What Makes Coraline So Scary | Traven Talks
446I was obsessed with horror when I was a kid.
I did everything I could to get my hands on it. I’d borrow books from that section of the library, I watched many a classic slasher in 10 to 15 minute chunks on Youtube, I spent hours wading through the wide world of creepypastas and “found footage” web series online, and thanks to my inattentive older brothers, got a healthy dose of Japanese horror. Of course, it often came at the expense of a good night’s sleep. There’s just something about the morbid nature of it all that peaked my curiosity, even if it was to my own detriment. But amongst all the gore and nightmares, there was always one film that stood out in my mind. It found a delicate balance between the intense dread that makes horror so exhilarating while still maintaining a childlike whimsy that makes it almost magical. It’s a dark fantasy that blends uncanny animation with a macabre story to create a uniquely twisted world I still can’t help but get lost in, and during this most spooky of time of the year, I want to talk about what I think makes it so horrifyingly special.
Based on the book of the same name by Neil Gaiman, Coraline is a stop motion horror film directed by Henry Selick, animated by LAIKA about, well, Coraline, a curious young girl in a mundane world who's just moved into a new apartment with her busy parents as, in the midst of her frustrated boredom, she discovers a small locked door that leads to a fantastical version of her world, unaware of the trap she’s wandering into until it's too late.
It’s one of a few adaptations of Gaiman’s novella, alongside a graphic novel, a musical, an opera, and even a video game tie-in. It’s also become one of the highest grossing stop-motion features of all time. Yet, despite this success, it initially struggled to make it off the ground. It’s success was not always a guarantee, but I think it’s in those risks that it found its appeal, by bucking the trends expected of animated works at the time, something that can most obviously be seen in its . . .
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- Dark Toys - SYBS
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- Ending Credits - Bruno Coulais
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- Gagool - Kevin MacLeod
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- Waltz To Death - Sir Cubworth
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- Window Demons - roljui
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- Righteous - Silent Partner
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- Epilog Ghostpocalypse - Kevin MacLeod
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- Gaia In Fog - Dan Bodan
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- She Died Up There You Know - Dan Bodan
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♣| FOOTAGE / MEDIA USED |♣
- Coraline (Film - 2009)
- A Nightmare On Elm Street (Film - 1984)
- Marble Hornets (Web Series - 2009)
- Ju-On: The Grudge (Film - 2002)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (Film - 1994)
- James and The Giant Peach (Film - 1996)
- What Makes Stop Motion So Creepy? | Traven Talks
- Coraline - Behind The Scenes
♣| OTHER MEDIA REFERENCED |♣
- Lord Loss, by Darren Shan (Book - 2005)
- IT, by Stephen King (Book - 1986)
- Coraline, by Neil Gaiman (Book - 2002)
- Coraline, by Neil Gaiman (Graphic Novel - 2008)
- Coraline (Musical - 2009)
- Coraline (Opera - 2018)
- Coraline (Game - 2009)
- Chicken Run (Film - 2000)
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit (Film - 2005)
♣| SOURCES / FURTHER READING / ETC |♣
Articles on Coraline’s Production:
- Portland Monthly - https://bit.ly/323kkon
- Wired - https://bit.ly/2C3cm3G
- Animation World Network - https://bit.ly/323knAz
- NPR - https://n.pr/36l2pwD
- Hollywood Reporter - https://bit.ly/2C0KqO6
Q&A w/ Travis Knight & Neil Gaiman:
- EW - https://bit.ly/2N0ooRM
Interviews:
w/ Henry Selick
- Collider - https://bit.ly/2N0oqZU
- Cinema Blend - https://bit.ly/2PzEZ0E
- Illinois Times - https://bit.ly/2Nx2B3a
w/ Tadahiro Uesugi
- Animation World Network - https://bit.ly/2q55TCX
w/ Deborah Cook
- Racked - https://bit.ly/36mfoxY
Box Office Data (from BoxOfficeMojo):
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