I read the reviews and the rating before I decided to give this film a chance. Maybe I should have watched the trailer, but it seems the latter was good, so it might have been misled as well. The movie isn't so bad but it definitely ins't worth its current 7.0 rating. The acting performance is pretty good (especially the Mom) but the storyline is at best déjà vu or cliché, not the least bit chilling anyway. Tis is definitely not a horror film. I rather consider it to be dark fantasy, which won't appeal to everybody for sure. Yet I really don't understand the big hype around The Babadook. I don't think it should be bashed either, but the current ratings & high number of positive comments certainly don't reflect the reality. I had the same feeling about The Cabin In The Woods, which also had 7+ ratings by 15k users at some point, but whose plot was so messy it didn't make any sense. I wonder what's up with IMDb ratings these days. When I see this film get praised mostly as a physchological thriller, I still wonder how come it gets better ratings than a film such as Derailed (also a psychological thriller) which is much better in comparison.
Review of The Babadook
