Time is like a downward spiral, that seems to travel down from a long, unbroken eternal line, along another plane, but which in no way breaks the line, or interferes with its smooth continuousness. Along the cloudy spiral, however, it seems as if the line must have been broken and are you thus broken.

The real life babadook is very similar. He is in your eyes, he is in your ears and he is in your voice - 24 hours a day. However, it does not knock 3 times or leave books at your door. There is no warning; it is already inside you when you are born. It constantly whispers to you in every instant what everything means…