The Lullaby

"Terror is often much more effective when, through ambiguity, it confronts us with threats that originate from within ourselves: the human condition as the basis of the supernatural (or what appears to be so). In this sense, South African production 'Con el demonio adentro' ('The Lullaby') follows a very similar line to 'Babadook', since it addresses the psychological pressures of motherhood and, in particular, postpartum depression. Director Darrell Roodt ('Sarafina!') achieves a palpable atmosphere of terror with supernatural elements, but the real tension comes from the dynamics between the characters and their contrasting positions on being mothers and daughters."