Originally released in 2014, director Jennifer Kent made a huge impact with her feature film debut, The Babadook. Now, Second Sight Films bring this acclaimed chiller back with a brand-new Limited Edition dual format release featuring the world premiere on 4K UHD plus Blu-ray. As far as we can tell, this is UK only for now.
The Babadook sees Essie Davis, star of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, as a grief-stricken mother who is desperately trying to bring up her troubled son the best she can, after the violent death of her husband. Will a new book be the answer to his sleep woes, or is it the beginning of an unimaginable nightmare?
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This Limited Edition is released on 28th June 2021, and is presented in a stunning rigid slipcase with new artwork by Peter Diamond. Full of outstanding special features it includes brand-new and archive interviews, audio commentaries, a short film and a 150-page hardback book with brand new essays and collectors’ art cards.
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Full details are:
SPECIAL FEATURES
• 4K / Blu-ray dual format release
• 4K mastered by the original post production facility and presented in HDR10
• Audio Commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
• This Is My House!: An interview with Essie Davis
• The Sister: interview with Hayley McElhinney
• Don’t Let It In: An interview with Kristina Ceyton
• Conjuring Nightmares: An interview with Kristian Moliere
• Shaping Darkness: an interview with Simon Njoo
• If It’s in a Name or in a Look: interview with Alex Holmes
• The Bookmaker: an interview with Alexander Juhasz
• Ba-Ba-Ba…Dook!: An interview with Jed Kurzel
• Monster: short film
• They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making Of
• There’s No Place Like Home: Creating the House
• Special Effects: Stabbing Scene
• The Stunts
• Illustrating Evil: Creating the Book
LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
• Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Peter Diamond
• 150-page hardback book with new essays by Daniel Bird, Anna Bogutskaya, Kat Ellinger, Rich Johnson, Jon Towlson and Laura Venning, archive interview with Jennifer Kent, production stills and original artwork concepts.
• 6 collectors’ art cards
More info, plus pre-orders, can be found on the Second Sight Films website.
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