Coraline is a really good book.
Even though that the book's a bit slow, that's something common to all of Neil Gaiman's work. However, purposefully exploring the Uncanny Valley in order to create terror is downright brilliant. The button-eyed people are disturbing, in the good way. The point is - it's scary, it's unsettling and it's pretty good.
The film's not half-assed, either. When you've got the writer of the book to say what he felt that was needed in the movie, you can't go wrong. The characters are interesting and the Uncanny Valley just makes what already was disturbing in the book into something insanely disturbing - looking into the Uncanny Valley itself. Wybie is not a bad character, either.
It's the closest thing we'll ever get to a child horror movie, and even more scary to adults when you realize the implications. Using Uncanny Valley on purpose adds even more to the fear. And the body horror is also disturbing.
If you want to be scared in all areas, watch/read this.
The man who created Sandman decided to explore the Uncanny Valley. Great.
Coraline is a really good book. Even though that the book's a bit slow, that's something common to all of Neil Gaiman's work. However, purposefully exploring the Uncanny Valley in order to create terror is downright brilliant. The button-eyed people are disturbing, in the good way. The point is - it's scary, it's unsettling and it's pretty good. The film's not half-assed, either. When you've got the writer of the book to say what he felt that was needed in the movie, you can't go wrong. The characters are interesting and the Uncanny Valley just makes what already was disturbing in the book into something insanely disturbing - looking into the Uncanny Valley itself. Wybie is not a bad character, either. It's the closest thing we'll ever get to a child horror movie, and even more scary to adults when you realize the implications. Using Uncanny Valley on purpose adds even more to the fear. And the body horror is also disturbing. If you want to be scared in all areas, watch/read this.