Episode 04: The Babadook

Zavvi's Video Rewind

Welcome to Zavvi’s Video Rewind, a podcast from Zavvi - the home of pop culture. Together we will be digging into our video archives, discussing a wide range of cult classics all of which have recently received, or will be receiving, a new release on disc.

Each week we will be joined by a guest to discuss a movie and the importance of film restoration, and for this episode horror critic and academic Mary Beth McAndrews joins us to dive into the extraordinary 2014 horror The Babadook, director Jennifer Kent's feature debut.

The film recently arrived on 4K, courtesy of a new limited edition release from Second Sight, coming complete with new artwork, a hardback book filled with essays and a selection of art cards.

The story follows a single mother and her child as they fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled Mr. Babadook manifests in their home.