The “Ba-Ba Dook Dook Dook” is coming…and he wants the boy.
IFC Midnight will release the acclaimed hit horror, The Babadook, here in the States on November 28. Before then, the UK will release the boogeyman tale in theaters October 24.
Total Film has the UK trailer that is beyond terrifying. The trailer itself is better than most of the films I’ve seen this year. Watch as the Babadook comes for a little boy, and then take a look at your arms because your hair will be standing straight up. The book? 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.”
