How Coraline Could Have Been CREEPIER 

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Ok but I felt so bad for the other father when watching the movie. He was just a slave to the other mother and wasn’t able to control his actions. His death made me cry

I like the dolls spying on the children more than the rats, because as kids we trust our toys and they give us comfort. That's why them being someone's spies creeped me out.

Honestly, the cat gave me comfort when watching it. Even when Coraline was in the real world, it didn’t give me much ease due to how creepy the other characters are.

Fun fact: the film was originally going to stick closer to the book, but author Neil Gaiman encouraged the filmmakers to put their own fresh spin on his story. Edit: he has specified the only change he didn't appreciate was that Coraline has to be saved by Wybie in the climax rather than vanquishing the Beldam's hand herself.

In the movie it lures the viewers into this world where everything is bright and happy and lively, and it makes the viewer feel that something is slightly off about the other world. It's just too perfect. That's basically what makes the movie very creepy. The book is more graphic and scary, but I agree that if they added things like the rat's songs and the cellar part, it would have been much creepier

fun fact that nobody asked for: they used over 15,000 individual faces in the stop motion film. extraordinarily impressive.

So what ur saying is Coraline would have made a great rpg horror game.

I like the choices they made for the movie. The tiny door through which even children must crouch is claustrophobic. With the vague fear of danger on the other end, the tight space you'd have to traverse to escape is stressful. The bright and attractive atmosphere (like the colorful playhouse-like tunnel) and the other-peoples' all but perfect resemblance to their real-world counterparts, identical but with buttons for eyes, make everything incredibly uneasy; you know something is horribly wrong. The Other Mother really really wants to win over her prey. Not to mention the opening sequence with the Other Mother's needle-hands sewing up a doll; there's no gore or anything, but something about her hands is disturbing and can even be hard to watch.

Coraline movie : Sweet and innocent but also creepy Coraline book : Dark and scary And the book sounds like a great idea for a rpg maker horror game

When I read the book after watching the movie I immediately noticed: 'Wait where's Wybie'

Why Coraline the movie was terrifying: You’re going through the movie in another world, feeling uneasy even if the scene is happy because you know something bad is going to happen. They don’t need to be as creepy as the book, the feeling of uneasiness during a happy scene is all you need.

oh my god imagine if it said "based on a true story"

Remember when Wybie said " this well is so deep you can see a *sky full of stars in the middle of the day* It's always night in the other mother's world Coraline just sent the key back to the other mother Edit: The reason there is no well in the other world is because then it could be used to get back to the real world.

Coraline was an underrated masterpiece

Coraline is creepy, but a masterpiece. Also one thing that I find really satisfying is the beginning, when the other mother is making the Coraline doll.

I love how the author makes the Beldam use Coraline’s fears against her. Her fear of spiders, for example. The form she uses with Coraline is a spider-like final form. I feel like her “final form” can change depending on the child’s fears, to make them be more afraid and less likely to fight back if they refuse the button eyes, like Coraline did. I also love how the author made it so that it wasn’t JUST spiders, but it’s insects in general, which Coraline may very well be afraid of, considering she is younger in the book than in the movie. I love the Coraline book and movie and I seriously recommend both if you haven’t seen one or the other. I am currently getting back into Coraline and these theories are feeding my obsession even more.

The thing that made Coraline (movie) scary is the fact that it WAS brighter, and that made it much more creepy, simply because it feels much more uncanny. The Uncanny Valley is often considered the peak of terror, as uncanniness is when something is almost right, but something is very very wrong. I think that the movie is scary because if you enter without knowing that it's horror, it is very uncanny. Gore is horrific, but misshapen body's and needles through the eye are terrible... and terrific.

Remember the Other Father's song? "She as cute as a button in the eyes of everyone." and "Our eyes will be on Coraline." I saw that as foreshadowing the second time I watched the movie.

and they started to sing "rats we're rats we're the rats we stalk at night we prey at night we're the rats" "im the giant rat who makes all the rules" "rats we're rats we're the rats"

Honestly a thing I prefer about the film is that beldam is actually able to trap children there, in the book she isn’t very good at covering, especially her body features, but in the movie her acting and disguise abilities makes her the perfect character to capture children

Fun fact: The book was also adapted into a graphic novel. The graphic novel follows the book almost exactly.

I liked movie Coraline because it gave the watcher a false sense of security with small things off about the world

i also think that stuffing is ACTUALLY creepier than blood, as blood is mortal and comes from living things, whereas stuffing and dolls, when they move by themselves, are wayyyyyyyy more TERRIFYING.

her, talking about rats: they may work for another other mother me: *looks at my pet rats snuggling each other*

"Is that instant coffee? Terrifying!" *stares down at my own cup of instant coffee with shame*

Your animation style matches the tone and style of Coraline

what i find so scary about the movie is that everything seems nice luring coraline in. with the book its obvious from the start that that shit is messed up

The "narnia-gone-wrong Door" gave me the most chills

Personally I think it's good that the movie depicts the other world as a nice place, it gives a good message to younger viewers that no matter how good situations or people may seem, to be cautious, and not just jump on in like Coraline practically did.

The novel does a fantastic job at pure terror. The movie though, while we know *something* in the other world is off, we don’t care. We want to explore this world of fantasy. And replacing blood for dust? It makes the other world feel more alien, more alone. I actually think taking out certain horror elements strengthens the story. Coraline and the audience want to stay in this fantastical fantasy, no matter how fake it may be. But at the end of the day, anything too good to be true is, and the real world is ours, even for all of its flaws.

Coraline was the movie that started my love for horror.

The book is objectively “creepier” but I really like the tone of the movie. The book makes it obvious from the first moments that everything is dark and demented in the other world, but the movie focuses more on childly betrayal. The beldam ensnares a web of trust, telling her everything she’s always wanted to hear, giving her everything she always wanted. She gets the food she loves, the bedroom of her dreams, the world is literally woven to convince her that everything from the mother to the bugs and flowers are on her side. Coralline is convinced that the colorful world is for her, and is willing to accept it and it’s occasional off putting feature over the gloomy fog-filled world of reality, with her emotionally absent parents and strange neighbor. This movie came out when I was around 9 or 10, and it really served as an introduction to the dark world of manipulation. It tells kids that maybe they don’t always get things because they are loved or cared for, but rather they are given something with the expectation that they will give back something much more drastic and harmful. Coralline is expected to feel like she owes the other mother, the beldam sacrificed so much time and effort for her that coralline is supposed to feel she doesn’t have a choice in the matter and must forfeit her eyes and her soul. The book’s version of the other mother is like a deranged killer with a gun, having obvious motives and the desire to brute force her goals. While the movies version is like the stranger with candy in the van, trying to use the lures of happiness and joy to make the victim willingly walk into a trap, with bright lights and a friendly smile.

i wanna see a legit horror movie based precisely on the book now! that scenario is just TOO GOOD to pass up

Wybie: *exists* Coraline: hElLo WhYwErEyOuBoRn

Coraline movie: "I'm very scary!" *Coraline book: "Hold my book."*

I agree the “visuals” so to speak were creepier in the book, but I personally found the idea of the beautiful facade with the slow rot and haunting behind it in the movie creepier - it was more sinister cause it lured you in and then turned. You’re lured in by the fun and beauty, and only realize it’s a trap too late. In the book, as a kid who read fairy tales, I would’ve had NO desire to keep exploring the book other mother’s world. There was too much “warning! Danger!” And not enough fun/pretty to offset it. The movie creeped me out MORE watching everything/everyone go from delightful to horrifying. Lol I’m honestly not saying your interpretation is wrong or bad - it’s just different :). And pretty awesome tbh. But I personally find the descent into horror idea creepiest 😬. Lol idk what that says about me...

Movie - Slow burn creep Book - Straight up horror movie

No one: Coraline Novel: “bReAd DoUgH”

Coraline's blue hair and yellow clothes are there to do a contrast between the gray real-life world and Coraline.

The other father maggot creature was the scariest part to me. Also, Neil Gaiman gives a haunting narration of the audiobook that makes it even scaries

Wanna know the most creepiest scene in the movie?? “DONT LEAVE ME! DONT LEAVE ME DONT LEAVE ME ILL DIE WITHOUT YOU

The fact that she didn't destroy the hand in the book and just let it fall down the well with the key is more terrifying than the whole movie

I would pay money to listen to an audio book of you reading Coraline

Anyone else thought that Dakota fanning did an amazing job as coraline? Like my first time watching I didn’t recognize the voice but watching it again I just had to give props to not just the voice actors but the crazy hard work of laika on the movie

People: THAT MOVIE IS TERRIFYING!!! Me: That movie is visually beautiful.

Neil Gaiman said himself that it is an adventure to kiddies but a terror to adults.

Seriously, mum thought that's a kids cartoon movie, so she played the movie on the TV and left to get groceries when I was 10, and I loved it

I feel as though the movie is more creepy, and unsettling, but the book is definitely more scary and gory.

This wouldn’t make it creepier, it would make it *scarier*. The movie has a subtle, slow-building, creepy vibe, whereas the book is in-your-face gory and scary. The movie is by far creepier, while the book is scarier.

Did y’all know that coraline was a typo. The author meant to write Caroline but he just went with it

I think the film was perfect. It was fairly innocent but creep the first time you watched. But when you dig deeper into the story and rewatch it, u kinda start to understand the genius of the author. The story is truly disturbing

Oh god if they animated the movie like that cover I’d be horrified That cover haunts me for some reason

I think the film is much more effective horror wise. I did enjoy the book, but it was too horrific too quickly. It doesn't seem very believable that Coraline would enter the other world and continue to go there if it was creepy from the beginning. It makes sense that the world is bright in cheerful in the beginning because the Beldam's goal is to lure Coraline, not scare her away.

Fun fact: the author mistakenly wrote the title Coraline instead of Caroline, but he liked the name so he just let it be.

I honestly thought the small tunnel was scarier than the big door, it was so claustrophobic and hard to crawl fast through, something could grab my ankle and drag me back before I made it to the other side, and worst of all it was filled with nasty spider webs 😭

If the other mother keeps on moving her fingers like that that, she’s on her way to the red brick road of arthritis.

What is creepy is i’ve had dreams of three rooms in my house that don’t exist, two in the basement leading to a bedroom that is not there and a bit of a sterile lab or kitchen, both with filled in window wells. The final room was always a small door in the back of a closet which would lead to a mirror form of the closet, the door locked shut. In said closet was always whatever I wanted or needed. I had those dreams for decades (almost two to be precise), long before I ever heard of Coraline.

I’m very late and you probably won’t see this but... a Beldam is a another word for Witch.

Gosh the way you read the excerpts makes me wish you'd make a whole audiobook Also hUGE props to the art and animation, seriously impressive, creppy and wonderfully detailed! This mustve taken FOREVER to make!!

They should make a Coraline game inspired by the book, something like Little Nightmares or Alice Madness Returns

I remember that me and my sister and our parents watched the movie, we weren't too scared, but then my sister's old Lalaloopsy doll turned up on my bed and I refused to sleep in that room for a MONTH.

Ok I Gotta say it other mother is a skinny legend

Both are great, having achieved their respective goals as media, but I actually enjoy the movie more. It is an insidious trap that anyone could fall prey to. The book, on the other hand, has no trick. It was chilling from the start, making the tone extremely static. I enjoy the juxtaposition that the movie offered. If anything, I wish that the movie had embraced that same level of horror once the cat was out of the bag. The switch from kid-utopia to Lovecraftian horror could have been truly terrifying (as opposed to the movie's mere "creepy"). By combining the strengths of both, Coraline has the potential to create an even more profound story.

Your animation in this video really looks it comes out from the game Don't Starve™ *I love it.*

There’s no way she’s coming out of this mentally stable

I'm convinced I wouldn't able to read the book because my boy wybie ain't there. I'll still read it, but imma miss that curly haired weirdo

Your Coraline videos convinced me to read the book and I'm so glad I did! This is the type of book I could read over and over again. Would definetly recommend for any one who likes reading and slightly disturbing stories.

"look at her in her yellow raincoat. How is that scary." Little girl from Little Nightmares: laughs in nightmares

I wasn't really scared of the movie my parents were, right after Coraline came out Mattel came out with the Lalaloopsy dolls and my parents REFUSED to buy me one after watching Coraline.

Literally we have a closet under the stairs and in the back of the closet is a TINY DOOR that leads to under the stairs. I was convinced that if I went there at night there would be a bright purple tunnel waiting for me.

there's a graphic novel version of the book that contains all those creepy, slimy, terrifying details but all visually portrayed. its so cool and looks just like the author's description, I really recomend it!

One difference I really like about the movie instead of the book is how her parents DON’T actually disappear until later. It only happens after Coraline has visited more than once despite being warned by the circus mice to “not go through the little door” and after being told she’s in danger by the performance ladies. So in a way, she brought on her parents’ kidnapping through her own decisions and felt the consequences of falling to temptation. A very adult theme in a “kid’s” movie.

The talisman that Coraline got is actually a hag stone. They are said to be a sacred object. Different names can be witch stones, adder stones, and fairy stones. It is said you can see spirits through the stone like fairies hence the other name fairy stone. This is why she was able to see the souls.

What's truly creepy, the other mother made her a hot cocoa to taunt her

The fact that your avatar even resembles Coraline was that icing on the cake that got me invested in this video. Can't wait to see more of your stuff.

So basically...they made Coroline a kids movie when they could have made it a horror movie😂

Is everyone going to ignore how AWESOME these vids are? The artwork and editing is as fun to watch as the movie. Perfection abitfrank 👌👌👌

Movie Coraline: I’m too old for dolls 🙄 Also movie Coraline: [carries the doll everywhere she went around the house]

i think the movie's little details and changes were extremely creative and still made the story creepy, just in different ways. both are marvelous and it's so amazing to have read the book and then gotten to see the world come to life with so much creativity.

Movie Coraline is like a kid who was tricked by a adult figure that they trusted. Book Coraline is the same kid, but because of being tricked, doesnt feel safe anywhere, and cant trust anyone.

“Is that instant coffee?! Terrifying!” Ouran Host Club: Hmph!

She’s not scary, yellow jacket, blue hair! She’s so cute! Well it’s not the protagonist that scared me, it was the ANTAGONIST.

Even thought the book is way more graphic and gorey,what made the movie so good was that it gave us a false of security with the warm food,a pretty garden,a piano that plays itself and even a friend.The dolls spying were much creepier than rats because as a kid we feel safe,warm and happy with our toys.Our friends spying on us,betraying us is waaay creepier than a bunch of rats..

I mean, if you want Coraline nightmare fuel, just play the Video game on the Nintendo Wii. As someone who adored the film as a small child,the game was slightly more... traumatic.

I read the graphic novel, and enjoyed the creepiness of it. Then again, I read it when I was older, about 11 years old. And the decaying parts are what got me, and kinda made me sick.

“What was creepier, the Coraline book or movie?” (Me) *Yes*

As a rat owner, I absolutely love the rats in the book & their creepy little song

I don’t think coralline was made to be an horror, I think it was suppose to be creepy not scary and I think they did a pretty good job at it And I’m talking about the movie

Honestly I watched this when I was around 9 and I wasn’t scared at all. It was kinda creepy, but I honestly loved it

Man. Your animation style would make a awesome adaptation of the book!

The book does sound ALOT scarier but in the movie it feels just as scary but just more subtle, it gives it a dream-like feeling and this is all the other mothers work to lure Coraline to stay with her by making a world of wonders.

Great video! The visual style of Henry Selick films has always been my favorite. Did you see that he is working on a TV show for Little Nightmares? Seems like a promising match. I'm glad he's finally working on things again after his studio was shut down by Disney.

This movie horrified me growing up Her: it could have been scarier

Dude, Coraline's like 21 years old now. Not the movie, but Coraline.

I like how Coraline isn’t so alone in the movie. She couldn’t have survived on her own. She’s only a child. She’s more helpless. She’s dependent on other people (like Wybie, who I love). The children before her didn’t survive partially because they _were_ alone

I've only seen the movie. But the part that's haunted me to this day is when Coraline escapes the other world and locks the other mother in. The image of her banging on the door and it slowly being launched forward while she's screaming is...terrifying from a child's view point. Which, the book sounds great, but i have to say the movie is better. It's kinda more realistic. I don't know how old Coraline is in the book, but if I was her and saw anything like she did on her first night. I'd gtfo in 2 seconds flat. But if everything were the same? If everything was whimsical and happy? I'd wanna go back again and again.

How to make Coraline creepier: Step 1. Put abitfrank in it. Step 2. That's it, you're done that's all you need. I haven't watched the video yet tbh but I will soon and I'm sure it will be great 👀

I always had a theory that if Coraline had let the other mother swear on her mother, that she would have sent her mother after Coraline and that always freaked me out. Thinking of a decaying corpse stalk a child, no matter how clever.

I picked out Coraline from my town library when I was a kid because of the cover. And when I read it... it was such an amazing read. Then I found out they'd be making a movie about it when I was 13 and I was so ecstatic. Both the movie and the book are amazing