website
Director
Actors
Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney, Daniel Henshall, Barbara West, Ben Winspear, Cathy Adamek, Craig Behenna, Hachi, Tim Purcell
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Kristina Ceyton, Kristian Moliere
Camera operator
Radek Ładczuk
Composer
Jed Kurzel
Artist
Alex Holmes
Audition
Nikki Barrett
Editing
Simon Njoo
Whole Team (72)
Whole Team (72)
Short description
A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
What's left behind the scenes
- In several scenes with the Babadook, you can hear a sound effect from the computer strategy game Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995) by Blizzard Entertainment.
- Amelia is reading a pop-up book, "Mr. Babadook," by feminist writer Alexandra Yuhasz to Sam.
- The scream heard several times at the end of the film is borrowed from Motaro, a character from the Mortal Kombat universe.
- Director and screenwriter Jennifer Kent states that the film is based on photographs miraculously preserved from Tod Browning's lost film "London After Midnight".
- The rights to the film belong to director Jennifer Kent. She has firmly promised that she will not sell the rights to film a sequel for any amount of money.
- During the final battle, sound effects from the computer game Resident Evil, developed for PlayStation in 1996, can be heard.
- Some scenes use a sound effect from the computer game UFO: Enemy Unknown, produced by Mythos Games and MicroProse.
- William Friedkin, director of the classic horror film "The Exorcist" (1973), wrote on Twitter on November 30, 2014: "I have never seen a more terrifying film than "The Babadook."
- Jennifer Kent and Essie Davis, who played the role of Amelia, attended drama school together.
- $30,071 was raised for filming through crowdfunding.
- In one scene, a classic Italian horror film, "Black Sabbath," is shown on television. The following scene bears a striking resemblance to a scene from Mario Bava's film.
- Director and screenwriter Jennifer Kent claims that the film is based on images that miraculously survived from Tod Browning's lost film "London After Midnight."
- The director of the classic horror film "The Exorcist" (1973), William Friedkin, wrote on Twitter on November 30, 2014: "I have never seen a more terrifying film than "The Babadook."
- The rights to the film are owned by director Jennifer Kent. She firmly promised that she will not sell the rights to film a sequel for any amount of money.
- In one scene, the classic Italian horror film "Black Sabbath" (also known as "Three Faces of Fear") is shown on television. The scene that follows bears a noticeable resemblance to a scene from Mario Bava's film.
- Jennifer Kent and Essie Davis, who played Amelia, studied together at drama school.
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