Kent's first feature-length film ''The Babadook", is a supernatural horror film, written and directed by Jennifer Kent. It displays how grief can engulf someone's life completely. The mother, played by Essie Davis, struggles throughout the film with grief, anxiety, and how incredibly hard motherhood can be. Her son, Sam, played by Noah Wiseman has behavioral issues which seem to stem from the single-mother household. One day, the unsuspecting family receives a scary children's book about a supernatural being called "The Babadook". After, receiving the book the family goes through many horrifying encounters until it reaches a boiling point.