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''The Babadook'' is a 2014 Australian-Canadian psychological horror film, written and directed by Jennifer Kent as her directorial debut,〔http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-11/sa-horror-film-the-babadook-may-make-a-profit-in-france-uk-us/5806648〕 in which a woman and her son are tormented by an evil entity. The film stars Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman, while Daniel Henshall, Hayley McElhinney, Barbara West, and Ben Winspear appear in supporting roles. ''The Babadook'' was produced by Causeway Films (Kristina Ceyton) and is based on the short film ''Monster'' (2005), also written and directed by Kent. The film was shown at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes' aggregation, it was ranked as the third most-praised film of the year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/?year=2014 )〕 ==Plot== Amelia, a troubled widow, has raised her six-year-old son Samuel alone, after her husband Oskar died in an accident driving Amelia to the hospital to give birth. Sam begins displaying erratic behavior: he rarely sleeps through the night and is preoccupied with an imaginary monster, which he has built weapons to fight. Amelia is forced to take her son out of school due to his behavioral problems. One night, Sam asks his mother to read from a mysterious pop-up storybook he finds on his shelf. The story, ''Mister Babadook'', is about a supernatural entity: once someone is made aware of its existence, the monster torments that person. Amelia is disturbed by the book's contents, while Sam becomes convinced that the Babadook is stalking them. After Sam repeatedly wakes up in the middle of the night and climbs into her bed, Amelia forces him to go to sleep using drugs prescribed by the doctor. After that, strange events begin occurring throughout the house: doors open and close on their own, Amelia finds glass in her food, and strange sounds are heard with no apparent source. Amelia attributes the events to Sam's behavior, but he insists that the Babadook is responsible. Amelia rips up the ''Mister Babadook'' book and disposes of it. At his cousin Ruby’s birthday party, Ruby bullies Sam for not having a father; as a result, Sam pushes her out of her tree house and breaks her nose. Amelia’s sister, Claire, admits she cannot bear to be around Sam, and suspects that Amelia feels the same way. On the drive home, Sam has another vision of the Babadook and suffers a febrile seizure. Amelia convinces a doctor to prescribe sedatives for Sam to help him sleep, hoping that she will also be able to get some sleep as well. The following morning, Amelia finds the ''Mister Babadook'' storybook, reassembled, on the front step. New words inside the book taunt her, claiming that the more she denies the Babadook's existence, the stronger the monster will get, growing inside her. It contains new pop-ups of Amelia killing her dog, Samuel, and herself. Terrified, Amelia tries to convince the police that she is being harassed by a stalker, but when they ask for the storybook as evidence, she admits that she burned it. She realizes they can see chalk on her hands, implying she may have put the book back together herself. Amelia sees the Babadook behind the police and quickly leaves. One night, Amelia sees a vision of her dead husband, who agrees to come back to her if only she gives him Sam. Amelia tries to flee but the Babadook enters into her room and possesses her. She breaks her dog's neck as the book had depicted earlier, and attempts to attack Sam, but he stabs Amelia in the leg and incapacitates her in the basement, telling her he'll always love her. When Amelia tries to strangle Sam, he lovingly caresses her face, giving her strength to fight the Babadook and eventually vomit up the entity. Sam then reiterates that "you can't get rid of the Babadook." Amelia confronts the Babadook, screaming that she'll kill it if it harms Sam. The Babadook collapses to the ground in defeat, then flies out the bedroom and locks itself in their basement. Some time later, Amelia and Samuel have recovered from the experience. They gather earthworms in a bowl and Amelia takes it down to the basement, where the Babadook still lives. She places the bowl on the floor and the Babadook pulls it into his dark corner to consume them. Amelia goes out to the backyard with Sam to celebrate his birthday. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Babadook」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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