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.
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..."
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
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.
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."
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
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.
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.
@@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
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”
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 :/
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....
@@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.
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.
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
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
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.
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!
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.
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????*
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.”
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
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.
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.
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?
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.
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?
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...
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.
FUN FACT! The director made the bedlam a spider, because in chapter one, the book said "She hoped it wasn't a spider. Spiders made Coraline intensely uncomfortable."
I first watched this movie when I was 5 now I'm just a teenager and I'm still so in love with it, not many kids like it because they say it's scary, I personally find it so interesting and colorful I'm thinking of turning my room into a theme about Coraline and I still watch the movie I'm never tired of it and I'm still finding new secrets and it's just so interesting
Yes I watched this movie where in was 4,i was so scared!!!! But I got interested and it seemed so cool! I kept watching it's everyday then I realized...... DO I HAVE ANOTHER MOTHER LOL sorry jk😂😂😂😂😂
Eh I wouldn’t say secrets but I like discovering all the conspiracy theories people come up with makes me question the movie and it’s so unique and mysterious I love it I hope they make another movie
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
@@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!
Small thing to note: the shape of the Other Mother’s spotted white and black dress has a bit on the back that is shaped similarly to a spiders abdomen. It’s even got a red patch, similarly to a Black Widow a very venomous spider that is known for eating its husband upon mating. Hence the name: Black Widow
I think we have enough arguments now to say that the true form of Beldam is a spider like creature, and this is kinda interesting, because IT’s final form is also a spider like thing(it’s real form is the dead lights). Maybe they are from the same species or dimension?
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
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
“ 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
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
*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?*
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.
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
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.
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
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.
Another interesting thing about the Beldam and the whole story of Coraline: there's a poem called "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" written in 1819 by John Keats which is very similar to Coraline. The title translates to "The beautiful woman without mercy" and the words "Belle Dame" sound exactly like "Beldam" but that's just surface-level. The poem is from the perspective of a knight who is presumably ill and dying alone after being lured by an evil fairy into her lair and having his life force drained by her. The knight is given delicious food and a day of warmth, comfort, and bliss by the fairy until she takes him back to her cave and he falls asleep in her arms. He then has a vision in a dream of her other victims who appear pale and starved and warn him of the Belle Dame's true nature. Then he wakes up, but it's already too late, and he's lying alone on a cold hillside, weak and alone. The promise of happiness from both the Belle Dame and the Beldam, the twist where the evil woman's prior victims warn the main character of her malicious intent, the themes of loneliness and helplessness, the evil creatures that feed on the lives of the people they lure, the two stories match up almost exactly! To me, Coraline is a kind of adaptation of this poem into a more terrifying story than a melancholic one. It also has one key difference to "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" which is that Coraline is able to escape from the Beldam, but the knight is not, which is probably because it's intended for children. I think if Coraline wasn't meant to be a retelling of this story, it at the very least was heavily inspired by it, which makes me love it all the more because it has so many similarities to my favorite poem :)
that’s amazing! I found out John Keats is actually from England, with the title I expected a french poem and a french poet, but apparently not. I don’t know if it correlates whatsoever with finding out he was English, but, in the movie the other mother tells Coraline that maybe her parents “got bored of her and ran away to france”. Like I said whether that correlates I don’t know, I just thought it was interesting :3.
Wow that’s wild, thank you for sharing! And as the other comment mentions, Keats was English as is Neil Gaiman, and the novella takes place just outside London, so it makes sense when Beldam says her parents “ran away to France”. It also makes sense that it’s in England because the children are wearing English 1700s-1800s era clothing. The movie adaptation takes place in Oregon, which is also where the film/animation studio is based.
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!
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
@@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.
In the old ladies house there are three bowls of candy, each with a year date above them. Those dates are of the three ghost children. 1921 . 1936 . 1960 (April Spink gives Coraline the first bowl, 1921)
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!
Theory: The well is another passage back to the other world. That’s why the cat was following Coraline in the beginning to see if she was going to fall through it.
@@Amadouvier731 yes and be cause at the start of the movie it shows the doll floating out with a background of a starry sky and you can see a starry sky at the bottom of the well.
The other father was a true hero. He gave coralline hints, like in the piano: The piano CONTROLLS ME! Or: This Needle is so SHARP, YOU WONT FEEL A THING! Or: I the tried to warn her and the gloves gave him punishment.
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.
Theory: what if the Beldam and pennywise the clown are the same type of creature ? Both take the final form of a spider, both basically feed on children and both have been attacking over centuries
The fact is according to the writer of It (Stephen Kings) Pennywise just the light beam floating in the universe and somehow landed in Darry. It takes the form of what makes the victim scare the most. Because not the soul, it's the fear that It wants. Remember in It chapter 1, when It tried to eat Beverly, she didnt scare of him so It said "disgusting" because Beverly has no fear towards It so It open the mouth to reveal the light inside so It makes Beverly float, during the time she affected by the light, she saw the future when they come back after 27 years to finish It. Another detail in chapter 1, when It was abt to be taken over by the Losers, It said It will grant them whealth as long as they leave Derry town. That's why in chapter 2 you can see most member from the Losers after they left Derry, they became successful. When they finally gather around and do the ceremony, you can see 3 dots of light float in the air, that's the real form of It. You can link to the movie "Dark tower" also by Stephen Kings novel. Some theory said It could be from that movie so maybe you wanna check that out. Really good movie
Question: Why is Wybie's grandmother's sister the only one between the two of them who's soul gets taken considering they twins shouldn't their lives both be miserable? Theory: Her sister was the weaker sister, I think they both met the Beldam but the grandmother could see her evil while her sister was weak willed and just as the Beldam opened the door for Caroline during the day I suppose she did the same for the one sister while the other was distracted and while she was in her grasp she saw oppurtunity to sew on the eyes and lock the door before grandma returned. When she had realised her sister had been 'stolen' (as Wybie explains to Caroline) she tries to tell an adult but nobody believes her ofcourse. I believe this is the reason why she never moves from the Pink Palace and doesn't allow people with kids to move in suggesting she knows what lies inside the house she is aware of the Beldam and trues her best to stop her from stealing another child's soul, but as she gets older we can assume that her memory fades and she finally allows Caroline's family to move in forgetting what she's doing
It also seems like everyone is in the game. The old ladies gave coraline the ring. The rat dude warns her at the beginning not to enter the little door and at the end he congrats her.
@@hatzipanaghs I think it's because those 2 know about what's going on but they too old to do something about it cause look at their age also it makes it possible that they were in their 20's when grandma's sister was taken and just as Caroline's real mother sends her to tell the old ladies about her dreams I'm sure Wybie's grandmother did the same when she was younger could be why they stayed there👀
I don't believe The sister was weaker, I just think she was More in need of Comfort, Seeing as they're around 6 or 7, I think she might've been teased by other kids her age. She's around 7, Of course she's gonna be more sensitive to that kind of stuff. So maybe she wanted to be in the other world to get away from the Other kids, she's a kid, she's not gonna see the whole picture. I do think the Beldam tried to get Wybie's grandma too but Never was able to actually get her to the other world. And Wybie's grandma probably isn't aware of the Beldam, She just knows something's not right with The Pink Palace, she knows there's Something in the house, Just Doesn't know what's in there.
@@anidiot9788 No I think she knows otherwise if she didn't she would have left cuse why live somewhere where your only sister was stolen and she specifically doesn't rent the house to people with kids and doesn't even allow Wybie to go in there ,if she didn't know she wouldn't rent it out at all thinking that the place is not ohk even for adults she would have sold it and moved far away a long time ago
Idunno why but a thought came to my head while watching this: Maybe the Beldam was convicted of witch craft and executed somewhere around the late 1600's or early 1700's. And maybe because her human body is dead she can't live in the real world, which is why she has the other world. And I don't know a lot about witch craft and all that, but I think some people believe that a witch dies and can't use her powers if you take away her right hand, which would explain why there's a lot of references to the other mother's right hand and it's significance. And at the end it seems like the Beldam is gone forever after Wybie and Coraline destroy her right hand and throw it down the well. And since the house is apparently 150 years old, we don't really know what was there before so maybe that's where she was executed or maybe that land had some sort of significance to her. Anyway, that was just a thought.
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” 🤷🏽♀️
There’s one thing I noticed in the movie. Might just be a coincidence, but when Wybie says at the beginning “if you looked up, you’d see a sky full of stars during the day” when talking about the well, that could have alluded to the other world. Possibly because the other worlds time zone happens to be at night all the time, including when Coraline goes to the other world during the day, when the sun is out.
People say the key going back to the other world is bad thing but I think not. The key is now stuck and always will be in the other world thanks to that well. So no people in the real world would know its existence which I think is better.
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.
I think the well might be a portal to the other world: At one point the boy says that if you look into it deep enough, you can see a starry night even during the day, which probably refers to the fact that the Beldam’s world is always in the night.
@SPENCER TANG 6428 2021 This makes sense, I was about to say that it would have only benefited the Other Mother if the key fell in the well if that was a way in. But since she knew about the cat she definitely would have sealed that off.
*"Run, child. Leave this place. She wants me to hurt you, to keep you here forever, so that you can never finish the game, and she will win. She is pushing me so hard to hurt you. I cannot fight her."* I don't know what it is about this quote that scares me so much, the delivery from Gaiman? The music? God, it's just such a great book that doesn't rely on cliches.
Is nobody gonna talk about how the dad said the house was 150 years old and yet the little boy (first victim of the the beldam) was from around the 1700s era which means that the beldam can in fact travel from house to house?
The three ghost children looked super creepy, especially the oldest one, her mouth was always “•0•” like Slendrina if you’ve seen her I wouldn’t want to know what happened to them Edit: I’m talking about the tall girl, bcuz in the movie (and in websites) it’s said that she was the first victim
I remember my mom recommending my family watching Coraline when i was younger, and i was so creeped out at the preview of the movie that i immedietly began to cry, It wasnt the setting, plot, or the other mother, it was only because they had button eyes which REALLY freaked me out for some reason Now that im older i absolutely adore this movie and the book
This movie came out when I was 10. I'm 21 now and still love it and find it, as strange as it is, a comforting movie. It really shows you how to be grateful for what you have in many ways. Such a good story
@@mrwoke1155 I know right. It makes me feel so old when I remember this movie came out back in 09 lol. But this movie really is still one of, if not, my favorite movie haha
I did my calculations lol anyways I found out that every 50 years new owners and an unhappy child comes in and goes to the other side so the first one is Catherine Miggens aka pioneer girl she comes to house in 1859 she later was missing never came home. 50 years later new owners come in Russell Hatcher aka the ghost boy it’s now 1909 he goes in the portal doesn’t come back. 50 years later Tasia lovet and her twin sister move in the house the year is 1959 Tasia goes to the other side she goes missing her sister is Wybie grandmother she and her family moves, 50 years later it’s now 2009 Coraline and her family moves in Coraline goes to the portal fights back to save the ghost children and her parents, beats the Beldam comes home safe if Coraline was gone missing her parents would’ve probably move on, 50 years would pass and the year would be 2059 new owners would come in 😳😬😬
Kay . I feel like you aren’t fr when you said that lol anyways well I just thought of it and did a little math 😂 and the names are in the book and the year too
Every one over having a theory : Me: Trying to figure out how the other mother went from having no neck to having a long neck and lost 70 pounds So my theory is she is doing a lot of crack to drop weight and she feels inscure BRUH Thx for the likes some how me talking about Her mom doing crack got me 2k likes :)
But what about the other Wybie? You only accounted for three character’s forgetting about the button-eyed Wybie , I however may have missed you saying that answer. Good video anyways!
Wybe wasn't in the book and he's talking about the book. Wybe was a creation of the movie so Coraline wouldn't be talking to herself for half of the movie.
I wish I can just see the what actually happened to the ghost children like I wanna see the videos of what happened to the ghost children when the other mother was with them.
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.
that would make it even better because if she takes the form of the late mother of a motherless child, that child would gravitate to her even more she just needs a photograph or something
Now it’s funny about the signification of “Beldam”: In English it seems to mean an old, ugly and malicious woman, well... a witch; But it sounds like the French word “Belle Dame”, meaning “Beautiful/Pretty Lady”...🤔
it maybe been taken as the french word when that evil fake mother was real but got to be called by the other meaning after she lost her life.. by being an ugly women body without a soul
maybe this is because during the time of when witches were being persecuted, single women who were beautiful were seen as too powerful for the likes of the patriarchal society so they were called witches because why on earth would a beautiful women want to be single *gasp* she's a witch we must kill her because she doesn't conform to societal standards
Wybie isn't a character in the book. The added him in the movie, because they needed a character for coraline to speak her inner thoughts to, rather than just to herself. He honestly was a welcomed addition to the story for me.
(My theory) the other father was powered by the soul of the boy ghost and was able to feel actual empathy. In his song there’s a lot of foreshadowing like “she’s a doll” or “our eyes will be on coraline” he was trying to warn her. Also when he’s using the machine to attack her he says “mother made me” and “I don’t want to hurt you” I think he wanted coraline to be safe the whole time but was restricted by the other mother
The Beldam wanted the other father and Wybie to genuinely care for Coraline so that she would want to stay in the otherworld forever. Of course, she really didn't think this through LMAO.
@@angelusvastator1297 I still think my theory is correct because the other father was powered by and thus in possession of a human soul, which is why he gave it to coraline before he died
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.
**“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
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?
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?
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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?
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
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!
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.
Okay I absolutely did not notice that
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
They threw the key down there 💀
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
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 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
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?
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.
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.
the cat made me feel safe throughout the movie
Fr me too
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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,
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?
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?
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..
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.
FUN FACT! The director made the bedlam a spider, because in chapter one, the book said "She hoped it wasn't a spider. Spiders made Coraline intensely uncomfortable."
I first watched this movie when I was 5 now I'm just a teenager and I'm still so in love with it, not many kids like it because they say it's scary, I personally find it so interesting and colorful I'm thinking of turning my room into a theme about Coraline and I still watch the movie I'm never tired of it and I'm still finding new secrets and it's just so interesting
itzMaddie Omg sams
Yes I watched this movie where in was 4,i was so scared!!!! But I got interested and it seemed so cool!
I kept watching it's everyday then I realized...... DO I HAVE ANOTHER MOTHER
LOL sorry jk😂😂😂😂😂
Same but i first watched it when i was three
Eh I wouldn’t say secrets but I like discovering all the conspiracy theories people come up with makes me question the movie and it’s so unique and mysterious I love it I hope they make another movie
@@thaliaquintero8138 YES I really would like another movie
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 like how in both the Real and Other World, Coraline’s father seems to care for her more than she realizes.
Small thing to note: the shape of the Other Mother’s spotted white and black dress has a bit on the back that is shaped similarly to a spiders abdomen. It’s even got a red patch, similarly to a Black Widow a very venomous spider that is known for eating its husband upon mating. Hence the name: Black Widow
I think we have enough arguments now to say that the true form of Beldam is a spider like creature, and this is kinda interesting, because IT’s final form is also a spider like thing(it’s real form is the dead lights). Maybe they are from the same species or dimension?
also the head shape of the other mother is similar to many spiders’ abdomen
Spiders aren't poisonous, but rather venomous. Other than that, super solid comment
@@bigchill4203 that is true! I adjusted it :)
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
“ 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!
hi! i love your channel 🖤
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
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
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?😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣🤨🤔🤔🤨🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
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'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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
Another interesting thing about the Beldam and the whole story of Coraline: there's a poem called "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" written in 1819 by John Keats which is very similar to Coraline. The title translates to "The beautiful woman without mercy" and the words "Belle Dame" sound exactly like "Beldam" but that's just surface-level. The poem is from the perspective of a knight who is presumably ill and dying alone after being lured by an evil fairy into her lair and having his life force drained by her. The knight is given delicious food and a day of warmth, comfort, and bliss by the fairy until she takes him back to her cave and he falls asleep in her arms. He then has a vision in a dream of her other victims who appear pale and starved and warn him of the Belle Dame's true nature. Then he wakes up, but it's already too late, and he's lying alone on a cold hillside, weak and alone. The promise of happiness from both the Belle Dame and the Beldam, the twist where the evil woman's prior victims warn the main character of her malicious intent, the themes of loneliness and helplessness, the evil creatures that feed on the lives of the people they lure, the two stories match up almost exactly! To me, Coraline is a kind of adaptation of this poem into a more terrifying story than a melancholic one. It also has one key difference to "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" which is that Coraline is able to escape from the Beldam, but the knight is not, which is probably because it's intended for children. I think if Coraline wasn't meant to be a retelling of this story, it at the very least was heavily inspired by it, which makes me love it all the more because it has so many similarities to my favorite poem :)
that’s amazing! I found out John Keats is actually from England, with the title I expected a french poem and a french poet, but apparently not. I don’t know if it correlates whatsoever with finding out he was English, but, in the movie the other mother tells Coraline that maybe her parents “got bored of her and ran away to france”. Like I said whether that correlates I don’t know, I just thought it was interesting :3.
Interesting i think samurai jack adapted this to
in the book it mentions how the Beldam kidnapped a fairy :)
This must have been hours to make
Wow that’s wild, thank you for sharing! And as the other comment mentions, Keats was English as is Neil Gaiman, and the novella takes place just outside London, so it makes sense when Beldam says her parents “ran away to France”. It also makes sense that it’s in England because the children are wearing English 1700s-1800s era clothing.
The movie adaptation takes place in Oregon, which is also where the film/animation studio is based.
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!
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.
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.
In the old ladies house there are three bowls of candy, each with a year date above them. Those dates are of the three ghost children.
1921 . 1936 . 1960
(April Spink gives Coraline the first bowl, 1921)
what years were there please?
Soobin's Bread - 1921, 1936, 1960 -
@@olivlivlivliv thank you very much!!!
I didn't notice that!!!
the three ghost childrens date of birth or the date of when they got kidnapped??
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!
Theory: The well is another passage back to the other world. That’s why the cat was following Coraline in the beginning to see if she was going to fall through it.
But if it was a passage, that would mean she threw the key back to the other world?
Fun fact: The cat was actually the first one known to escape the other world so that’s why he was following Coraline
@@Amadouvier731 yes and be cause at the start of the movie it shows the doll floating out with a background of a starry sky and you can see a starry sky at the bottom of the well.
Doesnt that mean she just threw the beldam into her house?
@@_tofuu yea
the cat is literally the only one with brain cells
every time it looks at Coraline its face says "Oh, children are idiots."
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The other father was a true hero. He gave coralline hints, like in the piano:
The piano CONTROLLS ME!
Or:
This Needle is so SHARP, YOU WONT FEEL A THING!
Or: I the tried to warn her and the gloves gave him punishment.
And when he “so sorry mother making me” but he was controlled by her so he really had no way of saying it
Gave her all those clues and she didn't even think about till later lol
“Take it…
gooooooooooo.”
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.
How did i watch this as a kid? Back then i wasn’t even scared and now I’m like terrified
caitlin C girl, you are beautiful!
Mac Ludlow it’s Ariana Grande haha 💓
caitlin C im dead 😂😂 I’m sure you’re beautiful too
i was terrified of this movie but as i’ve gotten older i fell in love with it
Sameeee, i think it’s because I didn’t really understand the plot of the story
Theory: what if the Beldam and pennywise the clown are the same type of creature ? Both take the final form of a spider, both basically feed on children and both have been attacking over centuries
Ayu Thurlow I mean, that’s exactly what he said in the video but ok.
except IT is iconic and Coraline is a terrifying kids movie
The fact is according to the writer of It (Stephen Kings) Pennywise just the light beam floating in the universe and somehow landed in Darry. It takes the form of what makes the victim scare the most. Because not the soul, it's the fear that It wants. Remember in It chapter 1, when It tried to eat Beverly, she didnt scare of him so It said "disgusting" because Beverly has no fear towards It so It open the mouth to reveal the light inside so It makes Beverly float, during the time she affected by the light, she saw the future when they come back after 27 years to finish It. Another detail in chapter 1, when It was abt to be taken over by the Losers, It said It will grant them whealth as long as they leave Derry town. That's why in chapter 2 you can see most member from the Losers after they left Derry, they became successful. When they finally gather around and do the ceremony, you can see 3 dots of light float in the air, that's the real form of It.
You can link to the movie "Dark tower" also by Stephen Kings novel. Some theory said It could be from that movie so maybe you wanna check that out. Really good movie
Oh shit that's truw
They're not the same type of creature, they are the same person.
Question: Why is Wybie's grandmother's sister the only one between the two of them who's soul gets taken considering they twins shouldn't their lives both be miserable?
Theory: Her sister was the weaker sister, I think they both met the Beldam but the grandmother could see her evil while her sister was weak willed and just as the Beldam opened the door for Caroline during the day I suppose she did the same for the one sister while the other was distracted and while she was in her grasp she saw oppurtunity to sew on the eyes and lock the door before grandma returned. When she had realised her sister had been 'stolen' (as Wybie explains to Caroline) she tries to tell an adult but nobody believes her ofcourse. I believe this is the reason why she never moves from the Pink Palace and doesn't allow people with kids to move in suggesting she knows what lies inside the house she is aware of the Beldam and trues her best to stop her from stealing another child's soul, but as she gets older we can assume that her memory fades and she finally allows Caroline's family to move in forgetting what she's doing
It also seems like everyone is in the game. The old ladies gave coraline the ring. The rat dude warns her at the beginning not to enter the little door and at the end he congrats her.
@@hatzipanaghs I think it's because those 2 know about what's going on but they too old to do something about it cause look at their age also it makes it possible that they were in their 20's when grandma's sister was taken and just as Caroline's real mother sends her to tell the old ladies about her dreams I'm sure Wybie's grandmother did the same when she was younger could be why they stayed there👀
I think that because Wybie could have been lured into the door, his grandmother decided to get an offering of sorts, so that Wybie wouldn't go.
I don't believe The sister was weaker, I just think she was More in need of Comfort, Seeing as they're around 6 or 7, I think she might've been teased by other kids her age. She's around 7, Of course she's gonna be more sensitive to that kind of stuff. So maybe she wanted to be in the other world to get away from the Other kids, she's a kid, she's not gonna see the whole picture. I do think the Beldam tried to get Wybie's grandma too but Never was able to actually get her to the other world. And Wybie's grandma probably isn't aware of the Beldam, She just knows something's not right with The Pink Palace, she knows there's Something in the house, Just Doesn't know what's in there.
@@anidiot9788 No I think she knows otherwise if she didn't she would have left cuse why live somewhere where your only sister was stolen and she specifically doesn't rent the house to people with kids and doesn't even allow Wybie to go in there ,if she didn't know she wouldn't rent it out at all thinking that the place is not ohk even for adults she would have sold it and moved far away a long time ago
I was never scared of this movie. I loved it and it was a big part of my childhood!
*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 😮
Idunno why but a thought came to my head while watching this: Maybe the Beldam was convicted of witch craft and executed somewhere around the late 1600's or early 1700's. And maybe because her human body is dead she can't live in the real world, which is why she has the other world. And I don't know a lot about witch craft and all that, but I think some people believe that a witch dies and can't use her powers if you take away her right hand, which would explain why there's a lot of references to the other mother's right hand and it's significance. And at the end it seems like the Beldam is gone forever after Wybie and Coraline destroy her right hand and throw it down the well. And since the house is apparently 150 years old, we don't really know what was there before so maybe that's where she was executed or maybe that land had some sort of significance to her. Anyway, that was just a thought.
Wow this is surprising a good theory
I like your theory!
*_with craft_*
@@cloversgarden4066 I even checked over this comment after I wrote it and I missed that ToT
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 love that he focuses on details in the book that aren't in the movie instead of basing it entirely on the movie.
did you ever think of black cats, the stereotypical familiars of witches? vermin might have history with the other mother.
Actually my black cat loves to hide on the roof and disappear, how odd.....
Loser Hera oop...
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
😂😂😂
There’s one thing I noticed in the movie. Might just be a coincidence, but when Wybie says at the beginning “if you looked up, you’d see a sky full of stars during the day” when talking about the well, that could have alluded to the other world. Possibly because the other worlds time zone happens to be at night all the time, including when Coraline goes to the other world during the day, when the sun is out.
MAYBE THE WELLS ANOTHER PASSAGEWAY
AND THE OTHER MOTHER'S HAND JUST WENT INTO THE WELL AND BACK INTO HER ALTERNATE REALITY
@@abishayforys yeah it got confirmed i think
People say the key going back to the other world is bad thing but I think not.
The key is now stuck and always will be in the other world thanks to that well. So no people in the real world would know its existence which I think is better.
@@okadaizou9820 yes but since the other mother has the key, now she can come out...
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.
I think the well might be a portal to the other world:
At one point the boy says that if you look into it deep enough, you can see a starry night even during the day, which probably refers to the fact that the Beldam’s world is always in the night.
And the ending where the key was returned in the well too!
@SPENCER TANG 6428 2021 This makes sense, I was about to say that it would have only benefited the Other Mother if the key fell in the well if that was a way in. But since she knew about the cat she definitely would have sealed that off.
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.
*"Run, child. Leave this place. She wants me to hurt you, to keep you here forever, so that you can never finish the game, and she will win. She is pushing me so hard to hurt you. I cannot fight her."*
I don't know what it is about this quote that scares me so much, the delivery from Gaiman? The music? God, it's just such a great book that doesn't rely on cliches.
I watched the movie first, but reading that scene in the book, they should have added that in. It would have truly terrified children.
Is nobody gonna talk about how the dad said the house was 150 years old and yet the little boy (first victim of the the beldam) was from around the 1700s era which means that the beldam can in fact travel from house to house?
Or, it could be that the original house on the land was destroyed and then rebuilt
I think she’s trapped way more children then just those three. It’s just she was feeding on those children’s souls so long they faded away.
yes because the clothes that the blue boy wears in the picture can be found in the rotting tunnel so he was definitely another victim too
@@avajohnson91 That's just sad.
@@avajohnson91 😭
@@avajohnson91 what blue boy is this? the one from the painting?
bro we need a prequel to coraline where it's called "the BELDAM" and we learn abt what happened before coraline and the tunnel.
@LilyLol you would have to pay money to see any movie
The three ghost children looked super creepy, especially the oldest one, her mouth was always “•0•” like Slendrina if you’ve seen her
I wouldn’t want to know what happened to them
Edit: I’m talking about the tall girl, bcuz in the movie (and in websites) it’s said that she was the first victim
Other Wybie: **helps Coraline escape risking his life and then getting killed after it**
Coraline: **𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸**
Other Wybie: 𝗔𝗺 𝗶 𝗮 𝗷𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂
😂😂😂😂
This made me giggle omg
LMAOOO☠️
I feel so bad for Other Wybie 😭
he probably would've understood, i like to think
I remember my mom recommending my family watching Coraline when i was younger, and i was so creeped out at the preview of the movie that i immedietly began to cry, It wasnt the setting, plot, or the other mother, it was only because they had button eyes which REALLY freaked me out for some reason
Now that im older i absolutely adore this movie and the book
This movie came out when I was 10. I'm 21 now and still love it and find it, as strange as it is, a comforting movie. It really shows you how to be grateful for what you have in many ways. Such a good story
Damn i was 7
@@mrwoke1155 I know right. It makes me feel so old when I remember this movie came out back in 09 lol. But this movie really is still one of, if not, my favorite movie haha
@@scemoxqueen hey but we're still young af were 18 and 21 our lives just starting
i was 6 damn
I wasn’t even born damn
I did my calculations lol anyways I found out that every 50 years new owners and an unhappy child comes in and goes to the other side so the first one is Catherine Miggens aka pioneer girl she comes to house in 1859 she later was missing never came home. 50 years later new owners come in Russell Hatcher aka the ghost boy it’s now 1909 he goes in the portal doesn’t come back.
50 years later Tasia lovet and her twin sister move in the house the year is 1959 Tasia goes to the other side she goes missing her sister is Wybie grandmother she and her family moves, 50 years later it’s now 2009 Coraline and her family moves in Coraline goes to the portal fights back to save the ghost children and her parents, beats the Beldam comes home safe if Coraline was gone missing her parents would’ve probably move on, 50 years would pass and the year would be 2059 new owners would come in 😳😬😬
Welp can’t wait for that next movie idk
Alright. See you in 30 years😂
Woow, this is unbelievable. How did you get those informations?
Definitely a sequel!
Kay . I feel like you aren’t fr when you said that lol anyways well I just thought of it and did a little math 😂 and the names are in the book and the year too
Every one over having a theory :
Me: Trying to figure out how the other mother went from having no neck to having a long neck and lost 70 pounds
So my theory is she is doing a lot of crack to drop weight and she feels inscure
BRUH Thx for the likes some how me talking about Her mom doing crack got me 2k likes :)
That's a solid theory lol
@@leeoconnell2572 Ikr
Omfg and this is all just a drug-trip she’s having.
HER WAIST OH MY GOD
😂
just watched the remastered 3d movie for the 15th anniversary and had to come back to this video!
But what about the other Wybie? You only accounted for three character’s forgetting about the button-eyed Wybie , I however may have missed you saying that answer. Good video anyways!
why though this is about the book and not the movie
Wybe wasn't in the book and he's talking about the book. Wybe was a creation of the movie so Coraline wouldn't be talking to herself for half of the movie.
Setherract because the movie had to have another character to appeal to more young audiences. The book didn’t need him
Setherract ohhh my bad
Wynbie isn’t in the book he is only in the movie
I wish I can just see the what actually happened to the ghost children like I wanna see the videos of what happened to the ghost children when the other mother was with them.
Me too!
She ate them
She put buttons in their eyes!
Me too dude! I want them to make a story of all of them and how the mother got them and what happened to them.
Me too
*im 21 years old and not going to lie this movie scared me* I even had continous nightmares a couple months ago that I was coraline just creepy ..
Omg i 12 and I frickin love coraline, its like my fav movie ever
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.
Imagine someone with a dead mom moved in
Other mom: Confused anger
Yejoon Yang LOL
that would make it even better because if she takes the form of the late mother of a motherless child, that child would gravitate to her even more
she just needs a photograph or something
Outstanding move
*Sex change*
Lol
Now it’s funny about the signification of “Beldam”:
In English it seems to mean an old, ugly and malicious woman, well... a witch;
But it sounds like the French word “Belle Dame”, meaning “Beautiful/Pretty Lady”...🤔
That just adds to the plot to me. To me it just says that she can seem beautiful and all but then she’s also a witch
yes! it made me think of “la belle dame sans merci” by john keats which is very applicable to the other mother “the beautiful lady without mercy”
it maybe been taken as the french word when that evil fake mother was real but got to be called by the other meaning after she lost her life.. by being an ugly women body without a soul
maybe this is because during the time of when witches were being persecuted, single women who were beautiful were seen as too powerful for the likes of the patriarchal society so they were called witches because why on earth would a beautiful women want to be single *gasp* she's a witch we must kill her because she doesn't conform to societal standards
She still kinda looked pretty in her true form lmao.
Did you forget about Wybie?
I just need an explanation why other father and Wybie appear to be against Beldam.
I think he’s using the narrative from the book and Wybie isn’t in the book
Wybie isn't a character in the book. The added him in the movie, because they needed a character for coraline to speak her inner thoughts to, rather than just to herself.
He honestly was a welcomed addition to the story for me.
(My theory) the other father was powered by the soul of the boy ghost and was able to feel actual empathy. In his song there’s a lot of foreshadowing like “she’s a doll” or “our eyes will be on coraline” he was trying to warn her. Also when he’s using the machine to attack her he says “mother made me” and “I don’t want to hurt you” I think he wanted coraline to be safe the whole time but was restricted by the other mother
The Beldam wanted the other father and Wybie to genuinely care for Coraline so that she would want to stay in the otherworld forever. Of course, she really didn't think this through LMAO.
@@angelusvastator1297 I still think my theory is correct because the other father was powered by and thus in possession of a human soul, which is why he gave it to coraline before he died
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.
**“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