The Babadook

(MUFFLED) Mum!

Mum!

(SCREECH OF METAL, GLASS SHATTERING)

Mummy!

Mum!

Mum!

I had the dream again.

"And he climbed down that chimney,

"straight into the huge black pot.

"And that was the end of the big, bad wolf."

Did they really kill the wolf, Mum?

I'm sure they did.

I'll kill the monster when it comes.

I'll smash its head in.

It's time to go to sleep now, sweetie.

It's very late.

Can we read it again?

"A long time ago - just yesterday, in fact -

"there were three little pigs and one nasty big wolf."

What have you done?

It's not broken. It just slipped.

I don't want you firing things off in the house anymore.

Wait, wait, wait. Watch this. When the monster comes, I'm gonna do this.

Please don't!

Nothing in my hands.

- Nothing in my hands. - Stand still, please.

Look at me, Mum!

Come on, Samuel.

- Look at me. - Stand still, please.

Nothing in my hands. Nothing in my hands.

I don't want you making weapons anymore.

It doesn't work if you don't look at me.

This monster thing has got to stop, alright?

Mmm.

Don't do that!

Ready?

Come on.

Quick. You're late already.

What have you got in there?

See you later, alligator.

Here's one for you, Norma. It's got milk in it.

What?

One with your milk in it.

I don't want milk.

No worries. I'll make you another one.

Ah, just where a woman should be. In the kitchen.

Hmm. Get to work, woman.

Do you want a cuppa?

Nah. I'm heading for the dementia ward.

Aw.

It's a few years before you end up there, isn't it?

Right?

Amelia?

Your son's school is on the phone.

Oh, my God.

Did he hurt anyone?

A dart could have gone into a child's eye or even worse.

I'm going to have a serious talk with him.

Mrs Fanning, we've had the talks.

We've had the sessions with the counsellor.

We're going to have to employ a monitor for him.

Monitor?

He'll be separated from the other children.

The monitor will supervise him one-on-one.

Samuel won't cope with this.

He already feels so different.

I'll have a talk with him. I'll have a serious talk...

Mrs Fanning,

the boy has significant behavioural problems.

You know, Samuel doesn't need a full-time monitor.

What he needs is some understanding.

I have 24 other first graders in that class.

Do you want me to put them all at risk because of your son?

I think I'll just find another school.

Mrs Fanning, you can't just take the boy out of school.

You look after your business and 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.

That is very unfair. We're only trying to help the boy.

Please stop calling him 'the boy'.

His name is Samuel.

We can see Ruby and Aunty Claire at the park today.

You can play on that swing you like

for as long as you like, OK?

Mrs Bruen hates me.

No, she doesn't.

Just need a break, that's all.

Don't tell Aunty Claire what happened.

I'll tell her later.

- Mum, come and look at this! - I can do it again.

Sam, don't bother the lady.

No, no, no. That's alright.

We have to go home and see Daddy, though, haven't we?

My dad's in the cemetery.

Oh. That's...

He got killed driving Mum to the hospital to have me.

Samuel.

I'm sorry. He just...

No, that's alright. I shouldn't have...

Well, your mum is very lucky to have you, then, isn't she?

We have to go.

- Say, "See you later," Katie. - Bye.

The artist was so drunk, he vomited.

Right in front of his own installation.

Lost all these sales.

You're not listening.

I am. I am.

So you lost all these sales and then what happened?

Ruby! Don't play there. It's wet.

Mum! Mum!

I'm gonna smash its head!

- Be careful. - Mum, Mum! I'm gonna smash it.

What would you like me to do for Wednesday?

I can get their birthday cakes. That's easy.

I was hoping Ruby would change her mind.

She doesn't want a joint party with Sam this year.

- Oh. - Mum! Mum!

She wants to have a princess party.

Mum! Mum!

That's OK.

We don't have to come.

You can still come.

Mum!

She just doesn't want to share the day with Sam anymore.

- I understand. I understand. - Mum!

Mum, I can go really high! Watch.

Maybe you want to celebrate his birthday properly

this year, anyway.

- On the day. - Yeah, we'll see.

You know, Amelia, I just want you to be happy

and then this birthday thing rolls around

and I end up feeling awful.

I don't want you to feel awful, Claire.

We'll be fine.

We'll be absolutely fine.

Mum! Look at me!

Mama!

- Who do we have here? - Hello, Mrs Roach.

You look tired, little one.

Have you been in the wars today?

A few wars.

He's had a big day, that's all.

He's just exhausted.

Poor little sweetheart.

Bugsy.

Come here, little girl. Hello.

You look tired too, love.

You OK?

Nothing five years of sleep wouldn't fix.

I'll put your rubbish out for you, Grace.

No, no, no. You've just got in, pet.

I'll do it now. Then it's done.

You can choose one tonight.

Where did you get this?

On the shelf.

"If it's in a word or it's in a look,

"you can't get rid of the Babadook.

"If you're a really clever one and you know what it is to see,

"then you can make friends with a special one -

"a friend of you and me."

"His name is Mister Babadook and this is his book.

"A rumbling sound, then three sharp knocks -

"ba BA-ba Dook! Dook! Dook!

"That's when you'll know he's around.

"You'll see him if you look.

"Ba BA-ba Dook! Dook! Dook!"

We might read another one tonight, hey?

But you said I could choose.

"This is what he wears on top.

"He's funny, don't you think?

"See him in your room at night..."

Mum? Does it hurt the boy?

Mum?

Does it live under the bed? Mum?

Mummy?

Mummy?!

"How sweetly they sung,

"telling of the happiness and loveliness

"that lay at the bottom of the ocean

and entreating the sirens not to be afraid."

It's that time of night again.

Time...

If that's what the doctor ordered, I...

Oh, yeah. Yeah. That's what the doctor ordered.

Do you... - (SWITCHES OFF TV)

Mum!

- It's in my room! - What is?

- The Babadook! - Oh, no.

No, no, no. This is not going to happen.