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The Babadook - Interview: director Jennifer Kent & actress Essie Davis

In the suburban horror film The Babadook, distraught single mother Amelia (Essie Davis) tries caring for her son Samuel (Noah Wiseman) while coping with the emotionally devastating loss of her husband. As her depression deepens, she begins sensing the presence of a boogeyman called The Babadook, the creepy character from a book in Samuel's room. Consequently, she becomes more and more unhinged. Best-known for her performance as glamorous socialite detective Phryne Fisher in the hit series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Essie Davis has a extensive CV that crosses film, TV and theatre. She appeared in The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Girl with the Pearl Earring, Australia, Cloudstreet and The Slap. Director Jennifer Kent was an actress for more than 20 years, appearing in such shows as All Saints and Murder Call. She met Davis while attending the National Institute of Dramatic Arts 24 years ago. The Babadook is her first feature film as a director. Made on a shoe-string budget, The Babadook has received critical acclaim on the overseas festival circuit. A hit at Sundance and Berlin, the film has sold to Germany, France, Switzerland, Poland, the UK and America. The Japanese release is still being negotiated. "It was a surreal and fantastic experience," Kent says. Here they discuss the gothic nature of the film, the process that transformed the normally photogenic face of Davis into that of a lost woman - sleep deprivation helps - and what inspired Kent to make a horror movie as her first film venture. Davis also reflects on why TV services the talents and strengths of women better than mainstream film while Kent explains how the best audience films are made by not thinking about the audience.