Laika Entertainment is filling the niche of animated
features intended for children who are a little more grown up. Their first two
films, Corpse Bride and Coraline, are darker and more macabre
than the fare churned out by the other big animation studios (although
Dreamworks, Disney, and Pixar produce some fantastic animated films). Laika’s
third feature, released earlier this year and just recently nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, is ParaNorman,
an equally light macabre story that is great family fun if you leave it the
youngest and most impressionable members of your clan unless they can handle
ghost, zombies and scary witches.
