The Babadook - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "The Babadook"
The Babadook (2014)
Timing:
1:34 (94 min)
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Actors and characters
Barbara West
Character Gracie Roach
Hachi
Character Bugsy
Tim Purcell
Character The Babadook
Chloe Hurn
Character Ruby
Pippa Wanganeen
Character Eastern Suburbs Mum 1
Michael Gilmour
Character Young Policeman 1
Craig McArdle
Character Young Policeman 2
Lucy Hong
Character Supermarket Little Girl
Sophie Riggs
Character Checkout Chick
John Maurice
Character Car Guy
Stephen Sheehan
Character Magician
Alicia Zorkovic
Character Fast Food Mum
Lotte Crawford
Character Kissing Woman
Chris Roberts
Character Kissing Man
Annie Batten
Character Old Woman in Corridor
India Zorkovic
Character Fast Food Kid 1
Isla Zorkovic
Character Fast Food Kid 2
Charlie Crabtree
Character Fast Food Kid 3
Ethan Grabis
Character Fast Food Kid 4
Sophie Allan
Character Fast Food Kid 5
What's left behind the scenes
- The rights to the film are owned by director Jennifer Kent. She firmly promised that she will not sell the rights to film a sequel for any amount of money.
- The director of the classic horror film "The Exorcist" (1973), William Friedkin, wrote on Twitter on November 30, 2014: "I have never seen a more terrifying film than "The Babadook."
- $30,071 was raised for filming through crowdfunding.
- Director and screenwriter Jennifer Kent states that the film is based on photographs miraculously preserved from Tod Browning's lost film "London After Midnight".
- Jennifer Kent and Essie Davis, who played Amelia, studied together at drama school.
- Amelia reads Sam a pop-up book, "Mr. Babadook," by feminist writer Alexandra Yuhasz.
- Some scenes use a sound effect from the computer game UFO: Enemy Unknown, produced by Mythos Games and MicroProse.
- In several scenes with the Babadook, you can hear a sound effect from the computer strategy game Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995) by Blizzard Entertainment.
- In one scene, a classic Italian horror film, "Black Sabbath, or The Three Faces of Fear," is shown on television. The scene that follows has a noticeable resemblance to a scene from Mario Bava's film.
- During the final battle, sound effects from the computer game Resident Evil, developed for PlayStation in 1996, can be heard.
- The scream heard several times at the end of the film is borrowed from Motaro, a character from the Mortal Kombat universe.
- Amelia is reading a pop-up book, "Mr. Babadook," by feminist writer Alexandra Yuhasz to Sam.
- In one scene, a classic Italian horror film, "Black Sabbath," is shown on television. The following scene bears a striking resemblance to a scene from Mario Bava's film.
Did you like the film?
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