We often celebrate a mother’s love as unconditional and motherhood as a seamless path to fulfillment, but is it that simple? Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook dares to peel back the layers of this societal ...

"The Babadook" is one of them, playing on tropes from horror mainstays like "Poltergeist" and "Nightmare on Elm Street" to paint a terrifying portrait of the ugly side of motherhood and how grief ...