He looms in the shadows with his toothy grin and sharp claws. He is as crude and childlike as the children's book he emerges from. But when you hear his scratchy voice croaking out "ba-ba dook, dook, dook," chills travel down your spine no matter how many times you've re-watched The Babadook. The 2014 Australian horror gave us one of the most iconic boogeymen that latches onto children and feeds into a parent's anxiety about protecting them, one that perseveres in pop culture, even if it did take an unexpected route into becoming a queer icon.
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