Coraline's Scariest Monster Is NOT the Other Mother

What's the scariest thing in Coraline? You may be surprised to find that it is NOT the sinister Other Mother... Join me as we uncover just what the most ancient (and most threatening) being in "Coraline" is. We dig deep into the lore of the Neil Gaiman's book and Laika's animated film to discover just how truly menacing it is. I think it has the Other Mother and her minions quite terrified, and something that makes our beloved twisted beldam sweat? (Er, I mean, if she sweats, that is?) You know it's gotta be MONSTROUS. So, let's dive right in, shall we?

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[mechaapple]

Imagine being an ancient being, just to exist as a tunnel

[donjoe]

Coraline: _crawls through creepy tunnel_
Also Coraline: "Why do I hear boss music?"

[shmorgasnapnettleborp]

My favorite fact about the Coraline book is that people thought it was too scary for kids, so Neil gave it to a (i think his publisher's?) kid to read and said if the kid was scared they wouldn't publish it. The kid said they weren't scared, so it was published, but later the kid revealed that they were terrified but wanted to know what happened next. Fantastic lol.

[dudaamorim]

For some reason I can't stop thinking that the tunnel have similar characteristics to caterpillars: they can glow, they have fur and they can squash and stretch. Also, Coraline has an ongoing bug theme trough the entire film

[TheDeadGunslinger]

the other mother feeds on love and life energy, she doesn't actually eat the children.. but SOMETHING does.

[Apophis.]

Creator: Makes book for his daughter.
Also creator: Adds so much lore that it’s still being talked about to this day

[lesteryaytrippy]

Coraline, in book and film form, set the bar HIGH for a children's gothic fantasy story and hope that it remains for the next generations to come.

[viakat]

Theorists: "did coraline ACTUALLY escape?"
The writers: "well yes, but no"

[CJ-leuc]

coralline movie: * exist * theorist for the next 20 years: “ its free Real estate “

[yatogamiirina]

Did someone notice in the movie that the other mother say "i'll die without you!" Maybe what she meant is she will be eaten if she don't do the sacrifice?

[haleynellis]

This idea made her screaming "I'll die without you" at the end of the movie a lot freakier...

[Faceless_time_traveler]

Assuming the tunnel is a monster sleeping, and that every time she goes through it to escape it becomes more awake and more intent on trapping her in, I shudder to think what would've happened if she had gone through that tunnel one more time .

[EleanorofAquitaine]

It’s a giant rat. The mother of all the rats. “We are small but we are many, we are many but we are small. We were here before you rose, we will be here when you fall.” The rats seem to have existed way longer than the other mother. And the lines they saw are about the other mother.

[maryrosemaurizio]

I would LOVE a prequel called “The Beldam” wich would tell us who WAS truly the other mother and who is really the cat.

[callibre]

i like her voice just changes so fast so much from creepy, spooky, to sweet, and funny.

[malign]

The fur theory around 9:10 is actually solid if you consider that cilia (microscopic hairs) are present in throats and mouths for the purpose of transporting the mucus which traps airborne contaminants in the throat. This being followed by the literal description of a mouth-like feeling makes me inclined to believe she is no longer in the belly of the beast, but the maw of the beast

[pandaua]

Coraline was my first ever favorite horror movie and after seeing this, I just want to see it again.

[Enderjuusto]

Theorists: Okay so this part of Coraline is even more dangerous than the beldam

Other father: so anyway, i started *warning*

[oddfuture]

when you were a kid watching the movie, did you ever wonder what would’ve happened if coraline ripped the thin material that she crawled through?

[raevinkinforgottenangel]

I think that the corridor is fear personified. In the beginning its fun and playful, because it's fun to be scared every once in awhile but as the book continues, it's gets more and more insidious. Think about all the thing that we're described about it, every one of it's descriptors are things that children might be frightened of, cold winds, voices, spider webs. And can you think of anything that is more old and slow that fear itself?