The Babadook is a 2014 horror film directed by debutant Jennifer Kent. A sleeper hit from Australia, the film is widely considered to be one of the finest modern horror offerings. It deals with a recently widowed mother who is caught up between her job and parenting her unstable child, who's susceptible to extreme mood swings. As she reads him a spooky bedtime book one night, a supernatural force gets awakened, haunting everything from the family's house to their dreams.

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Making good use of jump scares and sound effects and with top-notch performances from both its leads, The Babadook succeeds in providing a genuinely haunting, moving story based on grief, and these 10 tales of terror weave similar narratives.