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CORALINE....Did anyone else's dcs find it scary?

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Curiousmama · 04/05/2009 21:21

DS1 and 2 have been to see this today with their dad and they all said it's scary. I'm rather surprised as to be honest they don't scare easily.

I'm glad I didn't take them as it cost over £22 for 3 tickets just because it's in 3D. Plus they didn't seem bothered about it and ds2 usually raves about most movies.

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ginnny · 04/05/2009 22:14

How old are they? I was going to take my dss today but they told me they don't want to see it because the trailer looks scary.
I'm disappointed because I really want to see it take them!

Sam100 · 04/05/2009 22:19

Dds aged 7 and 5 were not terrified but did find some of the film a bit unnerving. Friends 7 year old was v scared and wanted to leave. The 3D effects are very good - story is slightly disturbing. Briefly "other mother" turns out to be scary spider lady who wants to (has in past?) eat children!

kid · 04/05/2009 22:23

My sister is in her 30's and she thought it was scary!

pointydog · 04/05/2009 22:42

3D makes it pretty scary for young 'uns from what I have heard. For example, in the 'other world' people have buttons for eyes and at one point a huge needle comes straight towards your eye as if a button will be sewn on you.

That would freak me a bit. The whole button thing freaks me. The dds said the book was sinister.

pointydog · 04/05/2009 22:42

should this be in Relationships?

OddHair · 04/05/2009 22:44

Ds2 is 6 and is not normally even remotely sensitive, but he's had nightmares and wouldn't go to sleep on his own just after seeing the TV ad.

We saw the full trailer last week just before Monsters v Aliens, and TBH I'm extremely surprised that it's a PG - even I was slightly disturbed at the idea of self mutilation and buttons for eyes. Poor ds2 nearly passed out in the cinema.

Have to say that I'd like to see it myself but will have to leave dses at home!

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Curiousmama · 06/05/2009 20:30

you're right pointydog I clicked on the wrong thread title

Glad it's not just my two who found it scary.

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mollythetortoise · 06/05/2009 20:35

I found the trailer scary so my dd (5) will definately be scared so I won't be taking her to see it. It's the stepford wife mother in it with button eyes that does it for me... I do scare easily though and won't sit on loo after watching "jaws" for example (in case a shark comes up u bend)

mywayisbest · 06/05/2009 21:22

I took ds (6) to see it without actually checking any write ups.
He spent the latter half of the film on my lap with his head buried in my chest. Nobody else was in the theatre and it was in portuguese which didn't help as neither of us are fluent.

Have to say though, I bloody loved it! Wasn't too scary, just a few images that freaked him out. Like when the other mother goes all skinny and gruesome.

dizietsma · 07/05/2009 09:42

DD, 3, found it a bit scary at the end. She was enraptured though. Before we went to the movie she was spinning like a top, really hyper, and I was expecting to have to leave half way through cos she wouldn't be able to concentrate. I was very surprised when she sat through it all, quite absorbed.

I think a bit of horror is good for kids, as long as you're there to give 'em a cuddle if they need it, and leave if you gauge it as being too upsetting.

Being a Gaiman fan, I'd already read the book and was quite impressed with the adaptation. Coraline is an excellent fearless and smart heroine. A nice antidote to the insipid Disney princess phase DD is going through.

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Curiousmama · 07/05/2009 10:15

That's good that your dd liket it dizietsma DS2 told me this morning he didn't find it scary after all. He's 8. My 2 have watched scary movies before so I think it was just a bit of a shock to them and now they say it was more creepy than scary.

I quite fancy it myself now. Will the 3D work on DVD? I wouldn't have thought so?

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soopermum1 · 07/05/2009 12:22

DS was scare and we had to walk out before the film finished. he's 5 and not usually scared. Not exactly sure what he was scared about, I had nodded off

Summerfruit · 07/05/2009 12:25

dd is 5 saw it and was scared, we had to leave before the end !

thumbwitch · 07/05/2009 12:31

I'm not surprised it's scary really - since it's directed by the guy who did Nightmare Before Christmas (also quite scary in places, although I love it)

Shan't be playing it anywhere near DS whenever it comes out on DVD then!

sinpan · 07/05/2009 12:32

My DCs found the book scary and they're 10 and 11. It was the gap-eyed other parents that did it.

I like the look of the mmovie though, a change from the usual Disney stuff at least. I think Neil Gaiman is brilliant.

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