The Babadook Page #3

I can refer you.

Takes a few weeks to get in.

That'd be great.

But can you just give me

something for now,

just to make him sleep?

Um, just until...

...just until

we get an appointment.

Please?

I haven't slept in weeks

and neither has Samuel

and when we go home tonight,

this whole nightmare

will start up again

and I am really...

...I'm really not coping.

I can give you

a short course of sedatives.

Just until the tests come back.

Most mothers aren't too keen

on them unless it's really bad.

It's really bad.

These can make children

feel foggy.

Perhaps some temporary nausea.

They'll certainly

help him sleep, though.

- That's for one week.

- Thank you.

SAMUEL:
Why don't people

like me?

AMELIA:
Why do you say that?

Ruby said people don't like me

'cause I'm weird.

Sometimes people say things

that aren't true.

You just need to take

your medicine, have a big sleep

and not worry.

I don't want you to die.

I'm not gonna die

for a long time yet.

Did you think that about my dad

before he died?

Just take your pill

so you can go to sleep.

I've got the day off tomorrow.

Maybe we could do something,

hmm?

Will these make

the Babadook go away?

I think so

but you have to promise me

not to mention it again.

I promise to protect you

if you promise to protect me.

Then I won't mention it.

I promise to protect you.

Come on.

Come on.

Can you stay here with me?

Yes.

I love you, Mum.

Me too.

(EERIE MUSIC)

(DRIPPING)

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

(LOUD KNOCKING AT DOOR)

(TINKLING)

(SNAP!)

(GASPS)

(GASPS)

CLAIRE:
(ON PHONE) Her nose

is broken in two places.

She may need surgery.

AMELIA:
I'll pay for everything.

CLAIRE:
You can't even pay

your own bills.

Look, I really have to go.

AMELIA:
Claire, I think someone

is stalking me and Samuel.

CLAIRE:
What?

AMELIA:
A book turned up

at our place.

I threw it away but somebody

glued it back together

and put it on our doorstep.

CLAIRE:
Amelia,

I just can't help you right now.

I don't expect you to help.

I just wanted...

CLAIRE:
If you're that worried,

you should go to the police.

I have to go. (HANGS UP)

(PHONE RINGS)

Claire!

Hello?

(RASPY VOICE) Mmm, Babadook...

...dook... dook.

(DOOR CLOSES)

Hi.

I want to report someone

stalking me and my child.

Can you tell us what happened?

Somebody sent me

a children's book.

(LAUGHS)

And?

And it contained violent

and graphic images

of my child and me

being murdered.

Can we have a look at the book,

please?

I burnt it.

You burnt it?

Yes.

Well, unfortunately, there's

nothing we can do about it.

He's been making phone calls

to me as well.

What's he been saying?

Nothing,

just making these... noises.

How do you know

it's the same person?

Because of what

he wrote in the book.

The book you burnt?

Yes.

(SINISTER MUSIC)

OK.

Don't worry about it.

Did you get your things done?

Mrs Roach has Parkinson's.

That's why she shakes like this.

Samuel, you don't have to

say everything

that goes through your head.

Oh, it's alright, love.

He wanted to know

so we talked about it.

He sees things as they are,

that one.

Oskar was the same.

He always spoke his mind.

Do you have to

keep on bringing him up?

(BARKS)

Hey, Bugsy-

- (BUGSY GROWLS, BARKS)

- Hey.

- (BUGSY CONTINUES BARKING)

- Hey!

(SIGHS)

Eugh! (GASPS)

Don't come in here.

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

I don't want to buy anything.

Are you Amelia Vanick?

Yes.

I'm Warren Newton

and this is Prue Flannery

from the Department of

Community Services.

My son's only been

away for two days.

He's not actually registered

at Babbage Bay anymore.

If I could just come in

and meet Samuel

and get you to look at

these papers, that'd be great.

I'm just in the middle

of cleaning up the house

at the moment.

I'm sorry.

There's stuff everywhere.

Hello, Samuel.

I'm Prue and this is Warren.

How are you?

I'm a bit tired from the drugs

Mum gave me.

Not drugs. Tranquillisers...

from the doctor.

He had a fit yesterday.

I'm really tired, actually.

PRUE:
That's no good.

May I have a glass of water,

please?

Yes. Of course. I'll get you one.

It's a real mess.

I just found

this cockroach infestation.

I normally have

the house sprayed.

I did actually already

have it sprayed

but there's this hole

in the wall behind the fridge

and that's why I...

I didn't mean

a hole in the wall.

There was a hole

in the wallpaper.

That's where they were

laying their eggs, I think.

WARREN:
We've caught you

at a bad time.

I'll leave you with this.

We're required

to come back in a week

to talk through your options.

Here's my card.

SAMUEL:
Mum,

I think I'm gonna vomit.

(TV PLAYS IN DISTANCE)

WOMAN:
(ON TV) What was

that noise I heard?

WOMAN 2:
(ON TV)

I didn't hear any noise.

WOMAN:
Wind howling,

doors slamming.

I declare, I think this house

is haunted.

(GASPS)

Mum, I'm gonna go to bed.

WOMAN 2:
Are you sick?

WOMAN:
Oh, no, Granny.

It's only 6:
00.

Don't you want to stay up

with your mum for a while?

No.

If you go to bed now,

the pills won't work properly.

You have to stay up for a while,

sweetheart.

(SIGHS)

(TV PLAYS)

BOY:
(ON TV) Where's its mother,

Skip?

Koalas don't leave

their babies about.

Are you off now, Dad?

MAN:
(ON TV) Yep.

Soon as I fuel up.

Tell Jerry I'll keep in touch

on the radio

and I'll be back before breakfast

the day after tomorrow.

AMELIA:
(READS) "And the Prince

and the Princess

"lived happily together

in a beautiful palace

"for the rest of their days."

(WIND HOWLS)

(CLATTERING)

(BUGSY BARKS)

(GASPS, SIGHS)

(CLATTERING)

(DOOR CREAKS)

(GASPS)

(CLATTERING)

(RASPY VOICE) Babadook...

...dook... dook.

(PANTS)

(CLICK!)

(GROWLING, SQUEAKING)

(SCREAMING)

(GASPS)

SAMUEL:
What are we doing?

AMELIA:
We're going downstairs.

- Why?

- Because we are.

(GROWLING)

MAN:
(ON TV) Iris, Iris, Iris.

WOMAN:
(ON TV) No.

(MUSIC BOX TINKLES)

(MUSIC BOX WINDS DOWN)

(BUGSY BARKS)

WOMAN:
(ON TV)

Glass and mirror attachment.

Clean and polish

shower doors or mirrors

for a streak-free shine.

As part of

your steaming special,

we'll even include

the garment and upholst...

Oh, I don't want to give it

to anyone at work.

(LAUGHS) Alright.

Give all my shifts away.

That's just what I need.

I can't help it if I'm sick.

What do you expect me to do?

You do that!

Mum, I took the pills

but I feel sick again.

I need to eat something.

I couldn't find any food

in the fridge.

You said to have them with food.

I'm really hungry, Mum.

Why do you have to keep talk,

talk, talking?

Don't you ever stop?

- I was just...

- I need to sleep!

I'm sorry, Mummy.

I was just really hungry.

If you're that hungry,

why don't you go and eat sh*t?

I'm so sorry.

I don't know why I said that.

it was terrible.

I've had absolutely no sleep.

I didn't know what I was saying.

I'll cook you something. Hey?

What would you like?

I'm not hungry anymore.

We really need to get

out of this house.

We've been cooped up here

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