Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia, Canada
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
- monster
- nightmare
- parent child relationship
- dysfunctional family
- sleeplessness
- single mother
- grieving
- woman director
- death of spouse
- behavioral disorders
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Barbara West — Gracie Roach
- Ben Winspear — Oskar Vanek
- Cathy Adamek — Prue
- Craig Behenna — Warren
- Hachi — Bugsy
- Tim Purcell — The Babadook
- Chloe Hurn — Ruby
- Jacquy Phillips — Beverly
- Bridget Walters — Norma
- Adam Morgan — Sergeant
- Pippa Wanganeen — Eastern Suburbs Mum 1
- Directed
- Jennifer Kent
- Written
- Jennifer Kent
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 6,512 ratings
- Studio
- Screen Australia, Smoking Gun Productions, Causeway Films, South Australian Film Corporation, Entertainment One
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
