October 1st marks the start of spooky season! Spooky season calls for spooky movies. And a perfect movie for spooky season is Coraline. Yes, movies like Coraline are considered spooky movies. The dark and twisted children’s movie is perfect to watch during any point of spooky season.

Coraline is a young girl who just moved into a large, and very old, house with her mother and father. As the first fifteen minutes of the film pass, it is clear to the audience that Coraline has a rather undesired life. Both her mother and father are overworked and inattentive to her needs, and she has moved miles away from her the only friends she has ever known.

Although Coraline was the protagonist of the film, the “other mother” held my attention throughout the duration of the film. For a child who is being constantly ignored by her mother and father, it is quite easy for the “other mother” to seduce Coraline to her world. In the beginning I was all for Coraline spending time with the “other mother.” She made all of Coraline’s favorite dishes, allowed her to visit her neighbors who put on magical circus and other performing acts. She also tucked her in at night and made her feel loved and secured before she went to sleep. The “other mother” seems pretty great, right? *Dwight false* Although she is a manipulative and lying kidnapper who takes advantage of and seduces unhappy children, the “other mother” is probably one of the best characters in the movie!

I have seen many films with pretty crappy parents in them…..

Just to name a few:

-Carrie,

-Home Alone,

-Matilda, and even

-Star Wars

…..but Coraline has to be the movie at the top of the list who contain the world’s worst parents in them. Neither one of Coraline’s parents truly acknowledge their daughter’s presence.

Giving the movie Coraline was a very difficult task. Ultimately, I would give Coraline four out of five stars. I felt the claymation was executed in a remarkable manner and was very creative. However, the beginning of the movie was rather slow paced. It was not until about twenty minutes in when the movie finally began to pick up.

This movie is in the “family watch together movies” section for a reason. It surprised me how dark this CHILDREN’S movie was. Although this is supposed to be a children’s film, the unconventional children’s film had my floormates and I all creeped out for the next few nights.