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Hopefully, the above headline needs no explanation, but in case you have any doubts, we’re talking about cinefantastique the genre, not Cinefantastique, the online magazine of horror, fantasy, and science fiction cinema. Although there have been a few exceptions in recent decades (e.g., a Best Picture win for THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF [...]

A young boy gifted with the ability to see ghosts has to rise to the challenge when his small New England town is cursed by the spirit of a vengeful witch in PARANORMAN, the latest 3D stop-motion animated effort from Oregon’s Laika Studios. With an onslaught of mouldering zombies, [...]

Oregon’s Laika stop-motion studio is kind-of making a name for itself as the go-to guys for family-friendly fantasies that mix the scary and the funny in perfect proportion. In their latest, PARANORMAN, a young boy with gift for seeing the various and sundry spirits that are haunting his small, New England town is saddled with [...]

Second trailer from the stop-motion animated film PARANORMAN. Directed by Chris Butler and Sam Fell, from a script by Butler. With the voices of Anna Kendrick Leslie Mann, Elain Stritch, Jodelle Ferland, Temptestt Bledsoe, Casey Afflect, and John Goodman.
Release date: Friday, August 17, 2012

Focus Features releases this creepy family-fantasy film From Laika Entertainment, about a young boy who sees dead people. The 3-D stop-motion effort was co-directed by Chris Butler (who supplied storyboards for CORALINE and Tim Burton’s CORPSE BRIDE)  and Sam Fell (who directed THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX and FLUSHED AWAY). , from a script by Butler. [...]