The story finds stressed-out mother Amelia learning the monster her young son fears - dubbed Mister Babadook - may actually exist. While he's not quite in the same slasher territory as Jason Voorhees or Freddy, the central monster of The Babadook made a big impression on audiences. Related: The Halloween Poster Has A Hidden Screaming Face There also talk of a Hellraiser reboot, after the franchise found itself trapped in DTV purgatory for over 20 years. Now a lot of fan-favorite properties are being resurrected, including the Child's Play remake and the upcoming Jordan Peele produced Candyman. It looks like the tide is turning for the horror icons of old, thanks to the success of 2017's IT, featuring Bill Skarsgård's Pennywise, and the return of Michael Myers in 2018's Halloween. Monster movies seemed to fall out of favor with audiences for a time, however, likely due to the popularity of more supernatural themed movies like Paranormal Activity and Insidious.
The Babadook became an instant horror icon back in 2014, but how did he evolve into an unlikely gay pride icon too? The horror genre has had lots of famous monsters, from Boris Karloff's Frankenstein's Monster all the way to Robert Englund's Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare On Elm Street.
