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The Babadook 10th Anniversary with Jennifer Kent

Tuesday, Sep 17, 2024 at 6:30 pm

Location: Bartos Screening Room

10th Anniversary Screening with Director Jennifer Kent in person

Dir. Jennifer Kent. 2014, 94 mins. With Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney, Daniel Henshall, Barbara West. Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Davis) struggles to discipline her uncontrollable six-year-old son, Samuel (Wiseman), whose dreams are plagued by a monster he believes is coming to kill them both. When a disturbing children’s storybook turns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that the Babadook is the creature he’s been dreaming about—but it’s Amelia who proves most susceptible to the monster’s evil. Though its titular character was reclaimed as an amusing queer Internet meme, the film remains an elegantly terrifying work of contemporary horror.

Tickets: $20 / $15 MoMI members (tickets include general Museum admission and access to the galleries). There is a $1.50 transaction fee per ticket for all online purchases. The cost of admission may be applied toward a same-day purchase of a membership.

Order tickets. Please pick up tickets at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival. All seating is general admission. 

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