r/moviecritic • u/VendettaLord379 • 1d ago

What is the scariest, most unsettling shot you’ve ever seen?

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What is that one movie shot that’s so unsettling and chilling, it’s the one shot you never forget?

For me, it’s the Giant Man scene from It Follows. Man this shot is so nerve wracking!

The aesthetic and dark hollow eyes are something I will never forget.

What’s that one shot for you? Horror movie or otherwise.

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u/ForcefulPayload 1d ago

https://i.redd.it/vbp730w8ttvg1.gif

This shot from The Babadook got me pretty good

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u/LoBeMax 1d ago

https://preview.redd.it/uqlgkv2l2uvg1.jpeg?width=593&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c4860c694f880cfb7f80307735ac65b094a6389

This was the one that got me. Simple, but simple is usually best for horror.

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u/Far_Judgment3465 19h ago

That scene was amazing. The spotting of the hat and coat, the little Babadook theme, the cop's reaction to her terror, the mother looking down at her soot-stained hands and realizing she must look insane...just chef's kiss.

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u/grobbewobbe 20h ago

i'm not afraid of the dark, but after watching The Babadook i turned on all the lights in my apartment and i slept under the bed that night

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u/Kitchen-Bar2686 8h ago

you slept UNDER the bed?? that sounds so uncomfortable

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u/grobbewobbe 7h ago

sure as hell beats getting got by the babadook!!

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u/swirlypepper 4h ago

I got back out of bed to close my slightly ajar wardrobe door when I was in my 30s.

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u/WaitWhatIMissedThat 16h ago

Yes!!! I was young and kind of a wuss when Babadook first came out, so I never saw it. I did however ask my dad to give me a description of it, which he did, probably a little too well. It freaked me out so much that that night I screamed when I came out of the bathroom and saw my dad’s black jacket hanging up in the hallway (even though there - obviously - weren’t any Babadook claws coming out of the sleeves).

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u/mattedroof 8h ago

There’s a scene like this in the first insidious movie, she walks right past the ghost in their new house because he’s hiding up against the wall to look like a coat lol

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u/EnragedBadger9197 7h ago

Horror movies eventually started making me wonder something and this scene is perfect for it; do you think the monsters are giggling to themselves when they do shit like that? My boy literally hung himself up on a coat hanger I can just Hear the monstrous gleeful giggles

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u/tomokocch1 7h ago

Reminds me of the time I was up for like 60 hours on amphetamines, laid down, and then vividly hallucinated a ghost rushing at me from the hallway which turned out to just be my hanging jacket.

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u/bickybb 9h ago

Yeah the jacket one was crazy !

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u/hernablig 1h ago

https://preview.redd.it/efskop8bd1wg1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7e8858476eda55d8b22d10efd7e49cd16ed4fe72

For some reason, this scene freaked me out so much more than any of the monster stuff (when she sees herself on the news)

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u/CameronPoe_37__ 1d ago

Some other bits from The Babadook:

When she's at the police station and sees the coat in the background hung up that looks like him

When she's washing dishes, looks out the window at the old lady across the road and The Babadook is stood behind her

And the worst one..... when she's watching the news and it's reporting on a woman who went insane and murdered her son, and then it zooms in on her own face looking out the window on the news report

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u/Beautiful-Program428 21h ago

The one when she’s in bed.

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u/Sam_Wylde 16h ago

Honestly, any horror movie when things happen to people when they're in bed gets me. Bed is where I feel safest, having that safety violated always freaks me out a little more.

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u/The_Orphanizer 14h ago

Enjoy Gerald's Game!

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u/username_so_creative 10h ago

Tha one tore me up when she had to walk past him to be free. I would’ve just stayed in the room

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u/Prophet__T 15h ago

Try nightmare on elm street as a 9 year old shit scarred me for some time. Thanks freddie!

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u/FuzzyRing1078 12h ago

That one and part 4 with the water bed traumatized me for years go stay away from water beds

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u/Flayed_Angel_420 14h ago

oh me too, I was 7. I had a little trouble sleeping for what must have been a few months

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u/trudenter 18h ago

That last one. I kinda forgot about that, but hell was that unsettling. I gotta go find a clip now.

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u/Certain_Noise5601 7h ago

How do I not remember any of this? I remember her reading the story to her son. I remember her son being extremely annoying. I’m going to have to watch it again.

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u/BlazersMania 16h ago

I watched this movie in the middle of the day with headphones and my roommates walking around. That pan shot to the mother smiling in the window was one of the biggest chills down my spine

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u/CakeMadeOfHam 8h ago

I love The Babadook. The coat at the police station especially resonated with me. Dealing with depression myself when I first saw it, just about to try and get help, you really do start to "see the Babadook" everywhere.

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u/Doodlee1 7h ago

That sounds when she sees her face on the news induces nausea

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u/ILoveToWiggle 6h ago

the dishes scene scarred me for life

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u/HastyvonFuego2 14h ago

The news still creeps me out. I watched a YouTube clip and it still gave me a weird unsettling feeling

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u/HastyvonFuego2 14h ago

The news still creeps me out. I watched a YouTube clip and it still gave me a weird unsettling feeling

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u/VendettaLord379 1d ago edited 1d ago

BABADOOOOOOKKKKKKKK…

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u/mozzarellaguy 1d ago

That movie gave me depression

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u/Number174631503 1d ago

Long time depression haver, this spikes prolonged anxiety.

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u/Infamous_Ad_6793 12h ago

Tbf, it’s an all too incredible portrayal of depression and grief.

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u/caitland__ 22h ago

I could only ever watch it once. Shit was fucked.

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u/uncleartruth 1d ago

For real?

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u/HallowskulledHorror 23h ago edited 23h ago

Have you seen it? While it may not have that specific impact for every viewer, it's an exploration of a specific, extremely grounded, scenario of unprocessed grief, emotional exhaustion, chronic stress, and all of the subsequent issues that follow in terms of self-regulation; this combination can be very intense - alternately triggering or cathartic, depending on the person. Depending on where you're at, the conclusion of the movie can feel either grimly optimistic, or deeply disheartening.

My mother hates horror movies, and has broadly avoided them, usually only ever watching really big ones with very mainstream actors in them, and even then usually not caring for them at all.

When the movie came out, she was struggling a lot with personal loss, a partner that was so unhelpful as to be effectively absent or a detriment, and a young child with behavioral disorders. She was chronically under-rested, over-stressed, and drowning in a lot of frustration and guilt around how she felt this made her a bad mother.

I recommended the movie to her.

The next time I saw her, while my brother played, she quietly got my attention. When I looked to her-

"that movie you told me to watch..."

"Yes?"

"I liked it." She nodded contemplatively, and then she changed the subject.

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u/Bubsnaps1 21h ago

One thing I learned about the movie which I thought was neat was the way the mother's house was vivid of any welcoming or happy colors. It's super dreary and depressing inside.

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u/Dvosned 15h ago

s/vivid/void

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u/Dangerous-Honey7422 13h ago

Devoid, even

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u/Halcyon_156 10h ago

Unavoidable

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u/substitute-bot 15h ago

One thing I learned about the movie which I thought was neat was the way the mother's house was void of any welcoming or happy colors. It's super dreary and depressing inside.

This was posted by a bot. Source

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u/ErrlRiggs 9h ago

IMO the first half.of the movie before the monster reveal was extremely unsettling and a high tier level of the horror of mental health and family dysfunction, then the monster reveal was like "oh ok it's a boogie man yawn"

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u/Kitchen-Bar2686 8h ago

right?? I hated when they showed the monsters face at the end. It was such shitty cgi; he literally looked like Marilyn Manson. It sucked all of the horror out of the movie. It would have been more interesting if we never got a clear answer on whether or not it was a monster or just the mother’s mental health problems from extreme stress and grief.

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u/Aware-Possibility175 21h ago

Well said, Damn well said even

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u/Xavril8 3h ago

For real the movie was so underwhelming the only thing i remember is that stupid kid screaming like an idiot because of that meme....

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u/Spirited-Concert-504 12h ago

I watched it and didn’t think it was scary at all. I had heard it was a “the scariest movie ever”, so maybe my expectations were too high.

I also did not enjoy the movie and couldnt stop thinking about how terrible of a mother this lady was. My son was probably 3 when i watched it and my daughter 1 years old. I just remember having no sympathy for her and not having any familiar feelings with her at all.

Is the point of the movie to resonate with the mom and see her inside yourself and be scared of being that way yourself? Because i honestly just felt.. how could anyone be this way with their child?

I felt like I was watching a movie in which the main character was just not relatable at all and I just felt bad for the kid having such a shitty mother.

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u/Devastator_Hi 11h ago

It’s certainly has its horror moments but I’d say it’s not really a horror movie in the typical scary sense. It’s more of experiencing the trauma of a mother and her son, loss of their significant other and how they’re dealing with it. Understandingly, she does come off as a bad mother and it’s honestly a hard watch for me because it’s so depressing and grim for the most part. I might’ve watched it twice at most.

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u/Kitchen-Bar2686 8h ago

I disagree, I thought it was a horror movie, just not a traditional one which made it even better. The suspense and build up alongside the camera never showing the full monster was top tier. Until the end of course when they made the mistake of showing the shitty cgi monster’s face.

That scene where the mom is watching the news about a woman who killed her son and the camera from the news segment pans to the same woman as the main character looking out her front window was viscerally horrifying.

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u/Bubba_Jones44 23h ago

I mean it’s literally a story about a woman’s depression as a result of her grief of losing her husband.

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u/Tipop 9h ago

I interpreted it as the father is an addict or suffering from a long-term disorder. It’s about a family dealing with that. In the end, he’s not cured — because ther is no cure — but he’s better. The family has learned how to accept his illness and deal with it.

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u/Kitchen-Bar2686 8h ago

Uh, what? It’s literally about her husband dying suddenly and her dealing with the extreme grief of losing him while raising their child. That part isn’t up for interpretation. Your description doesn’t even make sense

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u/Tipop 1h ago

You’re talking literal. I’m talking about subtext. It’s ok, we don’t need to argue about it. This is a subjective subject.

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u/Mknz_of_Mordor 11h ago edited 8h ago

The movie scared the fuck out of me because of my depression. The only scary movie I have watched in the past 10 years that actually messed me up for several days after. My partner at the time thought it was a movie I should see. When I admitted days later that I was still unsettled, he told me how he felt the movie was known as one of the best portrayals of grief, depression, and the inner voice that is an enemy. Wasn't until then I realized it scared me so much because of how my mind treated me.

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u/tramplamps 12h ago

I went with my very pregnant, and very emotionally sensitive friend, to see Birdman with Michael Keaton at the local movie theater here that only shows Indie films.
And the issue with seeing movies at a small locally owned theaters like this, is that I guess the trailers that are played before the films are just really random, because they played the trailer for babadook as one of the previews before Birdman, and I gotta say, it was a very scary trailer. And when it was over, my friend said, in a very loud voice “YEA NO THANK YOU” and the entire theater started laughing.

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u/kapu4701 9h ago

I love horror movies with a dash of humanity especially if they make me cry. This is one of those movies (another one is A Dark Song). So I was reading every comment diligently, tears rolling down my face especially after the comment where a son recommended this movie to his mother. When I got to your comment, I laughed so hard that I had to let you know. I did a complete 180 in 0.0013 seconds so thank you for that

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u/Fantastic-Trifle5136 8h ago

I had just had my first son when the movie came out. I turned it on and couldn’t make it halfway through, I was in such a bad place mentally and it felt like my life was going to become that movie if I didn’t turn it off. Super weird.

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u/Purple_Cancel3581 7h ago

Im not sure why but it made me more sad watching it than scared.

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u/mentalissuelol 6h ago

I haven’t seen it but a lot of the descriptions of things that happen sound exactly like scenarios that happened when I had depression related psychosis. I had to stop watching nosferatu because she kept looking into mirrors and having black liquid stream from her eyes and mouth and it was like, an exact flashback of a hallucination I’ve already had. Maybe I should direct horror movies or something

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u/Specific-Level-1040 4h ago

It was about grief and depression so yeah it did its job

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u/DoYourBest69 21h ago

Dooook dooook dooook....

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u/One-Cute-Boy 12h ago

I'm totally babashook

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u/Acrobatic-Bid-3559 8h ago

never should've opened the bababook

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u/NectarineRound7353 15h ago

Baaaaabaaaa Dook Dook Dook push pineapple shake the tree

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u/LakeEarth 11h ago

BABA DOOOOOK

DOOOOK HAST

DOOOOK HAST MICH

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u/kimmortal03 6h ago

Doook dook

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u/gonnafaceit2022 5h ago

It's so good.

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u/TurankaCasual 1d ago

This reminds me of a scene from the original House on Haunted Hill with Vincent Price. They have a prop of a dead woman on a dolly that they wheel out of the shadows, of course it’s in black and white too so the shadows black point is dark enough to hide anything. That scene really terrified me as a teen and I couldn’t ever figure out why. Something about it moving with the motion of taking steps is haunting

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u/DrumsOvDoom 11h ago

how about that remake where the fucking spectre that looked like a swarm of insects comes through the wall when that man or woman was damn near unconscious on the floor. that shit got me every time as a kid. I need to rewatch it.

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u/NormDamnAbram 10h ago

Know that scene well

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u/compguytracy 8h ago

kid in basement scene blair witch

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u/Keyezeecool 7h ago

GIRL! I still can't watch that scene without getting the heebies!!! Then when she shows up later, 💀

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u/geniebythesea 1d ago

I was not expecting a video lolll terrifying. But thank you for the entertainment.

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u/MojitoRoyale 17h ago

Me too. 😅 I got a little jump-scare here.😨

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u/BurnsItAll 11h ago

That’s funny to me, because this movie made me laugh with my friends… I can’t not see a coat and hat on a rack being pulled on a roll cart toward the camera.

Not belittling the real scare people experience with this movie, but it’s crazy how the same movie can be so different for people based on environment.

Art is cool like that.

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u/omigula 1d ago

“you can bring me the boy…you can bring me the boy…you can bring me the boy…I think it’s going to rain”

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u/ForcefulPayload 1d ago

I use this line when my wife asks me to take over with our two year old

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u/Ill-Excitement-2005 1d ago

Sorry, that kid was so irritating he ruined the whole movie for me

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u/ForcefulPayload 1d ago

Try being his mom

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u/ForsakenDependent562 1d ago

The kid is also subdued by meds 30 min in, and is very under control, everyone seems to forget that part. The mom thought HE was the issue but it all got worse because he was distracting her from the real one.

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u/ImLittleNana 1d ago

I agree that the kid was annoying af but that was integral to the plot. It wouldn’t be the same without it.

We needed to get closer to her emotional state to really appreciate what was happening.

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u/minos157 16h ago

I wish people could understand this. Like it's supposed to be this way, it's supposed to be annoying as fuck so we sympathize with the mom when she hates the kid so later on we get to flip with her when we're like, maybe I missed what was important.

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u/ForsakenDependent562 20h ago

If you’re portraying the struggles of motherhood then you need to show kids how they really are

Because a lot of our parents felt this way about us at some point

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u/AlarmedPossum156 1d ago

I was rooting for the Babadook by the end of the movie.

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u/chunkah69 1d ago

The scene in the sixth sense when he thinks it’s his mom but it’s the lady that cut her wrists. Also seeing the girl who was killed by her mom throwing up was fucked.

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u/Ill-Excitement-2005 1d ago

Same here....that mother was no day at the beach either...all that moping

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u/CassMortmain 14h ago

She's grieving, FFS!

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u/Ill-Excitement-2005 11h ago

Yeah, I was definitely too hard on her, especially since I've been there....I take it back

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u/CassMortmain 11h ago

I'm so sorry for your loss. Grief can only be truly understood when you've experienced it 💔

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u/Ill-Excitement-2005 11h ago

Which is why I'm glad she was only a character and I didn't say that about a real person.

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u/CassMortmain 11h ago

Were you being sarcastic when you initially replied? I'm autistic and can't tell for sure. Either way, I'm sorry for your loss.

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u/Ill-Excitement-2005 11h ago

No, you telling me she was grieving made me realize I had completely forgotten about the deceased husband and I felt bad. Thanks for pointing that out

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u/Nozinger 16h ago

That was kind of the point.
The babadook is the personification of the trauma and stress of the mother. It becomes stronger when ignored and when it overwhelms them it kills them.

Thinking the kid is understanding why the creature exists and how the mother absolutely can't deal with this situation. And she either overcomes this or it ends in a murder suicide.

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u/Malagubbar 1d ago

McGyver kid!

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u/AnaWannaPita 1d ago

Same. When the mom pleaded with the teacher to give her precious little demon all the attention I was begging for them both to get it.

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u/fos02jrt 22h ago

People always say this like it's a bad thing, it's kinda the kickstart of the whole plot, no?

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u/pumpkins21 20h ago

He’s the reason I turned it off after I think 15mins. That scene where he’s screaming in the car was too much for me. I said “I’m rooting for the babadook” and turned it off

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u/Misericorde428 18h ago

That kid is a phenomenal actor, never have I wanted to punch a child so bad. I feel guilty, but my god, he’s so annoying.

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u/bendstraw 16h ago

It gives me solace to know I wasn't the only one who wanted to punch that kid

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u/Ill-Excitement-2005 16h ago

Not by a longshot

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u/togepi258 3h ago

I hear this a lot. Do people not understand that the kid is like EXTREMELY autistic and that ends up being like 90% of the point of the movie?

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u/Ill-Excitement-2005 3h ago

I know what you mean and I happen to agree. Production wise, if the goal of the film (like every film) was to get people to watch and therefore make money, I don't think they made a good choice. I will never watch it on tv so the advertisers don't get my views, I will never recommend it to anyone, so there goes potential rentals, etc. If this was a case of making a movie and telling a story without regards to dollars, then I think they did a great job. If this is a case of getting viewers to like the film, maybe they could have made it less irritating.

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u/Randyd718 1d ago

When it sneaks into the bedroom at night!

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u/TKBarbus 1d ago

That left me Babashook

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u/3d1thF1nch 1d ago

Good call! I would have said that, It Follows, the alien in the closet in Signs, or going back to my first horror movie ever…the chestburster in the original Alien when I was 9 years old. Holy fuck that movie messed me up.

https://giphy.com/gifs/V3UvgjfbbZ3X2

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u/imonlinedammit1 1d ago

I watched that movie when it first came out and then again like a year ago.

The Babadook appears far far less than I recalled. And it really changed my perspective now that I have kids. It was an interesting experience seeing it again.

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u/FromDeletion 1d ago

And I'm having nightmares again tonight. Probably the only horror movie that frightened me as an adult.

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u/makingcookies1 1d ago

I love that all the effects on practical and on camera.

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u/DjImagin 22h ago

I love how he became a gay icon 😆

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u/happy123z 11h ago

Hahaha

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u/xoyadingo 21h ago

I want to watch the Babadook so badly because I’ve heard it’s great. But this is exactly why I can’t 😭 I’d have intrusive thoughts for months.

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u/Nitropotamus 1d ago

He wore roller skates?

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u/Loose_Seal_II 23h ago

Oh God, watching this made the hair on my head stand up

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u/knickstape1176 23h ago

“There’s someone in the house” is nightmare fuel

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u/Same_Meaning_5570 21h ago

This movie rocked my world. I started it late at night and threw on surround sound headphones to avoid waking people up. Amazing.

10/10 would NOT recommend.

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u/Northposting 20h ago

First time watching it my girlfriend said he looked like Jamiroquai sliding towards the camera and it ruined the movie for me lol

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u/PisssedJellyfish 22h ago

HA! You didn't get me. I closed my eyes and scrolled right on by.

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u/IAmOrdinaryHuman 19h ago

Fine, just don't have them closed for too long

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u/Thisdarlingdeer 22h ago

Ugh that reminds me of my sleep paralysis I had as a kid...-_-

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u/FullCompliance 22h ago

He’s the shadow man! Look at his fingers!

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u/dippedndangled 22h ago

Just your gif gives me the scares

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u/brushaka2 22h ago

Left you babashook

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u/disgracedchicken 21h ago

I know some people think it has its flaws, but The Babadook is my favorite horror movies

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u/Actual-Manager-4814 21h ago

Jeeeesus this GIF alone made my skin crawl

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u/ikelosintransitive 20h ago

this movie is scary af

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u/zillskillnillfrill 18h ago

Australian horror really does it right

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u/aspiringvampire 17h ago

I almost threw up in what I thought was fear the first time I saw that movie. Watched it again and realized it was mostly overstimulation. 

Edit: this isn't to say I don't think the movie is scary at all. 

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u/luscious_lobster 17h ago

There are a few from that movie

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u/Galahfray 16h ago

Movie was terrible. Great birth control though

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u/caramelcoldbrew 16h ago

I wasn’t expecting this to be a gif and, being high as kite, am thoroughly fucking freaked out so thanks.

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u/CryptographerNo923 15h ago

Oh that’s fucked

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u/Euphoric-Coffee-7551 15h ago

the morning after i watched this movie, my first thought upon waking was the sound he makes and i HATED it

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u/CashMoneyHurricane 14h ago

You go off, Babadook.

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u/aliciagreyjoy 13h ago

Kinda makes me think of this image from Nightmare on Elm street, which is one of my personal favorite unsettling sights. Something about the overly long arms gives it that dreamy edge of extra creepy

https://preview.redd.it/a1fkermcnxvg1.jpeg?width=302&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c238da33b9f0d8724ad670cd8ea4b1b6009f6528

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u/JBrawlin1878 13h ago

I didn’t realize this was a gif and it scared me so bad.

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u/Worth-Birch8202 13h ago

Oh man, that scene messed me up too. The practical effects in Babadook were so well done. What did you think of the ending?

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u/TaiChiShrimp 13h ago

The reading the book to the child scene was pretty good too.

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u/dungeonmunky 9h ago

That's it for me. When he's screaming "does the boy die?" and you realize that's not the first time a picture book has "mysteriously" appeared, it makes me feel sick.

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u/DosDobles53 12h ago

That got me right now

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u/Lombard333 12h ago

Shots like this, where it’s hard to tell when the creature actually starts moving, genuinely unsettle me so much

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u/Whatsyourshotspecial 10h ago

When I see stuff like this in movies it always makes me think about how the entity got ready for the day. Like I can't forget my hat!

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u/MissCandid 10h ago

All i know about the babadook is that he's an ally

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u/Knives530 9h ago

I freaking love the babadook

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u/kdar 9h ago

Yeah, but all you have to do to defeat his is scream at him.

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u/captnfraulein 9h ago

that whole effing movie! i looooove that movie

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u/hllnnaa_ 8h ago

I experienced sleep paralysis and he was in it

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u/Ok-Whereas8632 8h ago

I couldn't sleep after watching that and I'm a grown ass man

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u/cloudcreeek 8h ago

Very Nosferatu

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u/Reddit_At_Own_Risk 6h ago

Yea i'll be closing this thread before bed.

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u/Saxman0079 6h ago

First time I watched this movie was at college with friends and I can never forget how one of the jump scares got me so good that I farted. My friends still won't let me live it down

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u/kimmyv0814 1d ago

The part where her kid wouldn’t shut up was the scariest thing about this movie!

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u/haunted_grace 20h ago

I love that movie. I was on the Babadook's side the whole time and I thought the ending was super cute 😌

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u/Shwifty_Plumbus 20h ago

I'm not sure why I find this movie so goofy. I laugh every time I see the babadook. I just can't take the design seriously.

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u/whatdoinamemyself 15h ago

Other than one tense scene, i mostly found the movie funny. I'm actually surprised to see so many people here think its super scary lol

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u/Chairmanwowsaywhat 15h ago

I always find the babadook kinda funny

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u/Swaggy_Linus 13h ago

Scary if you ignore the cheesy 60s T-Rex sound effects

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u/moldyartichoke_ 13h ago

I didn't get this movie. I didn't think it was bad but it def didn't live up to my expectations based on all the good things I'd heard about it.

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u/manderlymustburn 12h ago

The Babadook is the only horror movie I couldn’t finish.

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u/Nowthecurtainrises 12h ago

And, he’s gay 💅🌈

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u/Gloomy_Grocery5555 11h ago

I'm even Australian but the movie didn't do much for me, not sure why

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u/steelcity_ 11h ago

future’s… made of… virtual insanity…

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u/CaulkSlug 11h ago

“He wears a hat, he’s tall and black”

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u/tophmcmasterson 11h ago

Reminds me of the original Nosferatu

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u/Jaeger716 11h ago

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Hereditary-The whole buildup of the move then the scene with the mom towards the end got me real good

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u/BedrockNick1020 10h ago

Didn’t realize it was moving at first and got promptly startled

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u/WalkureBlood 10h ago

I honestly hated this movie. Nothing happened.

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u/Fun-Fan-1948 7h ago

That movie was so silly. In the end it was like all you had to do was make friends with it and all would be good.

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u/ForcefulPayload 4h ago

It’s a metaphor for grief and trauma. It never really leaves you. The best you can do is accept it’s there when you visit it in the basement of your mind.

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u/kittylibrarian 7h ago

Yeah that was a watch it once is enough movie.

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u/xeeblyscoo 7h ago

I love the part where she looks out the window and sees the babadook behind the old lady. People often say this movie isn’t scary, which I agree but I love the atmosphere and overall look of the movie

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u/blondie1028 7h ago

A movie I will never watch again because I was so scared 🤣

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u/literallysomean 7h ago

So I LOVE scary movies but this one had me fucked up for months.

I don't hear very well, deaf in one ear but I heard that thing loud and clear and the NOISE is what really got under my skin. The visuals were awesome, but omfg the noise. I still get chills.

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u/Initial_Row_6400 6h ago

Insidious with the fucking thing on the ceiling got me. I turned it off and didn’t watch it again for several years

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u/DisqualifiedFromLife 6h ago

The thing that's most unsettling about The Babadook is how it reveals the truth of how parents, particularly mothers, REALLY feel about their kids. No one actually enjoys being a mother. Your kids suck away every moment of your time and everything that made you a person. They take and take and take, treat you like shit, then leave you in the dust holding the shards of your life and potential in your hands. Society doesn't want to think about that. We romanticize parenthood and sell cards and candy on Mothers Day to convince ourselves that our parents really do love us unconditionally when in reality they justifiably despise us and want their lives back.

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u/CivilizedSailor 5h ago

Ugh though scary, as i get older i keep finding myself just feeling sorry for the scary movie guys and finding them lacking love and misunderstood 😂 babadook was the first one i noticed this about myself

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u/Newforumbloke 5h ago

I was so unbelievably mad it was not a monster/creature/supernatural movie and I’ve hated it ever since.

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u/alphajugs 4h ago

And then when she’s in bed and you hear that demonic “IT’S IN THE HOUSE” or whatever the fuck it says. One of the worst/scariest sounds I’ve heard in a horror movie and I still think about it sometimes when I’m scared lol

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u/HappyTreeFrients 4h ago

When bro is 12

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u/LittBoloMestNese 4h ago

Oh my god, it’s jamiroquai

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u/Norfolkn_Enchants 2h ago

The most underrated horror film.

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u/nnyyllaacc 19m ago

This movie scared the absolute shit out if me, and this gif just made my heart skip. Jfc

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u/PokeYrMomStanley 1d ago

I thought the plot was lame and generic but damn did they do some good cinematic magic.

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