#the babadook
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Scream (2022)
Selections from Horror Week on #100filmstudies. In order:
Suspiria (1977)
The Thing (1982)
The Descent (2005)
The Shining (1980)
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What’s So Great About That?: Episode 7
The Babadook: The New Physicality of Ghosts in Horror
Are ghosts becoming more physical? An analysis of how The Babadook uses the conventions and associations of a ghost story to explore notions of presence and absence in both horror and mental illness.
If it’s in a word…
Or it’s in a look…
You can’t get rid of the Babadook
——————————THE BABADOOK (2014) SENTENCE STARTERS
triggering content. change pronouns as needed.
“I had the dream again.”
“I’ll kill the monster when it comes. I’ll smash its head in.”
“I don’t want you firing things off in the house anymore.”
“It doesn’t work if you don’t look at me.”
“Ah, just where a woman should be. In the kitchen.”
“I’m going to have a serious talk with him.”
“I’ll go and find a school that sees my son as a human being and not just as another problem to be gotten rid of.”
“My dad’s in the cemetery.”
“The artist was so drunk, he vomited. Right in front of his own installation. Lost all these sales.”
“Have you been in the wars today?”
“Nothing five years of sleep wouldn’t fix.”
“If it’s in a word or it’s in a look, you can’t get rid of the Babadook.”
“The closet doors were closed and now they’re wide open.”
“You don’t have to be fine, you know.”
“Where have you been? You weren’t at work. Rung you a million times.”
“Life is not always as it seems. It can be a wondrous thing. But it can also be very treacherous.”
“Do you wanna die?!”
“That’s a real tragedy- not having time to go to the gym anymore. How do you cope?”
“This is my tree house. You’re not allowed in here.”
“I have moved on. I don’t mention him. I don’t talk about him. What strain is that on you?”
“I think it may have been a febrile convulsion. That’s when the brain overheats.”
“It always looks worse than it is.”
“We’ll have to wait until the tests come back. All his other results are normal.”
“All children see monsters.”
“Why don’t people like me?”
“I don’t want you to die.”
“I promise to protect you if you promise to protect me.”
“Her nose is broken in two places. She may need surgery.”
“A book turned up at our place. I threw it away but somebody glued it back together and put it on our doorstep.”
“Alright. Give all my shifts away. That’s just what I need.”
“I can’t help it if I’m sick. What do you expect me to do?”
“Why do you have to keep talk, talk, talking?”
“There’s someone in the house!”
“Police say the woman used a kitchen knife to stab her son. His body was found
in their basement.”
“I thought you were dead.”
“It isn’t real. It isn’t real.”
“Let me in, you little shit!”
“You don’t know how many times I wished it was you, not him, that died.”
“I just want you to be happy.”
“Sometimes I just wanna smash your head against a brick wall until your fucking brains pop out.”
“I know you don’t want me to go on about it, so I won’t.”
"I just wanted you to know that I’d do anything for you.”
“I know you don’t love me.”
“If you touch my son again I’ll fucking kill you!”
“We needed some time to sort a few things out.”
“You go outside, and you don’t come in until I tell you.”
If it’s in a word or in a look, you can’t get rid of The Babadook.
