The Babadook

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Australian film film psychological horror film

The Babadook is a 2014 Australian psychological horror film about a grieving mother and her troubled son who are terrorized by a sinister entity emerging from a mysterious children's pop-up book.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian film ⓘ
film ⓘ
psychological horror film ⓘ
basedOn Monster ⓘ
short film ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor Jennifer Kent ⓘ
boxOfficeGrossUSD 7500000 ⓘ
budgetUSD 2000000 ⓘ
cinematographyBy Radek Ladczuk ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Australia ⓘ
director Jennifer Kent ⓘ
distributor IFC Films ⓘ
Umbrella Entertainment ⓘ
editedBy Simon Njoo ⓘ
filmingLocation Adelaide ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
horror film ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasTheme grief ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
repressed trauma ⓘ
homeMediaDistributor Scream Factory ⓘ
mainAntagonist The Babadook self-link ⓘ
mainCharacter Amelia Vanek ⓘ
Samuel Vanek ⓘ
musicBy Jed Kurzel ⓘ
notableAward Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award ⓘ
surface form: AACTA Award for Best Direction nomination

Australian Film Institute Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay win
notableRecognition listed in several best horror films of the 2010s rankings ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A grieving widow and her troubled young son are tormented by a sinister entity that emerges from a mysterious children’s pop-up book. ⓘ
producer Kristian Moliere ⓘ
Kristina Ceyton ⓘ
productionCompany Causeway Films ⓘ
publicationDate 2014-01-17 ⓘ
releaseYear 2014 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 94 ⓘ
screenwriter Jennifer Kent ⓘ
setting Adelaide ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ
starring Barbara West ⓘ
Ben Winspear ⓘ
Daniel Henshall ⓘ
Essie Davis ⓘ
Hayley McElhinney ⓘ
Noah Wiseman ⓘ
writer Jennifer Kent ⓘ

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Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film → notableWinner → The Babadook ⓘ
The Babadook → mainAntagonist → The Babadook self-link ⓘ
AFI Award for Best Film → notableRecipient → The Babadook ⓘ
Daniel Henshall → notableWork → The Babadook ⓘ
Australian cinema → notableFilm → The Babadook ⓘ
Jed Kurzel → notableWork → The Babadook ⓘ