The Babadook Electorate

The 2014 Australian psychological horror movie The Babadook is generally well known for a handful of things. It is generally considered to be a uniquely disturbing and frightening film, one of the best horror movies of the decade. It is respected as a powerful commentary on the awful, destructive effects of suppressed grief. It is beloved by some in the LGBT community because the monster (Mr. Babadook) is campy and dramatic and literally comes out of a closet. Mostly, however, it is known as the source of a once-ubiquitous internet meme.