Coraline is a Delightful Nightmare
![Coraline crosses into the other world through a long florescent tunnel.](https://i0.wp.com/bluemoonrising.com/content/coraline-portal.jpg?fit=150%2C225&ssl=1)
![Coraline's other mother, with her big smile and button eyes.](https://i0.wp.com/bluemoonrising.com/content/coraline-other-mother.jpg?fit=150%2C225&ssl=1)
![Coraline and Whybie gaze down the deep well in horror.](https://i0.wp.com/bluemoonrising.com/content/coraline-whybie.jpg?fit=150%2C225&ssl=1)
Dreams are fleeting, irrational experiences that distort, compress and bend reality in innumerable ways, often defying their own internal, transitory laws even as they are defined. In spite of these mercurial qualities, dreams can be both a sweet release from the physical world, and a chilling reminder of the realities we seek to avoid. Coraline too, reminds us of uncomfortable truths while offering us an escape… into the heart of a child.
As the film begins, we meet Coraline …read more