WTF Was *CORALINE*?!

When Neil Gaiman wrote Coraline, his publisher stated that it was too scary for children, he made a deal, let her child read the book and if she liked it to publish it. She was actually terrified but wanted to know what happened next so bc of her we have the book and movie!

Fun fact: Pumpkin dad was the less horrifying version of who the dad actually was. In the book, she eventually found his decomposing body in the basement. He looked like a melting magot, his arms and legs twigs and his button eyes falling off, yet somehow he was still alive and calling out for her. There was nothing she could do for him You're welcome for this horrifying tidbit

Hey Danny, fun fact. The sowing kit the other mother is using in this scene isn’t even a sowing kit. It’s a kit used to fix corpses before their funeral. That’s why there’s a hammer and bone saw in the mix. 1:33

If I had a button for every time Kieth David voiced a magic black cat with a mysterious past in an animation that kids shouldn't watch, I'd have two. Not a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

Danny constantly being like "damn Other Mother, slow down and let her enjoy it!" Like yes, that's the point! She's love-bombing Coraline. She's drowning her in affection and gifts so this neglected 12 year old won't notice all the other horrifying shit going on!

This movie is ripe for an analysis as an allegory not just for the risk of predators around children, but also the harm of parents falling into the trap of ignoring their children and brushing them off.

I've noticed that a lot of people have started to understand why her parents act the way they do now that they're revisiting this movie as an adult/parent. Especially once you realize that Coraline's mom is wearing a neck brace, not a turtleneck. She's healing from an accident, they just moved, and the parents have a deadline to meet. I'm sorry Coraline, but they have more important things to worry about than keeping you entertained all the time.

YOu wanna know something really terrifying? The Other Mother (or Beldame) isn't the only creature in the original book. The Tunnel is something too. it isn't the colorful array you see here, it is dark and it feels... alive. When Coraline flees through it at the end the book reads: "It was colder in the corridor, like stepping down into a cellar on a warm day. The cat hesitated for a moment, then [...] The wall she was touching seemed warm and yielding now, and, she realised, it felt as if it was covered in a fine downy fur. It moved, as if it were taking a breath. She snatched her hand away from it. Winds howled in the dark. She was scared she would bump into something, and she put out her hand for the wall once more. This time what she touched felt hot and wet, as if she had put her hand in somebody's mouth, and she pulled it back with a small wail.[...] Whatever that corridor was was older by far than the other mother. It was deep, and slow, and it knew that she was there…"

Fun fact that badge that Bobinski Has(10:12) was given to people who help clean up Chernobyl

I loved Coraline as a kid and that probably says a lot about me

I feel like I was the only person that WASN'T traumatized by this movie as a kid

1% of the video: actually reacting 99% of the video: Danny simping for Coraline's mom💀

You and your friends could have formed a band; you could've called yourselves NightCore-aline. I'll see myself out.

Between Mrs Jones and Nagisa's mom, I'm starting to think Danny has a thing for concerning mother characters 😭 ....at least initially

I did a study a while ago for a class and noticed that the gayer a person is the more they love/watched Coraline. Not surprisingly it is my favorite movie, so take that as you will. Edit: For legal reasons this is a joke. I am well aware a movie doesn’t determine sexuality you don’t need to keep telling me.

The scene that is legit terrifying to me in this movie (I looooove spooky things, but I'm unable to watch actual rated R horror) is when Coraline speaks with the ghost children and you can see the deep indents in the bed where the ghost children's bodies must've been.

I remember how terrifying this movie was as a kid and it still is VERY creepy but it is gorgeous

I was and still am a big fan of stop motion animation even as an adult. I really enjoyed this movie regardless of how spooky it was, but the one scene with the two actresses talking about stuffing all their dead dogs definitely traumatized me for the rest of my life. Especially as an unsuspecting child watching this movie for the first time 😂😂

I remember a lot of people saying Coraline traumatized them as a kid, but for me it was 9. Idk if people know what that movie is, but the scenes of the doll’s soul being ripped out of them by that monster will forever be burned into my brain. Hell, I remember crying at some of the scenes, which is why when I watched Coraline, I wasn’t as scared.

I've litteraly only watched this movie once, as a kid, and yet so much of it is burned into my head from sheer terror.