
Yet the film unsettles firmly entrenched art/genre, nationalism/commercialism dichotomies. This paper explores how both The Babadook’s meagre domestic release and its near-universal critical praise can be related to its association with the high-art Australian Gothic tradition. By contrast, The Babadook was the most critically praised Australian film of 2014, however the film received a limited domestic release. Wolf Creek 2 was one of the most lucrative Australian films of 2014, however it was critically panned in large part due to its perceived commercialism and low-genre status. Jennifer Kents debut feature is an elegant, psychologically-dense horror film which taps into. Adelaide: Duo Art Productions and Emu Creek Pictures) and The Babadook (Kent, Jennifer. This is illuminated by a comparison of two recent Australian horror releases and their domestic receptions, Wolf Creek 2 (McLean, Greg. The oppositional relationship of these terms presents an obstacle to the widespread acceptance – both scholarly and popular – of local horror films. to the historically complex and contested cultural space accorded to art cinema. Go into the Cut Files subfolder and then select the file called SVGHauntedHouseCardCraftWithSarah.svg. Click Upload and then find your unzipped version of the downloaded files for this project.

Open up Cricut Design Space and start a new Project. Australian horror films are often framed as either ‘Australian Gothic’ or ‘Ozploitation,’ terms that prioritise issues of national identity, class and taste rather than genre. Haunted Art House: The Babadook and International Art Cinema Horror. Step 2) Upload the SVG file into Design Space.

The horror genre is a particularly fraught category in academic and mainstream critical discourse about Australian film genres.
