"You can bring me the boy."

What makes a gay icon? Is it a mix of glamour in appearance and flamboyance in personality? Is it the ability to carry one's self with grace and dignity, even through times of adversity?

Such questions seem more relevant than ever now that it is Gay Pride Month, and the answer seems to be that, while all those things help, a little epic shit-posting never hurts.

This week's Thursday Thriller is The Babadook.

Thanks to some jokesters on Tumblr, the title monster of this 2014 Jennifer Kent film is the new mascot for gay pride in 2017. You can click on the hyperlinks for more on how that happened. I'm here to talk about the movie.

Amelia (Essie Davis) lost her husband in a car crash on the way to the hospital to have their son Samuel (Noah Wiseman). Young Samuel, now turning 7, is an annoying, little snot with bedwetting problems and a whole host of behavior issues. He's always underfoot, breaking things, getting kicked out of school. Amelia can't even jill off without Samuel interrupting her. Amelia's sister Claire (Hayley McElhinney) tries to be there for her, but is too wrapped up in her own life and hatred for Samuel to be much help. Amelia's hair is a mess, she's always late to work and her house is falling apart. Then a scary-ass pop-up book finds its way into the bedtime reading stack. The book is entitled "Mr. Babadook" and is about a monster that wants to come inside and kill them. Before it's all over Amelia goes full-on Jack Torrance on Samuel.

Opinions are divided among horror fans on this one, particularly the ending, but I enjoy the subtle layers of meaning and even came around to accept the somewhat confusing ending after my third watch. Davis's outstanding performance as a mom at wit's end carries the film.

The Babadook streams on Netflix and Hulu Plus.