We’re pretty excited that we were the ones behind the internet going bananas over the new trailer for The Babadook, opening here in the States on November 28. Before then, the UK will release the boogeyman tale in theaters October 24, which is why we now have a second trailer that most sites have yet to come across!
The previous trailer was beyond terrifying and the new one delivers even more chills. The book mentioned? Well, you’ll be able to read it soon by clicking here.
Written and directed by Jennifer Kent, The Babadook has terrified audiences since it premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival (read our review).
In it, “Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her ‘out of control’ 6-year-old, Samuel (Noah Wiseman), a son she finds impossible to love. Samuel’s dreams are plagued by a sinister monster he believes is coming to kill them both.
When a disturbing storybook called ‘The Babadook’ turns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that ‘The Babadook’ is the creature he’s been dreaming about. His hallucinations spiral out of control and as he becomes more unpredictable and violent, Amelia is genuinely frightened by her son’s behaviour.
But when Amelia begins to see glimpses of a sinister presence all around her, it slowly dawns on her that the thing Samuel has been warning her about may be real.”
