#NewOnNetflix Pick Of The Week – Babadook

I love Netflix, this online buffet of all-you-can-eat movies and shows is amazing.  So because of that and the fact I spend more time with Netflix than my wife and child I’m going to start offering a weekly recommendation. So here we go…just released this week on Netflix UK is the brilliantly inventive Babadook. If you like a good horror movie then I heartily suggest you check it out. I previously wrote a review that you can read in full here, but for now here’s the most relevant excerpt –

The story of Babadook concerns a mother and son who live on their own after the son’s father died in an accident as he took her to the hospital to give birth.  The father’s death anniversary  is approaching and the child has the mother run ragged.  He builds weapons, is boisterous, gets into trouble at school and the mother looks like she just doesn’t know what to do with him anymore.  One day when she is trying to get the kid to sleep he brings her a book to read, the book is called Mr. Babadook.  A scary black shadow of a man who once you let in you can never get rid of.  And that is about as much of the story as is worth knowing at this point, although there’s not really too much that can be told that would ruin the film.  It’s not that kind of ‘depends on a twist’ kind of film.