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Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon) influenced The Babadook
Added by Media Influence Map · 6 October 2026
The influence
Le Voyage dans la Lune A Trip to the Moon
Short Film · 1902
The work it shaped
The Babadook
Film · 2014
The evidence
Jennifer Kent wanted The Babadook to feel low-tech and handmade, and said it was shaped by the crude, beautiful effects of Georges Méliès, "the grandfather of special effects", whose films the mother watches late at night.
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