Sonja The Squeamer spoke to both Director Jennifer Kent and actress Essie Davis of the film that is helping to change the way Australian movie goers see locally made horror films….it’s called……… The Babadook !
The Babadook has been drumming up plenty of overseas audiences, and great acclaim from reviewers and audiences alike, and it’s release in Oz has been remarkable also for this female made and driven genre movie…
The Babadook playing in Melbourne
“It is to my advantage that there are so few of us [female filmmakers], and that Hollywood has kindly got with the program, and realises that there needs to be more of us,” she says, with the same no-nonsense attitude that kept The Babadook on track, even when screen agencies and financiers baulked at the thought of bankrolling a horror film out of Australia.’ Jen Kent, director of The Babadook.
