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Coraline (2009) Directed by Henry Selick


    The movie Coraline (2009) is every child's worst nightmare. Theater-watching dogs, a talking cat, and instrument-playing mice make it all seem comical and childish; however, surprisingly, adults and children are horrified by this movie. It is not visually scary but conveys a more eerie and unsettling mood, the type that sends chills down your spine. We see Coraline slip into this new world, being deceived by her two-faced and button-eyed Other Mother as she uses the old doll of Coraline to watch her. The audience can't help but hopelessly watch her fall down this trap. Moreover, it uses elements that aren't gory or bloody but more underlying childhood fears like being separated from your parents, trapped, or bugs. The black void-like eyes and luring voice bring the audience back to the reality that she is evil and not her real mother. She keeps urging Coraline to stay and sew a button in her eyes. Bugs infiltrate the movie. The Other Mother transforms into this lengthy, thin spider, eating beetles and sitting on her bug furniture. We see Coraline's parents trapped in a snow globe as she desperately tries to free them and escape with time quicking running out as the moon is overshadowed by a button silhouette. We slowly realize the Other Mother is not the lovely person she makes herself out to be, but instead a wicked creature.

    The Other Mother was already peculiar from the start. We are taught as children "Stranger Danger," which is definitely something that Coraline is not taking into account as she addictively returns to the Other World until the Other Mother has her in her grasp. The Other Father is controlled like a puppet and slowly turns into this pumpkin-like man, and Wybie's mouth is sewed shut, indicating that something is wrong. Red flags completely cover the Other World. A distorted ghost child warns her, and she is later battling the Other Mother in a huge monochrome spiderweb. She is definitely something not human as she can manipulate the Other World and eat children's souls to keep her alive. When the Other Mother's hand that escaped from the door is thrown down the well, the audience wonders whether it is really the end of the reign of the Other Mother. The feeling of deception and apprehension overwhelms the watchers as Coraline returns to the real world and reunites with her parents.


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