Coraline: The History of The Beldam | Horror History
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The history of The Beldam, or The Other Mother, stretches back way further than we see in the movie or the novella.
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The Beldam, also known as The Other Mother was an evil entity whose history extends hundreds of years into the past of a particular house and the alternate world that connects to it. In the movie, this area is known as The Pink Palace Apartments, but the unnamed location in the book is the darker, more sinister version of the story... as is the creature herself.
The story of The Beldam is mostly shrouded in mystery, but using the clues left behind by author Neil Gaiman, we can learn more about the past of this terrifying seamstress, her child victims over the course of hundreds of years and some of the abilities, powers and spells she possesses for the purpose of manipulation and control.
We'll also explore her role in The Other World, the origins of The Other Father and other life forms in that world, what the Other Mother's ultimate goal was in the story of Coraline, and a couple of interesting theories about her.
This will cover the entire known history of The Other Mother in Coraline from her messed up origins to the (possible) end of her tyranny in the early 2000s. Please note that this will only analyse her character as it is written in the book. I will show clips from the 2009 movie as a visual aid, but for the purposes of Horror History, the books are canon!
#Coraline #Beldam
Chapters
0:00 | Intro
0:48 | The Origin of The Other Mother and Earliest Victims
3:17 | Building A New World
4:40 | Meeting Coraline Jones
6:51 | The Wonders of The Other World
8:39 | The Magic and Spells of The Beldam
11:46 | The True Nature of The Other Mother
13:03 | The Cellar of the Forgotten
14:28 | The History of the Hand
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I love how the father doesn’t want to hurt her, I find it so nice how he tells her to get out of there
Other Wybie tries too.
I have a theory. At the end of the film we see the cat laying on the sign but It then disappears into thin air. We know that the cat can walk through different dimensions ONLY when he's in the other world. Meaning, in the end, the cat walked into the REAL world and Coraline might still be stuck in the other-mother's fake world. The whole other- wybie and other-dad helping her was another one of the other mother's tricks in which she made Coraline think she had escaped but she actually hasn't.
where are my clown shoes Also the garden in the end of the movie is the other mothers face
BRUH SHUT UP IM NEVER GONNA WATCH THE MOVIE THE SAME WAY EVER AGAIN 😂
@@wherearemyclownshoes but everyone has normal eyes, and they all act normal
How could she still somehow be stuck in the other world?
The Beldam also screams “ILL DIE WITHOUT YOU!” As Coraline was leaving. I don’t think she’ll live long enough for the next child to open the door.
Vanterlex X good riddance
Except it's canon confirmed that the well Coraline drops the key down is also a portal to the other world, so the Beldam at least has that.
D. Laney R U SERIOUS 😧
@@yoyo-uu4mt yep
@@d.lan3y i'm interested, where did it get confirmed? was it in the book? if so, what did it say?
Can you imagine if the other 3 children had their own film /short film that explains and shows their story , it would be interesting to see beldam in different forms and in different decades
dude i totally want this, like a sequel
won’t happen due to the fact the protagonist loses
@@Javale_McGoat that's it! this movie is different from other, then why can't they make the antagonist win?
@@diqiyasha7766 no one likes a movie where the hero loses. generally speaking. everyone wants to see the hero save the day. always the good ending.
@@Javale_McGoat Jigsaw: Allow me to introduce myself
the cat is literally the only one with brain cells
every time it looks at Coraline its face says "Oh, children are idiots."
Frfr
LMAOO
fr 😭
I love how this is a PG movie but has such a dark lure and story that scares kids till this day
DARK MEL0DY so does the real story of rapunzel becasue in the real rapunzel movie they cut her hair while her mom in the tower so that her mother could die and that mother gothels never stole rapunzel,her real parents traded her in return for stealing mother gothels flowers and that when Eugene came to the tower mother gothel pushed him and he fell in like something sharp which went thru his eyes and making him blind but he later found rapunzel after she was singing when she had escaped her tower and then they got married leaving mother gothel in the tower alone to die because rapunzel wasn’t their an even if she was she had cut her hair off
The womans also wear revealing clothes
*lore :)
DARK MEL0DY I’m 15 years old and this movie STILL scares me
DARK MEL0DY it’s lore btw
Being honest the “other father” scared me the most. Especially when at the end coraline asks him where Wybie was, and he turned around pulling his mouth open saying “he pulled a loooong face...and mother didnt like it..”
Yes in the movie when the other mother pulled him away out of the room and she pulled a vine out of his ear and it sewed his mouth shut. Then he murmurs, "Swish swash..."
That part honestly creeped me out so much
Tea Cuppy I agree with you but we have to see that the other father helped Coraline very much 💙🥺
Natacha Faria oh yes yes! His voice is sooo creepy, but he is one of the sweetest guys! Especially when he gave her the missing eye even though he was going to die🥺
When at the end Coraline asks him where wybee can't spell
And he turned around pulling his mouth open saying he pulled a loooong face and mother didn't like it
Child predators elicit a very specific type of disgust from audiences. That's why Coraline is such a great horror movie. It's all about how a predator can wrap up a child with distractions, smiles & gifts. Ultimately trying to convince them to do things they don't want to.
It's important children watch this film & recognise these people as they see them. There's nothing behind the eyes but lust. One glimpse at it changes everything.
Now this comment scared me
@@emptycinema I don't think that's the message of this movie.
@@majinprince-xanaden what do you think the message is?
@@majinprince-xanaden I am just scared of predators as a child because you don't know how is pedo and who is not in real world and as a teenager, it is scary to think that there are people who want to use me
@@MH-ms1dg the thing is some movies don't have a "message". But I seriously doubt it's about child predators, I feel like that would've been confirmed by now. Also I didn't get that feeling at all when watching this movie
Fun fact, the letter "o" in cursive, depending on how many loops are made can either signify a welcoming feeling or not, one loop meaning that it had positive energy behind it and 2 loops are the opposite. So when the other mother brings in the welcome home cake, you can see that the "o" in welcome has one loop and the "o" in home has 2, meaning that she was indeed welcomed but this wasn't home.
Did you watch that tiktok too?
@@fiddlesticks597 that’s what i was thinking
Same
Woah 🤯 I always wondered why they’re is a double looped o
Fun fact, this is total BS and there’s no hidden code behind handwriting, you sound ridiculous
The ending of the movie has always left me a bit anxious, mostly because of what Wybie says about the well. He tells Coraline that the well is rumored to be so deep that if you were to fall down it and look up, you’d see a sky full of stars in the middle of the day. Well, in the beginning of the movie, when the Beldam is making the doll, it seems to float in & out of the window to a dark nothingness full of stars. I think that the well is another portal to the Other world and by throwing the key down the well, Coraline may have sent the key right back to the Beldam. It is not that hard to believe that the well could be a portal, given how mysterious it is made out to be, and the fact that the cat has access to other portals, which he uses to enter the Other world whenever he wants.
boibelladraws bruh your right
I wonder if this is actually real though
boibelladraws the theorizer did a video about this and he said the same thing about the well being a portal. It makes a lot of sense. He has a lot of Coraline theory videos.
The well is also surrounded by a “fairy circle” which is believed to be some sort of portal to another dimension or world
I think that they should make a second movie 🎥 of coraline
Wasn't the cat with them whenever Coraline and wybie threw the key down the well don't you think that the cat would have worn them that it was a portal since the cat has portals to the otherworld
A innocent child’s soul: Exists
The beldam: 🥺👉🏻👈🏻 is that for me
I smell an underrated comment
I love this 🥺🥺
No no it's 'is for me'
@•Ex Pasteline• you won't understand
@•Ex Pasteline• not very hard but I don't want to explain
Reading all these comments about all these theories and hidden details makes me love this movie even more tbh
Arachne (Greek for Spider) was a woman in Greek Mythology who was a great tapestry weaver. So great that the boasted of her handiwork being better than that of Athena (Goddess of War, the Arts, and Reason). Athena took her up on her challenge and inevitably won. As punishment she told Arachne she would be “the mother of a great family of weavers” and turned her into a spider.
This makes sense with the Beldam’s obsession with games and challenges.
Athena didn't win, Arachne won and was kind of a dick about it so Athena turned her into a spider out of pettiness
@@AriEugene There's various different interpretations, some say she did it as a gift. Others say she did it cause she's a sore loser. It varies
Look up the fae.
@@AriEugene that is a roman poet not a Greek one. The poet Ovid wrote it to make the greek gods look petty and cruel
@@AriEugene medusa 2
Coraline is one of the best family films of the last two decades.
The soundtrack is absolutely perfect for the visuals.
I watch this around Halloween every year... or quiet rainy days.
Right! Its one of my favorite movies ever. It gives me the weirdest feeling... creepy nostalgia for something or somewhere I've never known... lol
@@Hannah22oz Yes! It has a wonderful, creepy, ambient feel to it. The other Laika studio films are good, too, but Coraline is still my favorite.
You can watch the film on President’s Day because of that detail in the shopping scene.
Bro that's niiiicccccceeeeee yo 😀😀
@@FilmmakeroftheFuture hahaha oh yeah!
Cat saved the day as least twice, why is no one talking about the cat
National hero
the cats my fav chara lmao
Because there's nothing more to say.
@@auri2773 same
The cat is my favorite character
Honestly I always wondered why spink the shorter old lady’s “younger” version is dark skinned and looked suspiciously like Wybie’s grandmas missing twin sister. Now it all makes sense, their soulless bodies carried on as soldiers for the other mothers illusions. I saw this movie when I was 17 in theaters I love it so much, seen it so many times still learn and see new details each time.
The fact the father tried spilling out secrets to Coraline, as in the song "cute as a doll" "well keep our eyes on you" He meant those literally. Also at the table he tried getting Coraline not to put the buttons in his eyes saying "it'll painfully hurt" and in the end scene he quickly gave the eye to Coraline. The thing is the reason he did this, is because the beldam tried making the most loving father, and of course a father would sacrifice his life for his daughter. And tell things she needs to know, so basically the beldam made a creature that would not only spill his tiny secrets, but foil her entire plan.
I have a theory that she takes the eyes specifically because eyes are said to be the way to the soul.
PixelatedToast thats the whole concept of the story? Not a theory
Conny Oeoeoeoe lmfao
damn
Conny Oeoeoeoe I didn’t know
You guys are crumbling (who ever wrote this ) there dreams 😭with the replies
i wasn't scared of coraline as a kid. i'm scared of it now.
Me too! If I watch it now I get so afraid. The book is located in the kids section and just thought of the poor kids losing their shit with this book.
Sameee
Same its strange
moonghostin SAMEEEEE i really do feel bad for the other 3 kids that died at the hands of the other mother, and never seeing their family again.
Me too!!!
Another thing I noticed is at 15:09 you can see how the well resembles to the original gateway Coraline went through the first time to the other world. Which further supports that the well is in fact another gateway to the other world.
the cat made me feel safe throughout the movie
This movie is a masterpiece.
So is your profile pic
Well the book is..the movie is just a remake of the book
Phil Swift it truly is
Hallelujer
No need to put FlexSeal on this!
Notice how right before the other father dies, he reaches his hand up, holding one of the children’s eyes for Coraline to grab right before he succumbs to his death. It really proves how much he wants her to escape and free the children’s souls
He’s been trying to help her for almost the entire movie giving her hidden messages, but she never seems to notice.
The father was created to love Coraline, even if it meant betraying the other mother.
A song about Coraline has so many warnings to
Also! As the Other Father is “attacking” her, He’s saying;
“Sorry”
“So Sorry”
“Mother Making Me”
“Don’t Wanna Hurt You”
“Take This”
And then proceeds to give her the first eye.
I felt so bad for the other father tbh
I've always wondered that it was one of the little girls who was actually the oldest/first child taken by the Beldam - at least out of the three in the book. Near the end of the story, she's described wearing a dress that appears to be made out of spiderwebs, with a silver crown in her hair and a pair of wings on her back. Now, this could just be some sort of dream-state costume/persona she assumed in her afterlife (or the prelude picnic to her afterlife proper), but the oddest tidbit to me is what she *eats.* She's the only one out of the bunch not eating "normal" food - instead, she piles her plate high with flowers.
Kind of odd for any mundane child to eat, even if she fancied herself a faerie in her afterlife. Also, when the trio of dead children depart, she's the only one in their ranks that *flies* away.
Since the original book takes place in England, I've always been rather keen on the idea that this particular child is actually some type of faerie. Even though England doesn't appear (from what I know - I'm U.S. born and raised, so don't sew buttons into my eyes if I'm incorrect) to have such prolific Faerie mythos as Ireland and Scotland, it's quite possible that Gaiman put this in as a hint that the Beldam has been stealing children for a VERY long time - maybe even prior to the Anglo-Saxon (or even Roman) invasions/occupations in Britain. Like...perhaps all the way back to a time when "faerie" tribes (like the Irish Tuatha de Danann) held sway over the land. Which would essentially mean that the Beldam has been about her kidnapping mischief for thousands of years, rather than merely hundreds.
Moreover, if this one little girl was, in fact, not necessarily human but rather *magical* by nature, then one might even go so far as to assume that her "life force" (or whatever it is that the Beldam actually devours) satiated the Beldam for a good deal longer than the other "human" children. This would explain the extensive gap between meals, as the other children only present a few centuries apart.
But those are just my own odd little fancies. Figured I'd lay them down for dissection somewhere; I'm certainly not out here trying to start a "well, ACTUALLY..." keyboard-brawl.
Love your shit, hope you keep ballin' out macabre-style, definitely subbing today and I'm probs just gonna binge all this content - under the assumption that I survive.
Who is beldam? And how she look like this and how shey became like this? Why she lived in that hoise like this?
In the book, one of the ghost children is described as a fairy. This “fairy” ghost was replaced with the grandma’s twin in the movie. I would have to guess fairies existed very long ago when other mythical creatures roamed. So if we’re trying to figure out how old the bedlam is based on that, she’s probably ancient.
Maybe the beldam can’t make eyes because eyes are the windows to the soul, but maybe the beldam and the things she creates don’t have souls so she can’t make eyes. Maybe that’s why she wants the children soul too, she wants something she’s never had but always wanted “maybe she wants something to love or maybe something to eat, you can’t really tell with a creature like that”
I think mostly eat, it even says directly that she fed off of their souls
Souls taste gross
@ꪑiꪀꫀtꪖ iડ ꪖ ρꫀrꪜ
How are you show sure 🤔
Uh,she makes real eyes to pose as Coraline's mom at one point
@@toshowmyfriends2567 i think she ate the flesh cause where did the children's bodies go?
i like the cat so much, he’s the only reason I didn’t lose my shit
Yeah, he was so nice and calm
Kazzie UwUz no i wouldn’t say i liked him cuz of his calmness, I liked the fact that the other mother couldn’t harm him... I was so scared when she kidnapped her parents
murun oh, that’s also true
murun Facts
he was fake you will see at the end of the movie the cat walks behind the pole and doesn’t appear on the other side.....
Caroline was still in the beldams world
wasn’t it hinted that the other father was made from a pumpkin? when the other mother says he was as hungry as a pumpkin. So didn’t she just make him from scratch?
Sorry but…..WDF HAHAHAHHAAHAHA
@@sekefaae8242 ??
Hes also clearly pumpkin like in the movie!
So, he's really akin to the pumpkin carriage from Cinderella? 😱🤣
He literally goes back to his basic form in the end. He turns into a pumpkin in the end when everything is falling apart.
*I've read the book. I've read the graphic novel. I've seen the movie a dozen times and I still don't understand how the Other Mother was able to capture BOTH of Coraline's parents. Did she lure them into her world, or did she come out of her world into the real world? And if she can come out of her world into the real world to kidnap people, why didn't she do that to Coraline?*
Theory: She can’t pop her soul out to the real world because she won’t be able to keep her world alive and it’ll die.
@@WAUTOR so she lured them into her world?
But how?
And keep in mind that there is no doll in the book. That's only in the movie.
i heard that there was a creature in the tunnel that kept her in the other world so for all we know she used her abilities to make them think coraline was trapped in the tunnel and got them that way.
My theory would be that she can always grab the bodies of the people in that house, but she can't get Coraline's soul without some form of permission or deal. She didn't grab Coraline because if she did, Coraline would never agree to have the buttons sewn over her eyes.
I'll always have respect for the people that create stop motion films. It takes so much time and patience to do such a thing.
Not to mention, the props and characters they use can easily be used to look creepy or cute.
Stop motion films have always given me a sense of suspicion and slight tenseness. I'm not sure why but i associate those kinds of films with horror and creepy things.
Welp
The movie perfectly uses the creepiness that stop motion can induce in people. That, I think, is what made the movie scarier than it would have been. If they went with the animated route, I don't think that the movie would've had the same impact as it did.
@@nicoledetuya2909 I agree
I love stop motion films
As creepy as this movie was I have to agree with you, they also did a good job on paranorman, box trolls and Kubo: the two strings
In the book coraline made the beldam swear on her mothers grave, then asks "does your mother even have a grave?" To which she replied " of course, I put hwr there myself, even when she tried to crawl out". *Excuse me what????*
wait the beldam said that? *excuse me, EXCUSE ME.*
@@love-so-sweet yeah, in the book, then there was this rly scary picture of her that I rly wasn't expecting, I almost dropped the book😂
@@Autumn-rt8jg AJHAISHIS I NEED TO READ THE BOOK RN
well guys i think that if she can sew buttons onto children and then devour their souls shes pretty capable of burying her mother alive
@@Autumn-rt8jg I tried to look for the photo. If that was what you saw, I dont blame you.
Although I usually get frustrated when things are left to the imagination in horror, I kind of like the idea that no one really knows what the Beldam wants with children. It depends on you to believe how evil you think she is and how she survives. This mystery makes the horror of the Beldam so much stronger and interesting, in my opinion.
Beldam Is like Pennywise the clown,
We are all happy that Coraline escaped. But when I remember the other 3 children they are in so much pain, I can not even imagine what happened to them in the end or how she killed them. In fact it would be nice to have a movie with each of the other kids because I want to see how the witch tricked them and what she did to the kids in the end
Hannah, the tall ghost girl was in extremely much pain when she died, that's why her face looks terrified
The other father is a pumpkin. Its Pretty Obvious, he wears orange he takes care of the garden and the other mother literally called him pumpkin
Bronagh Glynn yep who know the movie is mysterious and unique
@Bronagh Glynn the other mother controls him the hands on the piano and on the machine etc
I've noticed that near the end of the movie he kinda looks a bit like a pumpkin
@Bronagh Glynn Dunno, but it could be because of the children's souls.
@Bronagh Glynn the beldam created him to be her other father
The Beldam: takes the form of everyone’s mother
Kid with two dads: I’m bout to end this man’s whole career
woman's* career*
[ hattie ] ok teacher🙄
Guinea Pig how do you know it’s a woman?
Rocket 1:45
Eh, she could probably just morph herself into a man or create two men out of pumpkins like she did with coraline's father
I just rewatched this movie and was really impressed by the stop motion, i was so young when i first watched it.
so seeing it as an adult who loves movies and how theyre made really impressed the shit out of me , the people who made the stop motion characters and the world are so talented
Can you imagine if the other 3 children had their own Series that explains and shows their story , it would be interesting to see beldam in different forms and in different decades
Coralline gets kidnapped
Coraline’s parents ,” ITS THAT DAMN PHONE!”
ahahaahah
XD
Ik
She doesen't have one im pretty sure
OKAY! So what are you going to hurt me?😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣🤨🤔🤔🤨🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
whoever voiced the Beldam in the film did a phenomenal job
Her voice was melodic and it came across as magnetic when she wanted to lure people in and absolutely creepy when she didn't
"You're wrong Coraline, they aren't there."
Teri Hatcher
@@nunyabiznis9186 thank you
The same actress who played her real mom. Teri Hatcher (desperate housewives)
Omg yeees
Terrie Hatcher is the voice! I love her
The reason she needs the children's souls is because she feeds off of their souls, the way spiders feed off of flies. If she doesn't eat souls she will slowly shrivel away. She might also feed off of the curiosity of the children. I also agree with the point that her true form is a spider because like Horror History said, many of her attributes are similar to actions of a spider.
I think that the other three life forms are based off of what the three ghost children would look like if they ever grew up.
Stuff you didn't mention
1.the cat used to be a person and can open pocket dimensions.
2.the bedlam slipped and fell into a pocket dimension when she used to live on the property
3.she payed the price of her eyes(soul) to keeps the dimension from closing but it wasn't enough so she started taking children souls cause it has more power for the dimension but they have to consent. she doesn't actually eat them. That's why at the end she says "I'll die without you" not "ill starve"
This movie has been my “comfort movie” since I was 9 years old, & I’m 19 now lol. Seen this movie so many times, I can quote it from beginning to end
Same I know the words and everything I’m 26 lol 😂
i know every word to this movie 😭
Oki wtf
Me too 😫 I’m almost 21 now. Got my wisdom teeth taken out a few years back and this was the only movie I wanted to watch out of surgery 😂
i’m the exact same way lol
PENNYWISE HAS A SOULMATE
They both capture children but use different methods to bring them in, Pennywise using fear and The Beldam uses love and kindness
Super Fun Times ah true, but sometimes pennywise uses love as well. like when he was going to give georgie his boat back and when he was going to make the little girls mark on her face “dissapear” 🤷🏽♀️
Aweee
Chloe Johnson I totally agree with you 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'll send Beldam's tinder profile info.
i absolutely adore listening to Neil Gaimen narrate his own stories. smth abt his voice is so soothing lol listening to him tell Coraline was like the perfect mood of listening to a ghost story around a fire late at night. nice and creepy, so much fun. my other fave is his reading of Norse Gods
Thank you for not being annoying and jumping right into the story. Some people make these videos and go on about themselves and show ads and I get irritated and leave because there are so many choices out there. Some people on here are very full of themselves and it's gross to me.
Why doesn’t anyone ever talk about the other Wybie??? He is literally my favorite character, he is so interesting because it’s as if he has a mind of his own that’s why he helps Coraline escape...I wish to learn more about him 🥺... I know he’s not in the book but I’m still curious :/
I wonder if it would be worth doing it's own video...
Actually Wibey didn't have its own mind... The Beldam still controlled him so he would make her think that entering the other door is safe but it was another trap....
@@CZsWorld yes pls
Nika Bajkovec actually he ends up betraying the other mother
@@nikabajkovec He ends up betraying the other mother actually, when you watch the movie, she's hung his clothes on the pole outside like a flag. She kills him because he went against her rules. And the other father is put on the prang mantis thingy and forced to try to kill Coraline, and you can tell he's forced to because he's saying sorry the whole time. There's two innocent characters in the Beldom's world right there.
this movie is “PG” and this gave me ptsd for life. FOR LIFE.
I loved it when I was a kid lol
And death. ;)
Juli 123 looms to
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lazara fawna the movie’s amazing but so creepy. i love it and hate it.
I genuinely do feel that part of the reason why Coraline became such a popular iconic children’s horror movie/media is because of the choice to not only adapt the novella via animation but to do so with stop motion animation. Originally the movie was planned to be live action but plans were changed and the(brilliant) decision to stop motion animate it was decided on instead. You can do so much more amazing visuals with animation that aren’t as do-able in live action along with exaggerated body movements and facial expressions that still look natural in the visual context of the movie. Stop motion animation has all those benefits while also giving off a more real world feel to the visuals, sure the characters don’t look like realistic humans but they do look like they’re real and there and you get a sense of the weight of these characters when the move, it’s like when a live action movie uses practical effects instead of CGI, sure the cgi might be visually convincing but when compared to an actually real physical thing you can tell which looks better(and this ain’t me trying to make a dig at non stop motion animation or CGI), in a horror type setting you need to feel like that thing that’s supposed to scare the audience is 100% real no doubt about it and that’s exactly what stop motion did for Coraline. Every bit of that movie felt real and all the horrors and dangers Coraline encounters are literal physical threats to her and I just love it so damn much!
I love book and audio books. How it tells of the untold. It covers all the gaps that the movies make you question about. Another thing I have an appreciation for are stop-motion movies. It so unique and inspiring because of the extra hard work put into them. And not just any story gets put into a stop-motion movie. Just the ones that have extremely sinister plots. Like I mean more sinister than the horror movies we grew up on. Love these things.
The Beldam’s Karen haircut is a dead giveaway
Looks kind of like Nancy Pelosi, actually.
Lol
Kevin Mccarthy HAHAHAHAHA
She do be a Karen doe 😳
She spoke to your manager,
Captured them,
And _slowly_ devoured their soul over hundreds of years.
I think the fairy girl is the Beldam's oldest victim. She seems to be an actual fairy (flying and eat flowers during the picnic) and from another world
Which kinda of makes sense as the Other Mother may be a malevolent being of the fae realm. Gaiman often incorporates other realms, especially in Stardust.
And thinking further, the well has a fairy ring around it, if I'm remembering correctly. That and cats, like in Constantine, are thought to have two paws in each plane.
My sister used to work at a bookstore, and they had a book signing with Neil Gaiman. She met him and ended up having breakfast with him and talking about books and stuff 😅 this was several years ago but I'm still jealous.
I totally agree with this idea. Seems to me that the other mother cannot actually set foot in our world, which is why she lures coraline into the other world. I think the only reason the hand comes through is that it's made of metal, and that gives it substance. Same with the doll. It is made of actual fibers, and filled with sand (earth). That gives it the ability to appear in our world while she lies in wait for her prey to arrive. I don't think the jumping mice were ever actually in her house either. I believe they are either a hallucination, or seen by coraline while she is in a dream state.
Why does he never mention the kid whos her friend? Im assuming its because they werent in the book. But most of this was from the movie. Although everything he said could correspond to both.
I love that he focuses on details in the book that aren't in the movie instead of basing it entirely on the movie.
I was never scared of this movie. I loved it and it was a big part of my childhood!
Am I the only one who *wasnt* scared of this movie as a kid. I absolutley loved it and it's still my all time favorite to this day. I remember watching it in 3D too, that was cool
Nope this movie never scared me either I thought it was awesome
I actually still have the 3D version, but I think I lost the glasses. 👻
I’m ten and I remember watching this when I was 9 I wasn’t scared at all, I loved coraline. Both chapter/graphic novel book and movie.
I first watched it in 3D back in 08.
Hahaha that one part with the other sisters in the candy thing reaching out made me jump, can't lie.
Was pretty creepy for a kid's movie, but I friggin loved it.
Kids occasionally like a challenge or a good spook.
Me too! Sure it was really creepy but not really scary for me
*BELDAM:* “A malicious and ugly woman, especially an old one; a witch.”
....Professor Umbridge? Is that you??
A fluffier, pinkier version of the beldam....
SCREAMING
Oh my god this is too hilarious-
I am not sarcastic! Promise...! (Potterhead here!)
I think it's Dolores' real form 😮
Having a logo / bumper before and after the ad break is a very nice touch
3:26 the fact that she couldn't "travel" to search for her victims reminds me of the spider's hunting way. She's building patiently her web and stays there until the victim comes to her!
The other mother scared me as a kid but now coralines one of my favorite animated horror movies
I never got scared of it, but that's why I loved it!
Every scene looks amazing 💀❤
Its always been one of my favorites. Even as a kid.
@@CZsWorld The Beldam is an exact match to Pennywise's spider form and Bughuul.
it's honestly scarier than most actual horror movies
This movie literally made me sleep with my lights on for *5 YEARS.*
Why does everyone have that pfp
I wasnt able to look at the cover for years after I watched it.
only 5 wow i still sleep with my lights on
@@tigerkat4419 a youtuber called Talentless Writer told their fans to change their pfps to this cartoon bird
Man i still sleep with my lights on
I always viewed the Beldam as some type of Fae. There is a popular theory that the well leads to the other world since it's so deep that "if you fell to the bottom and looked up, there would be a sky full of stars in the middle of the day". The other world is always nighttime, and there is a fairy ring of mushrooms around the well, in the movie, at least. In the book, however, one of the ghost children is a fairy, described as having wings on her back. There are old stories of fae spiriting away human children, and to me, at least, the Beldam seems to fit.
Nice clip and good information, Caroline is one of my favorite movies. When I first saw it with my little niece, I was surprise to see the amount of material so difficult for even an adult to digest.
Thanks, Noe
11:58 In the book Beldam said more about her mother:
“How do I know you'll keep your word?" asked Coraline.
"I swear it," said the other mother. "I swear it on my own mother's grave."
"Does she have a grave?" asked Coraline.
"Oh yes," said the other mother. "I put her in there myself. And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back.”
11:58
mama spider
I put her in there myself? And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back IN?! WAS HER MOTHER EVEN DEAD IF SHE COULD TRY TO CRAWL OUT?!!?? O.o
Damn that gives me chills
omg maybe the Beldams mother was the dead spider in that room... :O
The reason that the other father was telling her “too much” and saved her in the movie is because the beldam created purely what Coraline wanted and desired. Coraline wanted a father who truly loved her and cared for her, so the beldam created that. This meant that the other father was willing to risk his own existence to save Coraline. That is why throughout the whole movie there were subtle and not so subtle ways the other father tried to save Coraline. In the song he wrote for her, you can detect things like “cute as a button” and “such a doll” hinting to the beldam’s plot to sew buttons on her eyes, and how the doll was used to watch her. And in fact, if the other father had actually not tried to help Coraline, she would not have escaped, and the beldam would have been able to keep her. So in trying to lure Coraline to the other world, the beldam also created her downfall.
Edit: yes I know it doesn’t really apply to the book, but still something I think about sometimes.
Edit 2: holy cow, 4.2k likes?? Thank you!
Holy crap i never noticed these things, poor other father though.
And those couple scenes when he's in the study and the hands keep him talking
I wish I was this smart
I’ll take what you’re having.
Very smart.
7:52 but what about other Wybie 🤔 It could be an intentional detail that the other three are the bodies of the kids but he kinda throws that theory off
Hagstones are old magic, indeed. I have one I used to wear on a chain around my neck. Thank you for all of your Coraline vids! I have loved the story of Coraline since reading the original book by Neil Gaiman in the early 2000's. Great work.
Are we not going to talk about how she basically sacrificed the cat that saved her *at least* two times
The cat was the best character. No doubts about it
@@lesbiangoddess290 y e s q u e e n y a a a a a s s s s s s
the cat was good on his own
Cat got 9 lives I guess lol
I really don’t know
Im just a bit pissed that she didnt finish the food. The chicken looked so good oml
It LOOKED good, but probably wasn't as good as you'd think. The food appeared when the Beldam's world was still under control and under the illusion (before we found out the "jumping mice" were actually rats.) So, the food was most likely sand or bugs...
@@tsuumee4545 now that you mention it. Your most likely right bc where would she get groceries from???? She wouldn’t so it’s most likely insects
Same
I mean she feeds off the souls right? So the food has to have some soul
@@tsuumee4545 you have a point..
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I found the movie confusing as 1st as a kid but once understanding the entire story is mindblowing, at the scene where the cake spelled out "Welcome Home!" It was written in cursive. if a O had a double loop, it shows that they or whoever made it was lying. However, the 2 Os shown only had 1 double loop for 1 O, so it shows that Coraline is welcomed home, but she isn't where she needs to be.
Your theory of the beldam being just a hand is actually kind of brilliant. Keep in mind too that the hand is made of sewing needles, tying into the weaving aspect.
Not in the book. In the book, it's a real hand, with long red nails, and that actually bleeds. Maybe in the movie this theory could make sense.
I always made a connection to Arachne from Greek mythology. As she was skilled on a loom/weaving and was cursed to become a spider after becoming too cocky and angering the gods.
Also when Coraline drank that one drink given by the 2 ladys downstairs, they saw a hand.
But the beldam used to be a human
Asian Persuasion no thats a giraffe
my friend loves this movie and she has also said “the other mother takes advantage of the humans curiosity, that is why the tunnel exists.” so i had always thought that was so interesting
The way she traps coraline is pretty good, considering she doesnt immediatly make her stay and make her curiosity for her better
not my curiosity lmfao, hole in my wall? hell no
I miss 1D too
@@wherearemyclownshoes me too
she also takes advantage of neglected children
I keep rewatching your vids because of your voice🥸 i love your narrations 😍🥰
Also can we talk about how the old well is theorized to be another portal to the other world? Remember in the beginning the beldams house is surrounded by stars almost like shes in space. Then Wybie says if you fall into the well you'll see a sky full of stars in the middle of the day. Also note that anytime Coraline goes into the other world it is ALWAYS night, never day. Not to mention in the scene where you can see down the well, it almost looks identical to the passage through the little door.
I feel like Coraline’s other father is maybe a human, or someone that has a good intention but was manipulated because when Coraline was trying to find the souls of the children, when she went to the garden, the father said “I’m sorry, she made me!” And gave coraline the soul.
pɹɐllɐɯ yah he was made out of a pumpkin, look at his body
Mhm, and when he was about to drown, he grabbed the soul and said: “TAKE IT!!!” *drowning* “Nowww..”
It was the boy he still had some morals and his remorse
Well, as long as you FEEL that way...
In the film, he is portrayed to be a squash (kind of an homage to Cinderella). However, in the text, the Other Father is a grotesque creature. When the Coraline gains access to the second flat in the other world, she goes into the cellar where the other father is waiting for her. He is described to be a monster. Initially, he does not want to eat Coraline, but the other mother is clouding his mind. In the film, he is physically being controlled by the mantis gardening tool-- maybe to make it less terrifying?
Imagine if they made a live action remake of Coraline, my god that would be scary
But the original would always be scarier 😱😱😱
Laika originally planned on this being a live-action! Henry Selick, however, fought for it to be stop-motion.
Lilith Collins I’m glad he did even tho i would love a live action version
Tbh, I doubt it. Most live actions (in my opinion) doesn’t do the original justice
I dont want them too. They'll ruin it.
All these small details are so interesting. Henry very much outdone himself. He like added so many small/large details its amazing
WOW! I never knew sooooo much about Caroline or had time to research about it this video was very helpful!
Coraline father also says “this house is 150 years old” the beldam could of been the one who created the house and then fell down the well???
smart theory...im curious to know how she got to the house in the first place
Ur pretty
Satyr Satyr oh um ty
But then how could she just have the power to take any form she wants? Cuz if she built the house she must be human.... idk the movie kinda confuses me the more I think about it.
Ava Walk you do have a good point there!! honestly I have no clue that’s an idea I believe that could happen.
No one:
The other world: ⚫️👄⚫️
🕷🕸 ⚫️💋⚫️
Ok
The real world
👁👄👁
IM DEAD ASF 😂😂😂😂.
Bruh why did this make me crackle
Nothing better then drinking tea while watching coraline theory’s
I love your neck tie! For some reason I have always loved that pattern since I saw the Shining as a kid.
A pumkin: exists
Beldam: *Now ya a father*
Cinderella: A pumpkin to a carriage
Coraline: A pumpkin to a father
Bugs: exist
Beldam:*mhhhhhmm* delicous
da on je samo marioneta
I’m yr 400 like
😂😂😂
I can’t believe it’s been years since this movie came out and we’re all still obsessed with it lol
11 years lol
Did you know that the “dolls”( Beldam, Coraline, the cat..) were sold ..soooo our dream of having a second film is gone🥺
Beautifully Kayla it’s off of Netflix :(
11 years-
I remember seeing this in the theater and 9 was one of the trailers before Coraline started. Can we go back in time to when movies were good and I actually anticipated seeing the ones that were coming out?
The most disturbing parts in Coraline was when the bedlam took away the other wybie voice because the real wybie talked too much . And how she hung his clothes on the pole to let Coraline know she killed him . That was COLD !
i love how you're trying to connect every horror universe ever possibly with demons
Coraline is an underrated movie. It's sad that so many people slept on it.
Wouldn’t really say it’s underrated since tons of people watched and I believe it won awards.But it does need more people to watch it
@@coproliteeater5005 It's not as recognised as the other animated movies that won awards.
FR
It's not underrated, it has the respect shows like it receives.
Ppl always saying shit underrated, go look up what that means.
It's a horror kid stop animation movie. It's not gonna get the popularity of others like Frozen, nevertheless it's still a masterpiece and has been recognized as such
@@chelychan4863 Coraline however deserves a big W for making a horror kids movie that's genuinely kinda creepy for all audiences. Not just some kiddie humour with dark aesthetics.
I think the well is the original passage way to the other world. I have a couple reasons for thinking this and they pretty much all stem from quotes in the book.
1. Wybie says to Coraline when they are by the well "It's supposed to be so deep, if you fell to the bottom and looked up, you'd see a sky full of stars in the middle of the day". Now think back to the very start of the movie, when the coraline doll is being made. It is realesed out of a window into a "sky full of stars" and has the appearance that it is floating - as if it is in water. There are theories that the sewing room at the start of the movie is a room in the other world - so this could indicate the well is in fact a passageway.
2. In the book the beldam's hair is described as 'wet looking'. I think the beldam used to live in the pink palace, and then she fell down the well and drowned or the towns people suspected her of being a witch and drowned her in the well (which was pretty common in the 1600's - 1700's). And that is how she got to the other world.
Tell me what you think, I have other theories about why the well could be another passageway to the other world but this comment is already very long xD
Brenna R this is actually really interesting 🙈
That actually make sense! Good one! Pls share the rest of yr theories
@@berry95137 Thanks! Of course it's all thanks to theory videos and stories I've seen online, and piecing things together. Here are another couple ideas as to why the well could be the original portal:
1. If you pause this video at 4:40 with the passageway in the house, and then compare that to the scene of the well at 15:08. They look very oddly similar... Idk if that's just a coincidence or if the reason they look similar is because they are both portals.
2. If you watch the scene where Coraline is trying to throw the key down the well, and the other mother's hand comes to attack her, she makes wybie fall down the well, and when he's holding on by his hands, the other mother's hand tries to make him let go so he falls in. Maybe she saw this as her last resort and she wanted to try eat Wybie? She did say she'd die without Coraline (or without eating Coraline) so she was obviously very desperate by this point, and if she got Wybie to fall down the well, she could eat him instead. After all it doesn't matter what child she eats, it just has to be a child.
3. When Coraline is in the other world, talking to the cat, the cat tells her that there are many entrances to the other world that the other mother doesn't know about (which would explain how the cat always gets to the other world without going through the tunnel) so it is very possible that the well could be one of these other entrances.
Id also like to bring attention to evidence that supports your theory about the well. Who would be able to start or confirm the rumor about the well was so deep you could see stars from there? the only person who has ever been at the bottom of the well would be able to know what the sky looks like within it. This person would also have to somehow live to tell the tale. ie the other mother (but it could just be a rumor the other mother started just to get kids to gravitate the original portal to the other world). Its a rumor she could use to play on the natural curiosity of kids to draw them towards the well. At best what it would do is get the hard headed, adventure loving, and too-brave-for-their-own-good kid who will try to go down the well to find out if the rumor is true, which would be easy picking for the other mother once they get down there. And at worst, it would stir the curiosity of kids like coraline to explorer and question the rest of the property even if they dont immediately believe the rumor about the well. It would also help weed about which kids are easy to manipulate and trick and who needs more finessing and tailoring her tactics according to their behavior.
@@elleofhearts8471 wow that is an interesting theory! I never thought about that. My idea was perhaps Wybies grandma told him that, since she seems to know a lot about the other mother and the other world since her sister got taken by the other mother. Maybe her sister went to the other world and saw the well portal from there and came back and told her about it before she got taken? Idk that's what I was thinking but your theory is definitely an interesting one too!
I remember watching this. I loved it and it's one of my favourite movie.
I absolutely loved this film! Beautifully done and was a blast to see it in 3D!!
New theory: The Beldam’s a Karen.
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That's a fact.
@•Ex Pasteline• aren't all Karens psychotic?
@•Ex Pasteline• yeah your right about that it's just a damn nightmare when you come across a Karen and btw I work at Walmart so I have to deal with these crazy bitches every day.
I meann she has the hair
She probably prefers to feast on children's souls due to their youth, gullibility, and the fact that no adult will ever believe the fantastic goings on in the Other World.
So I made up a theory, I feel like since kids always see stuff through love and imagination that's why she goes after them, just like you said because of their gullibility and such, and how you also said "that no adult will ever believe the fantastic going on in the Other World" because in the movie it just made it seem like the adults were so dull and boring and had no imagination
This makes sense.
But what if the parents believes in Paranormal and other stuff like that?
She probably chooses kids because they’re easier to trick
4:12 was that alininity? Im subscribing for that💀💀
ive always felt connected to Coraline and i always felt comforted when i watched the movie. i was never scared and the first scene when the other mother was making the Coraline doll was my favorite part because i always wanted her to make a doll of me.
“ Your wrong Coraline. They aren’t there. Now, you’re gonna stay here with me
*F* *O* *R* *E* *V* *E* *R* “
Literally the quote that sends shivers up my spine
mogu mochi same! Btw LOVE YOUR VIDEOS 😘
Min Yoongi aww thank you 💓
mogu mochi DANG I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS. But honestly I'm terrified of this movie.
The third guy on the left Tae, and Kookie aww thank you very much 😊💕 and yes I was terrified of this movie too!
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Well one thing is sure: Coraline needs a sequel that will answer this question:
1 Beldam origins?
2 How did Spink and Forcible have that triangle stone?
3 Cat? Where is he from?
Domagoj Čapko I think it would be better if it remains as a mystery... but I’m someone who can’t live in suspense so it would be a good idea for people like me
@@renoirrr same
@Djdizon xGaming2 But they somehow knew that it's there and what is it for
Is this the cat they were referencing in Rick and Morty? Speaks in a British accent and has mysterious origins?
@@domagojcapko4152 They made it out of the candy, it wasn't always there. We see them make it in the movie. As for how they know what it's for? They're old, they probably read about it in their youth or someone told them about it during their theater years. There are a lot of superstitious people in the entertainment industry.
Everyone always said this movie scared them as a kid. I used to watch it like 5 times a day. Such a good movie
Am I the only one that keeps seeing tears go down his face or but anyway as a kid this was my favorite movie of all time
**“I swear it! I swear on my own mother's grave.”*
*“Does she have a grave?”*
*“Oh yes! I put her in there myself! And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back.”*
Kinda disappointed this line didn't make it in the movie
M SH it was suppose to be pg so they didnt put it, whitewashing a story, well you know how it goes
doyoung's bunny ears thats a wrong use for the term “whitewashing”
@@babyniyeojin1661 the word you're looking for is censoring not white washing
doyoung's bunny ears censoring or sugar coating is a better term not whitewashing lol 😂
I relate to this too much to be comfortable with it
Even as a teenager, the Beldam still creeps me out a little. She is like a combo of all little childrens fear and phobias.
did you take Sangwoos phone lmao
I was terrified of it as a kid and I still kind of am
A mother and a spider 😂
I watched it when I was 7 and I had nightmares about her😂
@@eaudbedroomdancing u demon or what
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Your logo is so cool I love it it looks so creepy but yet cool love it and also keep up with the good content