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4 days ago · Like Stephen King adaptation Shining Vale, The Babadook ending is a commentary on how people who struggle with mental illness — especially depression — often have to live with their inner demons and hardships by trying to keep them at bay instead of extinguishing them once and for all.
- Colin Mccormick
Jan 24, 2019 · The end of the movie sees Amelia acknowledging the Babadook as a permanent presence in their lives. In keeping with its symbolic representation of grief and mental illness,...
- Ziah Grace
Sep 19, 2024 · Overall, the ending of The Babadook offers a hopeful outlook for Sam and Amelia. Sam is getting along better with other kids.
Jul 2, 2022 · The Babadook Ending, Explained. ‘The Babadook’ is the story of Amelia, a widowed woman who struggles with her six-year-old trouble-maker son, Sam. Initially, Amelia is inattentive to Sam’s theories of monsters. But, she soon realizes that there might be a monster in the closet, after all.
Mar 19, 2024 · The Babadook tries to take Samuel forcibly, but Amelia intervenes to save her son. In the struggle, she witnesses her husband’s death once again. After an intense tug-of-war, the Babadook escapes into the basement, and Amelia locks it inside.
Mar 12, 2023 · The Babadook ending plays into the movie's themes of loss, with The Babadook monster showing Amelia a vision of her late husband Oskar. The monster takes her...
Sep 1, 2024 · In the end, Amelia and Sam are shown to have made peace with the existence of Babadook in their lives. As Amelia readies herself to prepare for Sam’s birthday, we see her feed the locked-in monster in the basement.
