Tag: thebabadook
CENSOR Interview: Prano Bailey-Bond Talks Video Nasties and Horror As a Cathartic Experience
Director Prano Bailey-Bond's acclaimed horror film is now streaming on Hulu.
Now on Blu-ray: THE BABADOOK Begs to Be Let Into Your Home As a Limited Edition From Second Sight Films
“If it's in a word, or it’s in a look you can't get rid of the Babadook … BabadoooOOOOk!” That’s right, gather your kids for a cosy bedtime story because Mr. Babadook is back in town! On second thought, don’t...
RELIC Interview: Director Natalie Erika James on Her Deeply Personal Horror Film
In Relic, now playing in Mexican theaters thanks to Tulip Pictures, Kay (Emily Mortimer) and her daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) travel from Melbourne to Creswick, Australia, after being notified by the police of the disappearance of Edna (Robyn Nevin), the...
THE BABADOOK And PREDESTINATION Win Big At Australia's AACTAs
Two festival and fantastic film favorites from last year, Jennifer Kent's The Babadook and The Spierig Brothers' Predestination, took home a bit of hardware at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. Jennifer Kent's The Babadook took home the top...
Best Of 2014: Todd's Top New Directors To Watch
With the year wrapped up one of my favorite exercises is not just to look back over the best films of the previous year but also to look forward - to ask which directors may have emerged in the past...
Sitges 2014: I ORIGINS, THE BABADOOK, CUB, And Many More Take Home Festival Awards
Mike Cahill's sci-fi drama I Origins picked up the award for best feature film at Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantastic de Catalunya this year. Many other ScreenAnarchy favorites took home awards or received acclaim, including What We Do In...
Toronto After Dark 2014: The Alphabet, Time Travel And Various Undead Things Highlight First Wave
As we mourn the loss of summer, once the dust has settled here in Toronto in a couple of weeks time, all eyes turn to the Toronto After Dark Film Festival in October. Toronto After Dark is one of our...
Lund 2014: THE GUEST, V/H/S: VIRAL And THE BABADOOK In First Wave
The Lund International Fantastic Film Festival will celebrate its twentieth anniversary this year! That is a lot of time giving the folks in Lund, Sweden a good dose of international fantastic cinema each year. It's once again time for Scandinavia's leading...
Spectrefest 2014: THE GUEST To Open And THE BABADOOK To Close
Spectrefest, the genre festival put on by Elijah Wood and his partners at Spectrevision, has announced its program for its second year. In partnership with Cinefamily, the program has been spread out over two months starting next Thursday, September 4, with...
Film 4 FrightFest 2014: Watch The Day Three Video Diary
More goodies from FrightFest TV on all things gory, ghouly, ghostly and gangly. Yes, it's day three of FrightFest 2014, with coverage and interviews for The Harvest, The Babadook, The Sleeping Room, Starry Eyes, Digging Up The Marrow, plus a...
New Directors/New Films 2014 Offers Promising New Talents and Unique Visions From Across the Globe
The 43rd edition of New Directors/New Films, screening at The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art through March 30, once again offers a strong slate of distinctive, emerging voices from around the globe. Click through...
Sundance 2014: IFC Midnight Nabs Aussie Horror THE BABADOOK
No doubt a high point for many of us ScreenAnarchistss at Sundance, Jennifer Kent's storybook monster turned real monster tale The Babadook also caught on with much of the Park City audience. Which means it was only going to be...
Sundance 2014 Review: THE BABADOOK Is A Promising Debut From An Obvious New Talent
Australian writer-director Jennifer Kent makes a promising debut with The Babadook, a dramatic horror film that plays havoc with the ideals of family life and the love of a mother for her child.Amelia has not had it easy. Once happily...