The Babadook
1
(WHISTLING)
CHILD:
(MUFFLED) Mum!(CREAKING)
(GROANING)
CHILD:
Mum!(SCREECH OF METAL,
GLASS SHATTERING)
Mummy!
Mum!
(CLEARER) Mum!
I had the dream again.
(READS) "And he climbed down
that chimney,
"straight into
the huge black pot.
"And that was the end of
the big, bad wolf."
Did they really kill the wolf,
Mum?
I'm sure they did.
I'll kill the monster
when it comes.
I'll smash its head in.
It's time to go to sleep now,
sweetie.
It's very late.
Can we read it again?
"A long time ago -
just yesterday, in fact-
and one nasty big wolf."
(GRINDS TEETH, MURMURS)
(ALARM BEEPS)
(ALARM BEEPS)
(THUD!)
(THUD!)
MOTHER:
What have you done?It's not broken.
It just slipped.
I don't want you firing
things off in the house anymore.
Wait, wait, wait. Watch this. When the
monster comes, I'm gonna do this.
Please don't!
BOY:
Nothing in my hands.- Nothing in my hands.
- Stand still, please.
Look at me, Mum!
Come on, Samuel.
- Look at me.
- Stand still, please.
Nothing in my hands.
Nothing in my hands.
I don't want you
making weapons anymore.
It doesn't work
if you don't look at me.
This monster thing
has got to stop, alright?
Mmm.
Don't do that!
Ready?
Come on.
Quick. You're late already.
(BAG RATTLES)
What have you got in there?
See you later, alligator.
Here's one for you, Norma.
It's got milk in it.
What?
One with your milk in it.
I don't want milk.
No worries.
I'll make you another one.
Ah, just where a woman
should be. In the kitchen.
Hmm. Get to work, woman.
(LAUGHS)
Do you want a cuppa?
Nah. I'm heading for
the dementia ward.
Aw.
It's a few years before
you end up there, isn't it?
(LAUGHS)
Right?
Amelia?
Your son's school
is on the phone.
Oh, my God.
Did he hurt anyone?
A dart could have gone into
a child's eye or even worse.
I'm going to have a serious talk
with him.
Mrs Fanning,
we've had the talks.
We've had the sessions
with the counsellor.
We're going to have to employ
a monitor for him.
Monitor?
He'll be separated
from the other children.
The monitor will supervise him
one-on-one.
Samuel won't cope with this.
He already feels so different.
I'll have a talk with him.
I'll have a serious talk...
Mrs Fanning,
the boy has significant
behavioural problems.
You know, Samuel doesn't need
a full-time monitor.
What he needs
is some understanding.
I have 24 other
first graders in that class.
Do you want me to put them
all at risk because of your son?
I think I'll just find
another school.
Mrs Fanning, you can't just
take the boy out of school.
You look after your business
and I'll go and find a school
that sees my son
as a human being
and not just as another problem
to be gotten rid of.
That is very unfair. We're only
trying to help the boy.
Please stop calling him
'the boy'.
His name is Samuel.
We can see Ruby and
Aunty Claire at the park today.
You can play
on that swing you like
for as long as you like, OK?
No, she doesn't.
Just need a break, that's all.
Don't tell Aunty Claire
what happened.
I'll tell her later.
(BEEP! BEEP!)
- Mum, come and look at this!
- I can do it again.
Sam, don't bother the lady.
No, no, no. That's alright.
We have to go home and
see Daddy, though, haven't we?
My dad's in the cemetery.
Oh. That's...
to the hospital to have me.
Samuel.
I'm sorry. He just...
No, that's alright.
I shouldn't have...
Well, your mum is very lucky
to have you, then, isn't she?
We have to go.
- Say, "See you later," Katie.
- Bye.
WOMAN:
The artist was so drunk,he vomited.
Right in front of
his own installation.
Lost all these sales.
You're not listening.
I am. I am.
So you lost all these sales
and then what happened?
Ruby! Don't play there.
It's wet.
Mum! Mum!
- Be careful.
- Mum, Mum! I'm gonna smash it.
(SIGHS)
What would you like me
to do for Wednesday?
I can get their birthday cakes.
That's easy.
I was hoping Ruby
would change her mind.
She doesn't want a joint party
with Sam this year.
- Oh.
- Mum! Mum!
She wants to have
a princess party.
Mum! Mum!
That's OK.
We don't have to come.
You can still come.
SAMUEL:
Mum!She just doesn't want to share
the day with Sam anymore.
- I understand. I understand.
- Mum!
Mum, I can go really high!
Watch.
Maybe you want to celebrate
his birthday properly
this year, anyway.
- On the day.
- Yeah, we'll see.
(GROANS)
You know, Amelia,
I just want you to be happy
and then this birthday thing
rolls around
and I end up feeling awful.
I don't want you to feel awful,
Claire.
We'll be fine.
We'll be absolutely fine.
Mum! Look at me!
(CRIES)
Mama!
- Who do we have here?
- Hello, Mrs Roach.
You look tired, little one.
Have you been in the wars today?
A few wars.
He's had a big day, that's all.
He's just exhausted.
Poor little sweetheart.
Bugsy-
Come here, little girl. Hello.
You look tired too, love.
You OK?
Nothing five years of sleep
wouldn't fix.
(LAUGHS)
I'll put your rubbish out
for you, Grace.
No, no, no.
You've just got in, pet.
I'll do it now. Then it's done.
(SCRATCHING)
You can choose one tonight.
Where did you get this?
On the shelf.
(READS) "if it's in a word
or it's in a look,
"you can't get rid of
the Babadook.
"If you're a really clever one
and you know what it is to see,
"then you can make friends
with a special one -
"a friend of you and me."
(LAUGHS)
"His name is Mister Babadook
and this is his book.
"A rumbling sound,
"ba BA-ba Dook! Dook! Dook!
"That's when you'll know
he's around.
"You'll see him if you look.
"Ba BA-ba Dook! Dook! Dook!"
tonight, hey?
But you said I could choose.
"This is what he wears on top.
"He's funny, don't you think?
"See him
in your room at night..."
Mum? Does it hurt the boy?
Mum?
Does it live under the bed? Mum?
Mummy?
Mummy?!
(CRIES)
"How sweetly they sung,
"telling of the happiness
and loveliness
"that lay at the bottom of
the ocean
and entreating the sirens
not to be afraid."
(SAM GROANS)
(LOUNGE MUSIC PLAYS)
WOMAN:
It's that time ofnight again.
Time...
WOMAN:
if that's whatthe doctor ordered, I...
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
That's what the doctor ordered.
(ROMANTIC MUSIC PLAYS)
- MAN:
Do you...- (SWITCHES OFF TV)
(BUZZING)
(BUZZING)
(BUZZING)
(BREATH ES HEAVILY)
(MOANS)
Mum!
- It's in my room!
- What is?
- The Babadook!
- Oh, no.
No, no, no.
This is not going to happen.
and now they're wide open.
It's just a book.
It can't hurt you.
You've had a big day.
You're just exhausted.
I don't want anything bad
to happen to you, Mum.
Nothing bad's going to happen,
Sam.
(CLOCK TICKS)
(DISTANT THUMPING)
(FOOTSTEPS, CREAKING)
SAMUEL:
Mum, it's 9:00.He's not running a fever
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