The Babadook online
 

I'm looking to pay to watch The Babadook online, but not via amazon or itunes. Does anyone know where else I can pay(to support the film maker) to watch it?

I thought it was on demand (ppv) on xfinity a while back, but I think it gets its wider release on 4/14.

No television/cable tv.

This is certainly the most overhyped horror movies to come down the pike in quite some time. In about a year, most will have forgotten all about The Babadook.

That's where the sequel comes in. To avoid that happening. ::wink::

It should be on M-GO, I've used it a lot.

The Babadook is now streaming on Netflix

Hmm, maybe I should give it a second try then.

I'll be watching it this weekend

Cool, thanks. : )

You're welcome!

Just watched it...Netflix...
And wow.
Really good, suspenseful flick...the Babadook's voice is over the top scary...gave me chills.
All in all, no surprises here, if you have any common sense, you can figure out what the Babadook represents...whether it's real or not, that's up to your opinion...
But the basis, premise of the flick is amazing and I don't think, has been touched on before by cinema.
At least not that I've seen.
Gorgeous presentation/portrait of a mother/widow at her wit's end with grief, loneliness, sexual frustration...
And great cameo of sorts by John Bunting, the killer from Snowtown. I know his name isn't John Bunting, that was the killer, but still...I dunno the actor's name.
Overall, 9 out of 10...just an excellent movie, very well acted.

I'm looking forward to watching this again. If I could only get my wife to watch it with me.

Great movie
 

I had to watch it again, but the babadook is a great movie. Do you think the babadook represents Her grief and all the stress and then she just locks it away or learns how to control it? Australia has had so many great horror movies come out just like wolf creek.

Yes, the babadook is her emotions.

Assholes!!!!! You're supposed to warn me when an animal gets hurt in a movie!!!! ::mad::

::big grin::

I cried! ::sad::

Much agreed with Rawhead! LOVED that creepy voice.
I personally don't know if the Babadook is supposed to be her emotions or an actual bad entity haunting the mother and child, but I like that it's up for the audience to decide. I like it as either since I enjoy a psychological thriller or a spook story.

I don't even remember an animal getting killed.

But don't tell me. It's probably for the best.

She snapped the dog's next when she got possessed by the Babadook.

Weird...I don't remember that at all.

I haven't seen it in forever so idk what the fuck i'm talking about ::smile::

I'm not doubting you, sweetie, I don't even remember an animal being hurt on Babadook.

I'm pretty sure the dog gets killed towards the end

Good memory, Horcrux.

It wasn't a graphic death. Mostly sounds and leg twitches, and you could tell when the body hit the floor that it was fake. That should put the animal lover's minds somewhat at ease (as one myself, it wasn't that bad).

I found the Babadook pretty good. I appreciated that it wasn't the typical "possessed kid with a desperate mother" kind of movie. Subverting that narrative was what made this movie interesting.

Even though that kid grated on my nerves the entire time.

Also at the end they show the dog underground and the mom planting flowers on top of it.

I couldn't resist, I watched this again last night. Still great the second time around.

So I have this weird idea about the movie after watching it. I wasn't a huge fan, but it's grown on me a bit. Obviously I'm going to be talking spoilers here so a fair warning to anyone who happens upon this and hasn't seen it.

I think the Babadook could represent any number of conditions she suffers from, but for me it seems like severe, clinical depression. Having suffered from it all my life myself, she had all the hallmark symptoms (with some obvious flair added in to make the movie more horrific). Namely, not feeling connected to those around her, not feeling joy in the things she does anymore (most obvious in how she interacted with her son), insomnia, lack of energy, and just the sadness of her life. The way the people in her life pushed her away too is something that rang very true to me, even family members will not want to be around you.

Now her snapping and seeing the Babadook could have been brought on by any number of these symptoms causing too much stress.

For me the most interesting analogy to depression being the Babadook is at the end when she feeds it worms every morning to keep it locked up. A lot of people seem to think the ending is strange. "OMG, like WTF" is what I've heard in response to the ending. But the worms are a stand in for the morning medicine a lot of us clinical depressives have to take, lol. Feed the monster its meds and it stays locked up. Hell, the meds themselves are so stigmatized when people find out you take them they act like you eat a bowl of nasty worms for breakfast sometimes or that you're that sick.

I may be way off, but it seemed like a pretty clear allegory to me. Anyway, it was interesting in this lens for me. I wonder what the films creator would have to say on it.

I like that analysis. I think it's a good theory.

I too didn't mind the ending. Whatever the symbolism is, clearly she has chosen not to rid herself of the monster, but rather to hide and appease it.

The Babadook SECRETS REVEALED!
 

This movie's ending left me scratching my head over its meaning, and I watched it two more times... I was intrigued to the point that it inspired me to make a whole YouTube video series analyzing the hidden themes in movies. (I also analyzed Splinter (2008) here.)

Check it out below! I teased out some subtle details you may have missed, even on repeat viewings & I pitch my own theory that nothing supernatural happens in The Babadook and everything in this movie can be explained by natural means:

The Babadook SECRETS REVEALED!--Video Analysis

What did you think of the movie? What's your theory on the Babadook's identity or origins?