Episode 11 - The Babadook (2014)

Come and pet my Broody Babadook in the closet under the stairs. He’s a huge drama queen! 9/10 Broody Byronic Babadooks.Content Warning: animal cruelty, mental illness, grief, PTSD, potential child abuse/neglect, monsters in the closet!Links:Episode extended show notes on KR website: https://kinoroyale.net/episodes/babadookFind me: @filmladyroyal on Letterboxd, Bluesky & Instagram.Email: [email protected] Film Lady: https://filmladyproductions.netlify.app/Music - via Free Music Archive — CC BY: Universfield - Creepy Horror BackgroundUniversfield - Creepy Tension BackgroundUniversfield - Dark Mystery AtmosphereUniversfield - Mystery HorrorUniversfield - Paranormal Horror BackgroundUniversfield - Spirit HorrorMark Kingard - Insect MindTriple5 Here - CreepyCultural: Spider - OZ drink - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream_floatRussians in Turkey: https://www.quora.com/Why-do-Russians-like-to-visit-Turkey-so-muchDoxa on YT on new Russian textbooks for schoolkids on how to build a ‘proper’ family: https://youtu.be/6HHkqfoniLk?si=N6ww08Hzqu1odqcTMake Russia Medieval Again: https://theconversation.com/make-russia-medieval-again-how-putin-is-seeking-to-remold-society-with-a-little-help-from-ivan-the-terrible-253812Water pollution in Russia: https://factsanddetails.com/russia/Nature_Science_Animals/sub9_8c/entry-5064.htmlThe State of the Black Sea Ecosystem: https://europeangreens.eu/resolutions/blacksea-ecosystem-danger/Sources:Cold Open - excerpt from IMDB quotes from the movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2321549/quotes/?item=qt6339100Warm Close - excerpt from ‘Boogeyman’, short story from Stephen King’s ‘Night Shift’, 1978, Anchor Books Edition, 2012 copy.Movie IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2321549/Recs:Books:Brothers Grimm - "Cinderella", "The Frog Prince", "Hansel and Gretel", "Rapunzel", "Rumpelstiltskin", "Snow White". Hans Christian Andersen - "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Red Shoes", "The Princess and the Pea", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Little Match Girl", "Thumbelina."  Pods:House of CinemaBTW I found Mike Flanagan's pod - it's Directors Commentary w/MFTv shows:Lisey’s Story (2021), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3319460Movies:Sinister (2012), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1922777Talk to me (2022), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10638522Bring Her Back (2023), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32246771Boogeyman (2023), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3427252Leviticus (2026), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39143902/Acknowledgment of CountryI would like to acknowledge that I live, work, and learn on the traditional lands of the Dharug and Darkinjung peoples. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today.