ParaNorman (2012)
Chances are this is the best stop motion animated movie you have never seen and that is a real shame. Marketing for this one was absolutely horrendous and a lot of people don't even seem to be aware this movie exists. They absolutely should. It is - like pretty much every Laika production - wonderful. Maybe it felt a bit too scary for the younger audience, but in truth: this is not a scary movie in the true horror sense. It pokes fun at tropes, has a field day with references to the classics of horror and yet, in the end it is a story about kids that don't fit in but manage to save the day in spite of what everyone thinks. Norman seems like a regular kid, but he loves to watch cheesy zombiemovies and has long talks with his grandmother. The only strange thing is that his grandmother has been dead for several years. But Norman can actually see and talk to ghosts, something his family doesn't get and why he is considered a weirdo both at home and especially at school. One d...
