
Horror in 2014 is a strange genre. Modern films seem to fall into two categories. Every now and then you get something smart and interesting, for example the great You’re Next, which took traditional horror tropes and twisted them in a dark and amusing way. However, more often than not we are left by Paranormal Activity inspired cattle-prod cinema. Horror movies that rely mainly on the idea of being quiet for a while, before making the audience jump with a big bang. Into this fray now enters The Babadook, a movie written and directed by the possibly twisted mind of Jennifer Kent.

