Coraline has been traumatizing young children since its release in 2009, but the animated children’s horror film gained a cult following that very same year. Even 14 years after its initial release, Coraline continues to inspire countless discussions, comparisons, theories connecting it to horror icons like Stephen King’s It, and is arguably the best children’s horror movie ever made. While people of all ages can enjoy the creepy horror that is Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, the fact that it’s a children’s movie with a PG rating actually hinders Coraline from reaching its full potential as a supernatural horror movie. With a more adult rating, Coraline could’ve been the best animated horror film of all time. Some argue that Coraline already pushes well past its PG rating and intended audience due to its explicit exploration of dark themes like sacrifice, torture, and murder, so changing the rating could’ve given the movie the space it needed to fully come into its potential.With deeply unsettling themes, plot points, and horrifically twisty animation, Coraline is already beloved by older children and adults alike, but the movie often feels like it’s afraid to take that extra step when dealing with its darker moments. Coraline is so detailed, every second of the film unveiling another easter egg in a song or a simple object on screen, that older fans continue to debate the contents of the movie and its meaning. The film represents a split between reality and fantasy, but that split could be as imagined but Coraline as it is actually happening. The many darker theories that spiral from Coraline’s lighter moments show that fans ache for that even darker twist to Coraline that would’ve made it even more incredible, but being a children’s film left certain avenues closed while an older rating could have let the film explore more.Guillermo Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth is arguably both Del Toro’s best work and one of the most beautiful works of supernatural horror in film. Much like Coraline, it centers a child protagonist exploring a split in reality that allows her to travel between her world and a more magical realm. In many ways, the core aspects of Pan’s Labyrinth and Coraline are very similar. In both cases, the child’s reality feels darker to them at first than the magical realm, and they strive to stay in the magical realm. Pan’s Labyrinth, however, is an adult-rated film, and this is shown as it diverts from the usual children’s storyline Coraline follows. Where Coraline’s darker reality is one in which her parents tend to ignore her, Ofelia’s darker reality has to do with her sadistic father, a military captain in Nazi-occupied Spain during WWII. So, even the darker aspect of Pan’s magical realm are a haven for Ofelia whereas Coraline realizes soon she wants to escape the Other Mother and cannot.RELATED: There’s Something Wrong With the Children Remixes Some Iconic Classic HorrorRELATED: Will There Be a Coraline Sequel?
Coraline has been traumatizing young children since its release in 2009, but the animated children’s horror film gained a cult following that very same year. Even 14 years after its initial release, Coraline continues to inspire countless discussions, comparisons, theories connecting it to horror icons like Stephen King’s It, and is arguably the best children’s horror movie ever made. While people of all ages can enjoy the creepy horror that is Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, the fact that it’s a children’s movie with a PG rating actually hinders Coraline from reaching its full potential as a supernatural horror movie. With a more adult rating, Coraline could’ve been the best animated horror film of all time. Some argue that Coraline already pushes well past its PG rating and intended audience due to its explicit exploration of dark themes like sacrifice, torture, and murder, so changing the rating could’ve given the movie the space it needed to fully come into its potential.
With deeply unsettling themes, plot points, and horrifically twisty animation, Coraline is already beloved by older children and adults alike, but the movie often feels like it’s afraid to take that extra step when dealing with its darker moments. Coraline is so detailed, every second of the film unveiling another easter egg in a song or a simple object on screen, that older fans continue to debate the contents of the movie and its meaning. The film represents a split between reality and fantasy, but that split could be as imagined but Coraline as it is actually happening. The many darker theories that spiral from Coraline‘s lighter moments show that fans ache for that even darker twist to Coraline that would’ve made it even more incredible, but being a children’s film left certain avenues closed while an older rating could have let the film explore more.
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth is arguably both Del Toro’s best work and one of the most beautiful works of supernatural horror in film. Much like Coraline, it centers a child protagonist exploring a split in reality that allows her to travel between her world and a more magical realm. In many ways, the core aspects of Pan’s Labyrinth and Coraline are very similar. In both cases, the child’s reality feels darker to them at first than the magical realm, and they strive to stay in the magical realm. Pan’s Labyrinth, however, is an adult-rated film, and this is shown as it diverts from the usual children’s storyline Coraline follows. Where Coraline’s darker reality is one in which her parents tend to ignore her, Ofelia’s darker reality has to do with her sadistic father, a military captain in Nazi-occupied Spain during WWII. So, even the darker aspect of Pan’s magical realm are a haven for Ofelia whereas Coraline realizes soon she wants to escape the Other Mother and cannot.
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