Sergiodave

For some inane reason it took years for me to finally watch this well made low budget Australian Horror. The basic premise is a widowed mother has problems looking after her incredibly annoying son, then things turn for the worse when she reads him a bedtime story called 'The Babadook'. I will admit that the first 15 minutes of the move were hard going simply because of the world's most annoying child, though I urge you to carry on watching as it might start to make sense. For modern Horror lovers, this might not hit the spot, there is no gore and nothing really shocking, just the sanity of either the Mother or the child or both slowly going. It's a good tale, and the acting from both the leads is very good. A horror movie outside the box, well worth a watch.

I have read a couple of reviews for this movie where they obviously didn't get that this is a deliberately awful movie encased in a deliberately cheesy Christmas movie. I admit that the first ten minutes were going hard until I realised the intentional cheesiness, and also thought that Anissa Borrego's fake voice was wonderfully awful, until I realised it was her real voice, I'm so sorry! This is simply a comedic look at Christmas movies, but done in an interesting way. Yes, it's not to everyone's taste, but when you realise how over the top it is you've got to find it funny. Not everyone's cup of tea, but I liked it.

Saw this on Amazon Prime,. Within five minutes, horror fans will know where this movie is heading, which is typical for most of this genre. What makes horror interesting is the route plan and destination and unfortunately the plan is very obvious with the director taking far too long to get to the crux of the matter. Once there, it gets better and the destination becomes blurred. The acting is pretty good for a 'b' horror movie, the cinematography is far better than I would have expected for this level of movie and I liked the kills. Worth a viewing for horror fans, but contains far too many cliches.