How Coraline Could Have Been CREEPIER

Who DOESN'T love Coraline? I sure do! I've been thinking that it was not as creepy as I remember, so I had a look back at the book and... yep! This movie could have been one heck of a lot creepier! Join me as I compare the book and movie in an animated tale of unchecked creepiness. We look at alternative Other Mothers with dark pasts, scary minions, rich decaying descriptions, twisted timelines, and so so much more. Watch if you dare!

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[JuupelisJaapelis]

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.

[Grace-hphv]

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

[GhostStealth]

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.

[dreadpiraterobin]

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.

[meagancrowley]

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

[Minto]

When I read the book after watching the movie I immediately noticed:


'Wait where's Wybie'

[oaklandpickle]

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.

[aesthetic_rex]

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.

[asiboe]

Coraline was an underrated masterpiece

[bludraws]

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

[LamisonJamison]

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

[mocherus]

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

[gloombucks]

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

[e_.d._.._n]

Wybie: *exists*


Coraline: hElLo WhYwErEyOuBoRn

[zzzara]

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

[ezrahasleftthechat]

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.

[trevorfarrell]

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

[fifthseasn]

No one:

Coraline Novel: “bReAd DoUgH”

[somegirlfromthetrash]

Wanna know the most creepiest scene in the movie??

“DONT LEAVE ME! DONT LEAVE ME DONT LEAVE ME ILL DIE WITHOUT YOU

[sonorasgirl]

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...