Finally, the trailer for The Babadook has lunged out of it’s dark closet and onto our computer screens.

Jennifer Kent’s extension of her short film Monster looks truly terrifying and of the highest quality. It’s already making some noise at Sundance and is sure to provide a lot of scares when it hits Australian cinemas sometime this year.

We’re taking bets on which US horror film franchise Jennifer Kent will be taking the reigns of for her next project:
• Saw
• Paranormal Activity
• (Insert 80’s horror film remake here)
Or she could always follow in the footsteps of James Wan and direct the 8th Fast and Furious.

The Babadook is a phsychological thriller in the tradition of Polanski’s classic domestic horrors (Rosemary’s Baby, The Tenant, Repulsion). Using her award winning short horror Monster (check it out here) as a springboard, writer/director Jennifer Kent has developed the script at the BINGER LAB in Amsterdam with assistance from SCREEN NSW and SCREEN AUSTRALIA.