The Babadook
Drama
Horror
A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
Cast
Essie Davis
Amelia Vanek
Noah Wiseman
Samuel Vanek
Hayley McElhinney
Claire
Daniel Henshall
Robbie
Barbara West
Gracie Roach
Ben Winspear
Oskar Vanek
Cathy Adamek
Prue
Craig Behenna
Warren
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2003
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Goodnight Mommy
2015
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