Warned that the Beldam will never accept Coraline's victory, she tricks her into unlocking the door. Inside, Coraline sees the Beldam in her arachnoid form. As she does, the Other Pink Palace Apartments' surroundings gradually disintegrate until only the living room is left. Using the stone, Coraline finds the ghosts' eyes in the Other World, now turned nightmarish, from its deranged inhabitants.
"In each of three wonders, I've made just for you, a ghost's eye is lost in plain sight." - Beldam. But before the games starts, Coraline demands a clue and the Other Mother gives her one. The cat advises Coraline to propose a "game": if Coraline cannot find her parents and the ghosts' eyes, she will let buttons be sewn over her eyes, but if she can, they will all be set free.
She eventually deduces that they have been kidnapped by the Beldam and returns to the Other World, but not before Spink and Forcible grant her a stone with a hole in it. He helps her escape back to the real world, but Coraline discovers that her parents are missing. Coraline promises to help.Ĭoraline is suddenly rescued from the mirror by the Other Wybie, whose mouth has been stitched by the Beldam.
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To free their souls, their real eyes need to be found. With the promise of a better life, she lured them into the Other World, where she sewed buttons over their eyes and consumed their lives. They reveal that the Other Mother, whom they refer to as the Beldam, created and sent button-eyed rag dolls that resembled them in order to spy on their lives. There, Coraline meets the ghosts of previous victims, including the missing twin sister of Wybie's grandmother. The Other Mother, appearing taller and more grotesque, then "disciplines" Coraline by imprisoning her behind a wall. The cat reappears and reveals to her the sinister truth about the Other World and the Other Mother. Terrified, Coraline attempts to flee, but the Other Mother sees through her plan and blocks all the exits to the real world. The Other Mother invites Coraline to stay forever, under the condition that a pair of buttons will be sewn over her eyes. Despite having no Other World counterpart, the black cat is able to speak in the Other World. Bobinsky, the Other Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, and the Other Wybie, who is mute. Despite cryptic warnings from her neighbors, Coraline visits the Other World three times, where she meets the Other Mr. Coraline meets the Other Mother and Other Father, who are much more attentive and entertaining than her real parents.Īfter dinner, she goes to sleep in her Other Bedroom, but awakes in her real bedroom. That night, a mouse guides her through the door, where the bricks have been replaced by a corridor to the Other World, inhabited by button-eyed doppelgängers of people from her world. The doll then lures her to a small door in the living room, which is bricked up and can only be unlocked by a button key. later,Coraline returns home and suggests that it's perfect time for gardening but her mother isn't convinced and says, "Rain makes mud and mud makes a mess." However, Wybie gives Coraline some gift that has a button-eyed ragdoll that resembles her. Whilst exploring, she meets a black cat and Wyborne "Wybie" Lovat, the grandson of the landlady, whose twin sister mysteriously disappeared years ago. Due to her parents constantly working, Coraline frequently explores the apartment. In retrospective years, the film assumed a cult status.Ĭoraline Jones and her parents move from Pontiac, Michigan, to their new home in Ashland, Oregon, the dilapidated Pink Palace Apartments.
Coraline won Annie Awards for Best Music in an Animated Feature Production, Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production and Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production, and received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Animated Feature. At the end of its box office run, the film had grossed over $124 million worldwide. The film made $16.85 million during opening weekend, ranking third at the box office.
The film was released in United States theaters on February 6, 2009, after a world premiere at the Portland International Film Festival, and received positive reviews from critics. Written and directed by Henry Selick, the film was made with Gaiman's approval and co-operation. The film depicts an adventurous girl finding an idealized parallel world behind a secret door in her new home, unaware that the alternate world contains a dark and sinister secret. It was the first feature film produced by Laika and was distributed by Focus Features. Coraline is a 2009 American 3D stop-motion dark fantasy horror film based on Neil Gaiman's 2002 novel of the same name.
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