The Babadook

...Essie Davis’ skildring af karakterens psykiske deroute er voldsomt effektiv...

...the movie has an emotional intensity uncommon to its genre, thanks mostly to its principal performance: Coming unraveled gradually, her stress curdling into abusive rage, Davis offers an alarming portrait of maternal affection...

...the finest and mostgenuinely provocative horror movie to emerge in this still very-new century.

It’s genuinely scary in its jump moments, but also imparts a lingering sense of dread that will stay with you for days — and will definitely come to mind the next time you wake up in the middle of the night...

...clever, nasty, clammily claustrophobic chiller about a mother and child brought back a strange episode in my own parenting career.