Poll: How scary do you rate Coraline?
- Thread starter Fniff
- Start date
I was expecteting a little kids film but scared the shit out of me when the mothers eyes fell out and she turned into a spider-thing
I never got round to seeing it, but as a childrens movie, I'm faily sure there was meant to be no fear involved.
Neil Gaiman. That alone should tell you one thing.
And where do we put the buttons?
[HEADING=1]AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGHHHHH![/HEADING]
Make it stop, make it stop, make it stop!!!!!!
And where do we put the buttons?
[HEADING=1]AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGHHHHH![/HEADING]
Make it stop, make it stop, make it stop!!!!!!
About as scary as Nightmare Before Christmas ever was? And by that I mean "not at all." It's supposed to be darker, I mean yeah, it would be terrifying for a girl to go through, but told through clay-mation it mostly loses any real horror it may have had.
I love how the dad wears a Michigan State University shirt. My dad went to MSU XD
I love how the dad wears a Michigan State University shirt. My dad went to MSU XD
You know those episodes of Dr Who that feature 'mild peril' but an idea that is so scary it stays with you for days. That times five...Cpt_Oblivious said:
Okay first of all I thought it was a great movie, let's get that outta the way. Artistic and clever and somewhat unique. I mean I gave it a very positive review AND it won the Vrex family film of the year.
With that out of the way, while it wasn't the most terrifying thing I've seen it still did make me genuinely scared and concerned for the survival of the young protagonist. The Other Mother is a genuinely frightening villian who when put into practise is actually scarier than the Grudge and the little girl from the Ring put together.
I mean seriously? Can you imagine the horror aspect of an evil hideous monster that lives off of the life force of small children? Or that in order to do so it lures them away by pretending to be a loving mother, doting and caring only to finally reveal its true colors and essentially eat them?
I'm serious the thought of that is so eerie and Coraline is so gothic and dark and creepy and is made all the scarier when put into persepctive that this is a movie aimed at children. Sure it might not scare us as cynical teenagers, but imagine how it would be to a wide eyed youngter.
Let me tell you it'd scare the hell out of me.
Seriously I have to agree with the OP, it's amazing how gothic they made this movie. I mean if this was live action it would actually be considered a horror film but the fact that it was stop motion instead just barely qualifies it as a children's movie. It's honestly one of the most mature children's movies released in '09 in that regard.
I loved it.
With that out of the way, while it wasn't the most terrifying thing I've seen it still did make me genuinely scared and concerned for the survival of the young protagonist. The Other Mother is a genuinely frightening villian who when put into practise is actually scarier than the Grudge and the little girl from the Ring put together.
I mean seriously? Can you imagine the horror aspect of an evil hideous monster that lives off of the life force of small children? Or that in order to do so it lures them away by pretending to be a loving mother, doting and caring only to finally reveal its true colors and essentially eat them?
I'm serious the thought of that is so eerie and Coraline is so gothic and dark and creepy and is made all the scarier when put into persepctive that this is a movie aimed at children. Sure it might not scare us as cynical teenagers, but imagine how it would be to a wide eyed youngter.
Let me tell you it'd scare the hell out of me.
Seriously I have to agree with the OP, it's amazing how gothic they made this movie. I mean if this was live action it would actually be considered a horror film but the fact that it was stop motion instead just barely qualifies it as a children's movie. It's honestly one of the most mature children's movies released in '09 in that regard.
I loved it.
I went to see this and I found it more creepy and unsettling more then scary. Am I a bad person for trying to convince my manager to take his 6 year old daughter because kids should get the crap scared out of them occasionally?
It was kind of eerie and bizarre throughout, with a few outright scary bits towards the end. It's no horror film, certainly, but I wouldn't take a little kid to see it. Seems like a movie more suited to kids maybe 12 and up.
I saw Coraline on DVD during Halloween actually. I tried to find the Nightmare Before Christmas at the dvd rental stores in town, but I couldn't find it. But I heard that the people or somebody involved in making the Nightmare Before Christmas made Coraline, and since I hadn't seen it, I decided to go for it instead. I watched it and it was a decent film. Probably as scary as Nightmare Before Christmas, of which if you're a child or have children, then it might be a little scary for them if they don't like seeing monsters, or tend to scream at the first weird thing that happens on screen. If you're a kid or have children who are real sensitive to this kinda thing, which also Beetlejuice was quite around the same level of scary and weirdness as this movie, then it might not be a movie you'd like them to see. But if you're a pre-teen, an average teen, or an adult, it's a decent film just to see an interesting story and animation. I liked it. And no, I wasn't scared by it. I'm 24.
Coraline is Pretty much a horror movie for Kids.
I remember Reading the book at >7, scared the s*** out of me!
I remember Reading the book at >7, scared the s*** out of me!