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Last week, we launched a rather special competition on our Twitter page to celebrate the release of The Babadook , our favourite horror film in yonks ( read our five-star review ).
To celebrate the release of #TheBabadook - our favourite horror film in ages - we've got an awesome Twitter comp coming up. Are you ready? October 29, 2014
Describe your childhood monster to us in a tweet by 10am Friday, & if #TheBabadook director Jennifer Kent likes your vision... October 29, 2014
It'll be brought to life by Babadook illustrator @AlexanderJuhasz ! Tweet your monster now: winner revealed next week! pic.twitter.com/MRvQsYVyGz October 29, 2014
Congratulations to Jo Green, whose nightmare has been brought to life, and you can see it below.
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@totalfilm #TheBabadook mine was a 10 ft hairy beast, rectangular in shape, huge claws ridden by a bald man with a scar over his left eye October 29, 2014
Here are some of the other enjoyably twisted tweets we received:
@totalfilm My monster,face & body twisted,gnarled like a tree,grey & ghostly,big beard,huge with massively disproportionate hands,gaping maw October 30, 2014
@totalfilm @AlexanderJuhasz My childhood monster was like a pitch black shadowy cowboy, he made the floor turn to tar so I was stuck! #yikes October 29, 2014
@totalfilm My mum kept us away from alleys by telling us about 'Rag Eyes' - a creature made from rags whose teeth gnashed and shadow crawled October 29, 2014
@totalfilm childhood nightmare = giant creepy version of Tin Man fr:Wizard of Oz made of rusty nails, scrap metal, & human flesh. Pure hell. October 29, 2014
@totalfilm My Childhood Monster invaded my dreams by disguising itself as 1of my friends before evil laughing& growing to HUGE dark gargole! October 29, 2014
@totalfilm @IconFilm mine was clown in the form of a worm that morphed between the two shape and hid under my bed or in the closet waiting October 30, 2014
@totalfilm a faceless shadow... his footsteps sounded like a clock and he could read my mind... October 29, 2014
@totalfilm recurring nightmare of a woman with "checked eyes" who could turn into any woman I knew. She'd change back then try to crush me October 29, 2014
@totalfilm @AlexanderJuhasz my dad invented the 'carpet monster' who lived under the bed & would grab your foot if you got up in the night x October 29, 2014
The Babadook is out now.
