The Babadook

Directed by Jennifer Kent
Containing Essie Davis

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Part of Modern Cinema: Haunted! @ SFMOMA in Phyllis Wattis Theater, Floor 1

Introduced by Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, film critic for 48 Hills and film programmer for MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS

Director and screenwriter Jennifer Kent tells the story of a woman who, after the brutal death of her husband, tries to help her son overcome his massive fear of monsters, only to be haunted by the Babadook, a top hat–wearing demonic spirit brought out by a sinister children’s book.

94 minutes. Rated R. DCP Print source: IFC Films