‘Best horror movie of the century’ is quietly leaving Netflix in a few days
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Horror movie fans only have a few days left to watch a ‘properly chilling’ flick, with an almost-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, before it is quietly removed from Netflix. The Babadook became an instant classic when it was released in 2014, winning huge praise and rave reviews from fans and critics alike.
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Essie Davis led the way in the psychological scare-fest as widow Amelia Vanek who struggles to come when her son Samuel is plagued by hallucinations of a monster he sees in a book, and becomes increasingly violent. However, things take a creepy turn when she realizes that the monster may actually be real.
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Unfortunately for film-lovers, Jennifer Kent’s masterpiece has been slapped with a pesky ‘leaving soon’ sticker on Netflix in the US, meaning users don’t have long to get their scares in. The Babadook will be leaving the streaming service on January 25 – but will remain on the UK platform for now.
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It currently commands an incredible critics Rotten Tomatoes score of 98% compared to an audience score of 72%, with many reviewers branding it ‘extraordinary’ and ‘supremely eerie’. RogerEbert.com’s Glenn Kenny said: ‘The finest and most genuinely provocative horror movie to emerge in this still very-new century.’.
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Samuel R Murrian of Parade Magazine wrote in 2019: ‘It remains the best horror film so far this century. ‘This psychological thriller from gifted first-time filmmaker Jennifer Kent will have you climbing the walls simply by plumbing the violence of the mind. Brace yourself,’ Peter Travers from Rolling Stone raved.
