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  1. Oct 10, 2014 · The Babadook is the first feature from Australian writer-director Jennifer Kent, and an expansion of her earlier short film, Monster, available to watch on Vimeo. Establishing her as a...

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    • The Babadook is a supernatural thriller that tackles challenging real-life issues like grieving, caregiving, wellness, and the hardships of being a single parent.
    • The characters and performances are among the strongest in horror history. The Babadook wasn't eligible for Oscar consideration for complicated release reasons, and many rightfully said Davis was snubbed for a Best Actress nod, for a turn so intricate and mighty it would be oversimplifying it to say she's playing both Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall in The Shining.
    • The Babadook more than delivers the requisite goods as a scary movie. It is a uniquely terrifying and unnerving experience. This is a small-scale picture that pretty much runs the gamut of emotions.
    • A boogeyman to rival them all. Mister Babadook's imaginative design incorporates things that are rather universally acknowledged as terrifying: oversized top hats, unnatural, possessed features, knife hands, floor-length trench coats, and bug-like movement.
  2. Nov 29, 2019 · Jennifer Kent follows up 'The Babadook' with gripping revenge thriller 'The Nightingale' starring Aisling Franciosi and Sam Claflin.

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    • Alex Flood
  3. Sep 9, 2019 · The film—Kent's follow-up to The Babadook —is an unflinching moral reckoning with Australia's past. Kent, who is Australian, has dramatized the violent British takeover of Tasmania in 1825, and the subsequent near-eradication of its indigenous population.

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  4. Aug 2, 2019 · The Babadook director Jennifer Kent returns with new horrors in The Nightingale, a vicious revenge tale set in Tasmania in the 1820s.

    • Perri Nemiroff
    • Senior Producer
  5. Jennifer Kent (born 5 March 1969) is an Australian director, screenwriter, and former actress. She is best known for writing and directing the psychological horror film The Babadook (2014).

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  7. Jul 26, 2019 · IFC Films will release 'The Nightingale' Aug. 2. Australian writer/director Jennifer Kent's first feature The Babadook premiered at 2014's Sundance to universal acclaim from critics. The...