Here's What Fans Really Think About 'Coraline' And How Scary It Is

Posted by Elina Uphoff on Thursday, May 16, 2024

The movie Coraline is trending on Twitter, and now we have an idea as to why. That's proper, the spooky season is fast approaching. The question fans are asking themselves presently is, can animated motion pictures still be scary?

Not Just For Kids

Coraline is a Halloween staple. The 2009 claymation movie directed through Henry Selick follows a young woman who finds a mysterious front to an alternate existence that seems like her own, but better. Soon, alternatively, a web of deception untangles and Coraline sees that no longer the whole thing is as it turns out. That's all you're getting without spoilers, however it's no doubt worth an eye. Or two.

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Fans took to Twitter to share their love for the haunting flick, most of them being adults. One fan shared, "I love the cute/creepy concept of Coraline so much. What other movies are like this? I think so far the most similar are monster house, corpse bride, and paranorman." Those are all classics, a chef's kiss to whoever wrote this.

Another Twitter person started a dialog on whether Coraline is just a movie or a piece of art, "Unpopular opinion: Coraline is really not a scary movie. It's actually a work of art & deserves a second movie... Since it's trending, imma go watch it." While the storyline itself is sufficient of a reason why to show off the lighting and dive into the film, its animated effects are so entrancing that they are some spectators' favorite phase.

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Creepy Comparison

A common thread shone all over the tweets; evaluating Coraline to different films within the animated horror style. Well, horror as in films that excited and terrified us after we had been younger. A fan voiced this similar more or less standpoint, "Coraline was creepy in a fun way but Monster House was one of the most disturbing movies I saw as a kid. I still get chills!!"

On the opposite hand, courageous Coraline fans known as out those that had been afraid of it at one point. A viewer posted a compilation video of scenes from the movie and captioned it, "People who get nightmares from watching coraline are weak." Okay, let us know how you really really feel! All in all, even those that be mindful being petrified of the Halloween vintage share an amazing appreciation for its eccentric craftsmanship.

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