Brace yourselves: “ The Babadook ” is back. The beloved horror feature, which marked Australian filmmaker Jennifer Kent ‘s directorial debut, will return to theaters courtesy of IFC Films and Iconic Events Releasing to celebrate its 10-year anniversary. “The Babadook” infamously centers on widow Amelia (Essie Davis) who struggles to parent her 6 year-old son Samuel (Noah Wiseman), especially due to his disturbing outbursts.
Yet when Samuel tells his mother that he’s been dreaming of a murderous monster, it turns out he might be trying to save them both. Enter creepy storybook “The Babadook” and Samuel’s visions just might be stranger than fiction after all. Daniel Henshall, Tim Purcell, amd Tiffany Lyndall-Knight also star in the 2014 indie film that was produced by Kristina Ceyton and Kristian Moliere.
The executive producers were Jan Chapman, Jeff Harrison, Jonathan Page, and Michael Tear. “The Babadook” featured cinematography from Radek Ładczuk and first debuted at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. “The Babadook” opened in theaters in November 2014, and grossed more than $7 million on a $2 million budget.
IndieWire ranked “The Babadook” as the ninth best horror movie of the 21st century. This isn’t the first “The Babadook” re-release, though: distributor IFC Films partnered with Shout Factory for a limited edition Pride Blu-ray release in 2019 , with a portion of the proceeds donated to the Los Angeles LGBT Center. Kent told Entertainme.