Horror Science
Horror Science
Olivia Eiler
Episode 2: The Babadook
20 minutes Posted Mar 10, 2017 at 10:36 pm.
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Episode two provides psychological, biological, and physiological explanations for Jennifer Kent's 2014 The Bababook.
What effects can mental illnesses, such as postpartum depression and
psychosis, have upon a new mother? What is the normal response to grief,
and how do complicated grief and stress manifest themselves physically?
Finally, what would Sigmund Freud have to say about The Babadook?