A screening of the 2014 Australian psychological horror film 'The Babadook', where a grieving single mother and her child fall into paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
The Cinemagic Theater is screening The Babadook on Tuesday, October 13, at 9:30 PM. It's a 2014 Australian film that runs an hour and 45 minutes, sitting right at the intersection of drama, horror, and thriller.
The story follows a grieving single mother and her young son, who both start spiraling into paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home. The book introduces the Babadook, a monster that doesn't just haunt the house but seems to feed on the mother's grief and the tension between her and her child. It's as much about the weight of loss and the strain of parenting as it is about the creature itself, so the horror works on two levels: the supernatural threat and the psychological breakdown happening inside the family.
If you've seen it before, it's a good one to revisit on a big screen, where the atmosphere and the sound design can really get under your skin. If it's your first time, it's a tight, focused piece of filmmaking that doesn't rely on jump scares to do the heavy lifting. It's the kind of movie that lingers after the credits roll, especially in that middle ground between a family drama and a full-blown nightmare.
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The screening is at The Cinemagic Theater, 2021 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, OR 97214, starting at 9:30 PM on Tuesday, October 13.
