Babadook, The (2014)

"If it's in a word or it's in a look, you can't get rid of The Babadook..."
HORROR OF THE YEAR 2014 undoubtably
unless its Under the Skin which
1. is not horror by definition, though i got it to be more horror or fantastic than SF
2. it's basically 2013 as it premiered in Venice Film Fest in the Fall 2013
:)
also it's # 3 The Babadook on NME's list of movies of 2014, numa ca sa fie un trei :)
and wow, The Babadook e regizat de o femeie ! australianca Jennifer Kent, totodata debut !
cel mai creepy copil pe ecran in a looooong time (Samuel-Noah Wiseman), si o performanta feminina la superlativ-Essie Davis -Oscar in a fair world !
Repulsion (Polanski) and Possession (Zulawski) come to mind, minus The Exorcist citat in film, chiar se putea si fara, pt ca e un caz de clear insanity ! Bits of Orphanage (Bayone) si The Canal la feminin. Cartea din film este si ea un exemplu de cum se poate crea suspans si creepiness prin mijloace simple !
sper sa nu e faca remakeul in SUA but most surely they will.
a low-budget gem that'll become a genuine horror classic.

am auzit de Babadook pe la inceputul verii cind sapam dupa filme pentru Dracula # 2 dar ceea ce m-a convins sa il vad a fost pitch-ul lui William Friedkin si desi Billy zice ca e pe lista lui de most frightening horrors, alaturi de Alien, Diabolique si Psycho !!!
William Friedkin ✔ @WilliamFriedkin
I've never seen a more terrifying film than THE BABADOOK.
It will scare the hell out of you as it did me.
4:14 AM - 1 Dec 2014

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Dar trebuie vazut ca si in cazul spaniolului Mama (2013) cu scurt metrajul original din 2008, aici un filmulet alb negru din 2005 care a declansat o "facere" de 9 nu luni ci ani -seee ;) ?
aici pe vimeo: monster by Jennifer kent, in b and w, 2005

Monster - Jennifer Kent from Jennifer Kent on Vimeo.

sau
http://vimeo.com/39042148
mi-a adus aminte de Kitchen Sink, un scurt metraj vazut in Danemarca in 1995, dar din 1989, de Alison Maclean

4 din 5, 8 din 10 !