#alvin paranorman

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dumbasses<3

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lineup

[myfictionalfables]

The HTTYD characters and other characters that have the same VA

Hiccup & Dr. Tillage from “The magic School Bus Rides Again”…I cried when I heard this-

Astrid & Fawn from “Tinker-Bell” idk if most people know this, but I think it’s cool

Tuffnut & Robbie from “Gravity Falls” I didn’t believe it at first until I really thought abt it lol

Ruffnut & Lucy from “Despicable Me” I don’t really hear this one but it’s probably cause I haven’t watched Despicable Me in forever

Snotlout… & Tommy from “ Horton Hears a Who” I lost my ever loving mind after finding this out

Fishlegs & Alvin from “ParaNorman” Fishlegs if Snotlout finally made him snap permanently-

Bonus:

Gobber & Owl from “Winnie the Pooh” and I found this out when I was listening to the Backson song lmao, Craig Ferguson has a great singing voice!

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El verdadero misterio del mundo es lo visible, no lo invisible.

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i need to be more active.....

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October Movies Watchlist

Cozy Autumn Vibes

When Harry Met Sally (1989)

You've Got Mail (1998)

Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

Good Will Hunting (1997)

Clue (1985)

The Good Witch (1999)

Autumn in New York (2000)

Legends of the Fall (1994)

Dead Poets Society (1989)

October Sky (1999)

Big Fish (2003)

The Lake House (2006)

Rip in Time (2022)

Little Women (2019)

Knives Out (2019)

Anne of Green Gables (1985)

Cider House Rules (1999)

Remember the Titans (2000)

Nostalgic & Kid-Friendly:

The Halloween Tree (1993)

Matilda (1996)

The Iron Giant (1999)

Halloweentown (1998)

Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001)

Halloweentown High (2004)

Return to Halloweentown (2006)

James and the Giant Peach (1996)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Monsters, Inc. (2001)

Monsters University (2013)

Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Pagemaster (1994)

Into the Woods (2014)

Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

Don't Look Under the Bed (1999)

Spirited Away (2001)

Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)

The Corpse Bride (2005)

A Monster in Paris (2011)

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)

Coraline (2009)

Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

The Karate Kid (1984)

The Last Unicorn (1982)

Jumanji (1995)

Earnest Scared Stupid (1991)

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Twitches (2005)

Twitches Two (2007)

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

Little Monsters (1989)

The Witches (1990 or 2020 remake)

Labyrinth (1986)

The Gate (1987)

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

Mom's got a Date with a Vampire (2000)

The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)

The Little Vampire (2000)

Haunted Mansion (2003)

Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021)

The Dark Crystal (1982)

Beetlejuice (1988)

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)

It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)

Hocus Pocus (1993)

The Addams Family (1991)

The Addams Family Values (1993)

The Addams Family (2019)

The Addams Family 2 (2021)

ET (1982)

Return to Oz (1985)

Paranorman (2012)

Monster House (2006)

Toy Story of Terror! (2013)

The Scream Team (2002)

Double, Double Toil and Trouble (1993)

The Secret of NIMH (1982)

Ghostbusters (1984)

Ghostbusters II (1989)

Ghostbusters (2016)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

Wolfwalkers (2020)

The Secret of Kells (2009)

Song of the Sea (2014)

Goosebumps (2023)

Goosebumps 2 (2018)

The Goonies (1985)

Casper (1995)

Disney's Tower of Terror (1997)

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (2000)

Mad Monster Party (1967)

Wendell & Wild (2022)

Under Wraps (1997)

Under Wraps (2021)

Phantom of the Megaplex (2000)

Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School (1988)

Scooby Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988)

Scooby Doo on Zombie Island (1998)

Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999)

Scooby Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000)

Zombies

Zombieland (2009)

Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)

Autumn (2014)

The Wailing (2016)

The Night Eats the World (2018)

The Dead Don’t Die (2019)

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)

City of the Living Dead (1980)

The Beyond (1981)

The House by the Cemetery (1981)

Rec (2007)

Rec 2 (2009)

Quarantine (2008)

Quarantine 2: The Terminal (2011)

28 Days Later (2002)

28 Weeks Later (2007)

Train to Busan (2016)

Seoul Station (2016)

Cemetery Man (1994)

World War Z (2013)

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Shawn of the Dead (2004)

Zombi (1978)

Zombi 2 (1979)

Zombi 3 (1988)

The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

Resident Evil (2002)

Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)

Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)

Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)

Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017)

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)

Vampires & Werewolves

Dracula (1931)

Dracula's Daughter (1936)

Horror of Dracula (1958)

The Brides of Dracula (1960)

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

The Empire of Dracula (1967)

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)

Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)

Count Dracula (1970)

Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)

The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)

Scars of Dracula (1970)

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Van Helsing (2004)

Last Voyage of The Demeter (2023)

Renfield (2023)

Vampyr (1932)

Mark of the Vampire (1935)

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

The Vourdalak (2023)

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

Interview With the Vampire (1994)

Queen of the Damned (2002)

Dark Shadows (2012)

Abigail (2024)

Blade (1998)

Blade II (2002)

Blade: Trinity (2004)

Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)

Fright Night (1985 or the 2011 remake)

The Last Man on Earth (1964)

I am Legend (2007)

Daybreakers (2009)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Salem's Lot (1979)

30 Days of Night (2007)

Underworld (2003)

Underworld: Evolution (2006)

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)

Underworld: Awakening (2012)

Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)

The Howling (1981)

Ginger Snaps (2000)

Werewolf of London (1935)

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Silver Bullet (1985)

The Company of Wolves (1984)

Howl (2015)

Moon of the Wolf (1972)

Dog Soldiers (2002)

The Wolfman (1941)

The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)

The Wolfman (2010)

Slashers

Psycho (1960)

Candyman (1992 or 2021 remake)

Pearl (2022)

X (2022)

Child's Play (1988)

Child's Play 2 (1990)

Child's Play 3 (1991)

Bride of Chucky (1998)

Seed of Chucky (2004)

Curse of Chucky (2013)

Cult of Chucky (2017)

Scream (1996)

Scream (2022)

Happy Death Day (2017)

Happy Death Day 2U (2019)

Friday the 13th (1980)

Friday the 13th Part II (1981)

Friday the 13th Part III (1982)

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

Jason X (2002)

Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

Friday the 13th (2009)

Children of the Corn (1987)

Halloween (1978)

Halloween II (1981)

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1986)

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)

Halloween Resurrection (2002)

Halloween (2007)

Halloween II (2009)

Halloween (2018)

Halloween Kills (2021)

Halloween Ends (2022)

Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

Black Pumpkin (2020)

Hauntedween (1991)

Dark Harvest (2023)

Monsters

The Invisible Man (1933)

The Mummy (1932)

The Mummy (1959)

The Mummy (1999)

Frankenstein (1931)

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Son of Frankenstein (1939)

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)

The Monster Club (1981)

The Monster Squad (1987)

Hellboy (2004)

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

Hellboy (2019)

The Gorgon (1964)

Gremlins (1984)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Pumpkinhead (1988)

Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994)

Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (2006)

Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud (2007)

Cloverfield (2008)

Jurassic Park (1993)

Jeepers Creepers (2001)

Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)

Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017)

Jeepers Creepers: Reborn (2022)

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973 or 2010 remake)

Tremors (1990)

Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996)

Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)

The Mist (2007)

The Descent (2005)

The Descent Part 2 (2009)

Bird Box (2018)

Aliens

The War of the Worlds (1953)

War of the Worlds (2005)

Annihilation (2018)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Slither (2006)

Forbidden Planet (1956)

Signs (2002)

Mars Attacks (1996)

Evolution (2001)

Color Out of Space (2019)

Cowboys & Aliens (2011)

Paul (2011)

A Quiet Place (2018)

A Quiet Place: Part 2 (2020)

The Faculty (1998)

Prey (2022)

Predator (1987)

Predator 2 (1990)

Alien vs. Predator (2004)

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)

The Predator (2018)

Predators (2010)

Alien (1979)

Aliens (1986)

Alien 3 (1992)

Alien: Resurrection (1997)

Prometheus (2012)

Alien: Covenant (2017)

Alien: Romulus (2024)

Nope (2022)

Apollo 18 (2011)

Dreamcatcher (2003)

The Thing From Another World (1951)

The Thing (1982 or 2011 remake)

Evil & Hauntings

Annabelle (2014)

Annabelle: Creation (2017)

Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

The Curse of La Llorona (2019)

Ghost (1990)

Ghostwatch (1992)

The Uninvited (1944)

Hellraiser (1987)

Spawn (1997)

WNUF Halloween Special (2013)

The Lady in White (1988)

The Deep House (2021)

Ready or Not (2019)

The Woman in Black (2012)

The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2014)

The Haunting (1963)

Ouija (2014)

Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)

The Others (2001)

La Llarona (1960)

Gothika (2003)

Poltergeist (1982)

Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)

Poltergeist (2015)

The Shining (1980)

Doctor Sleep (2019)

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

The Conjuring (2013)

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

The Conjuring 2 (2016)

The Exorcist (1973)

Constantine (2005)

The Frighteners (1996)

1408 (2007)

Mama (2013)

Crimson Peak (2015)

The Grudge (2004 or the 2020 remake—OR, Ju-on, the og Japanese 2002 version)

The Sixth Sense (1999)

The Devil's Backbone (2001)

The Evil Dead (1981)

The Evil Dead 2 (1997)

Army of Darkness (1992)

The Evil Dead (2013)

The Evil Dead Rise (2023)

Skinamarink (2022)

Kill Baby Kill (1966)

Burnt Offerings (1973)

The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)

As Above, So Below (2014)

A Haunting in Connecticut (2009)

Shutter (2008)

The Mist (2008)

Pulse (2001)

The Eye (2008)

Ringu (1998)

The Ring (2002)

The Ring Two (2005)

Sinister (2012)

Insidious (2010)

Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

Insidious: The Last Key (2018)

Insidious: The Red Door (2023)

Grave Encounters (2011)

Grave Encounters 2 (2012)

Paranormal Activity (2007)

Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)

Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)

Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)

Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021)

Aterrados (In English: Terrified) (2018)

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

High Spirits (1988)

Veronica (2017)

The Omen (1976)

The Omen 2 (1978)

The Omen (2006)

The First Omen (2024)

Thirteen Ghosts (2001)

The Babadook (2014)

Phantasm (1979)

Phantasm II (1988)

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994)

Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)

Phantasm V: RaVager (2016)

Devil Dog (1978)

Jennifer's Body (2009)

Lights Out (2016)

Kwaidon (1964)

Ghost Ship (2002)

House on Haunted Hill (1959)

The Devil Rides Out (1968)

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)

Witches & Magic

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

Practical Magic (1998)

The Witch (2015)

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)

Blair Witch (2016)

The Wicker Man (1973)

The Wicker Man (2006)

The City of the Dead (1960)

Bell Book and Candle (1958)

The Witches (1990 or 2020 remake)

Black Sunday (1960)

El Espejo de la Bruja (In English: The Witch's Mirror) (1960)

I Married a Witch (1942)

The Craft (1996)

Apostle (2018)

The Love Witch (2016)

Burn Witch Burn (1962)

Horror

Creepshow (1982)

Creepshow 2 (1987)

November (2017)

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Trick r Treat (2007)

Bad Candy (2020)

The Barn (2016)

The Barn: Part II (2022)

Tales of Halloween (2015)

Willy's Wonderland (2021)

Eyes Without a Face (1960)

Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

The Midnight Hour (1985)

The Curse of Bridge Hollow (2022)

The Birds (1963)

Cape Fear (1960)

Horns (2013)

M3GAN (2022)

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

The Phantom of the Opera (1943)

The Phantom of the Opera (1962)

The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

Viy (1967)

Haunt (2019)

Diabolique (1955)

The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

The Lodge (2019)

The Mask of the Red Death (1964)

The Premature Burial (1962)

Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)

Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2 (2022)

Buried Alive (1990)

Midsommar (2018)

Island of Lost Souls (1932)

Honeymoon (2014)

Session 9 (2001)

The Blood of Satan's Claw (1971)

Black Death (2010)

Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

Pet Sematary (1989 or the 2019 remake)

It (1990)

It: Chapter One (2017)

It: Chapter Two (2019)

Hereditary (2018)

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)

Re-Animator (1985)

Bride of Re-Animator (1990)

Beyond Re-Animator (2003)

Lisa Frankenstein (2024)

V/H/S (2012)

V/H/S/2 (2013)

V/H/S: Viral (2014)

V/H/S/94 (2021)

V/H/S/99 (2022)

V/H/S/85 (2023)

V/H/S/Beyond (2024)

Eyes of Fire (1983)

The Red House (1947)

Deadly Blessing (1981)

Dark Water (2002 or 2005 remake)

The Substance (2024)

Thinner (1996)

Cobweb (2023)

The Happening (2008)

Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

House of Wax (1953)

House of Wax (2005)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

The Devil-Doll (1936)

The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)

Black Sabbath (1963)

Cabin in the Woods (2011)

The Ruins (2008)

Summer of Fear (1978)

Fear Street: Part One, Two & Three (2021)

The Ritual (2017)

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)

The Black Cat (1934)

Teeth (2007)

Late Night with the Devil (2023)

I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

Freaks (1932)

The Old Dark House (1932)

Mr. Sardonicus (1961)

I Bury the Living (1958)

Plague Dogs (1982)

Watership Down (1978)

Ringing Bell (In Japanese: Chirin No Suzu) (1978)

Felidae (1994)

Psychological

Lake Mungo (2008)

Shutter Island (2010)

The Dead Zone (1983)

Donnie Darko (2001)

Us (2019)The Village (2004)

Carnival of Souls (1962)

Carnival of Souls (1998)

Deus Ex Machina (2014)

The Lazarus Effect (2015)

It Follows (2014)

Get Out (2017)

Comedy/Satire

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Young Frankenstein (1974)

Death Becomes Her (1992)

Hubie Halloween (2020)

Scary Movie (2000)

Scary Movie 2 (2001)

Scary Movie 3 (2003)

Scary Movie 4 (2006)

Scary Movie 5 (2013)

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Film Friday: Paranorman

Considering how fond of horror movies, it's odd how few of them register in the very top tier of my favorite movie lists. Something could perhaps be said about how the best-made horror movies are often not very fun, but that's a question for another day. Today I want to talk about a horror movie I love, and for that pinch of extra hipster spice, it's a stop-motion animation flick.

Norman Babcock, Age 11, is a bit of an outcast in the little suburban town of Blithe Hollow, MA. The reason? He can see and talk to ghosts. After a series of increasingly harrowing visions and a meeting with his profoundly kooky uncle, Norman sees disaster in the town's immediate future, and only he can stop it. Norman is aided on his pint-sized quest for the future of his home by his outcast friend Neil, Neil's jock brother Mitch, the school bully Alvin, and somewhat reluctantly, his older sister Courtney. Their progress is only impeded by their own profound incompetence, and the fact that the dead appear to be rising from their graves spurred on by the curse of a long-dead witch.

Paranorman is notable for a couple of things. First of all, its visual design is awesome. Real care is put into making the town of Blithe Hollow and everyone who lives in it just a little bit off, asymmetric, messy in a way that makes it all an effective caricature in the way only animation can be. And speaking of animation, it is also gorgeous. Laika has been doing puppet stop motion for a while now, and they are killing it at this point. Their use of 3D-printed modular faces gives them a surprisingly wide range of emotional expressions to their little fellas.

This increased emotional dexterity comes in handy because this movie also navigates some shockingly dark stuff for a kid's movie. The true nature of the witch's curse and what events spurred it on are some dark stuff, and the movie treats the most somber reveals with quiet contemplation rather than the all-too-common trend of playing it off with a joke to lighten the mood.

The movie also is surprisingly scary for a movie for children. Especially the initial exploration of the curse and a few moments in the movie's climax never fails to send a chill down my spine. This isn't to say the movie isn't appropriate for its intended audience, merely to suggest it'll slot nicely into the Doctor Who "Watched with a mix of fascination of fear" pantheon in that regard.

Also, as far as story goes, Paranorman has a real banger of a third act. After resolving the ongoing source of conflict, although one of the parties doubtlessly has learned nothing, Norman heads for the core of the problem to confront the witch on her home turf. It culminates in a powerful scene, both because it's thematically very powerful how Norman ends up coming out on top and because Laika decides to make a very interpersonal climax also visually stunning with enough action to keep the tempo up. In a lesser film, this confrontation would take place in a magical tornado or somesuch and it'd still be a good scene, but Laika's apocalyptic parkour therapy session is a treat for both the brain and the eyes.

In the end, Paranorman feels like a very mature movie for its target age range. Norman does take a stand against bullying and the small-mindedness of his little town, but it doesn't change all that many minds. The simple reason for that is that most people are just complacent with their views and are more than willing to add another untrue axiom to the story they tell themselves about their lives rather than confront uncomfortable truths. Still, Norman manages to change the minds of the people who matter to him, and with that in tow, he finds the strength to meet the stupidity of the world around him with a laugh.

There's just a lot going on with this movie that I don't have the column space to get into here, but I will just quickly mention: The reoccurring gag about Norman's sister hitting on Mitch and him just not getting it and how it resolves, the detail that the witch and Norman are related which isn't super important but another nice parallel, how exactly the curse works, how incredibly down the citizens of Blithe Hollow are for a Zombie situation. I could go on, but I believe my point is demonstrated. Go see Paranorman. Statistically most of you haven't gotten around to it yet.

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Alvin from Paranorman and Hot Roddy from Rude Tales of Magic fill a specific niche for fictional bullies who are so pitifully ineffectual and embarrassing that they actually come across as sympathetic. I'm not sure if there's enough characters like that to earn a TVTropes page.

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Halloween is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate the spooky season than with a movie marathon filled with spine-tingling chills and eerie adventures? Whether you're gathering with friends, family, or looking for a solo scare fest, our handpicked selection of Halloween and fall-themed movies has got you covered. From classic horror to animated tales and everything in between, this ultimate movie guide will take your Halloween and Fall-filled experience to new heights.

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Animated: Cartoons for the Playful Spook: Dive into the enchanting world of animated Halloween tales. From mischievous chipmunks to lovable monsters, our collection of animated movies offers the perfect blend of humour and spooky fun. Explore the ghoulish adventures of Alvin and the Chipmunks, embark on a journey through the afterlife in "Coco," and unravel the mysteries of haunted houses with beloved characters like Casper the Friendly Ghost.

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman

Corpse Bride

Coraline

Coco

Fun Size

Frankenweenie

Hotel Transylvania

Hotel Transylvania 2

Hotel Transylvania: Summer Vacation

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Monster House

ParaNorman

Scoob! (2020)

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School

Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf

Spirited Away

The Addams Family (2019)

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

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Live Action: Live Action Thrills: For those seeking heart-pounding excitement and hair-raising suspense, our live-action movie suggestions are sure to deliver. From Tim Burton's signature dark fantasy style to iconic horror franchises, you'll find a variety of options to keep you on the edge of your seat. Immerse yourself in the quirky world of "Beetlejuice," and revisit the supernatural charm of "Hocus Pocus."

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Annabelle

Annabelle Comes Home

Annabelle: Creation

Beetlejuice

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Carrie

Casper

Creepshow

Dark Shadows

Day Shift

Death Becomes Her

Double, Double, Toil & Trouble

Donnie Darko

Edward Scissorhands

Fido

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters 2

Get Out

Goosebumps

Goosebumps 2

Halloweentown (1-4)

Hereditary

Hocus Pocus

Hocus Pocus 2

Interview with the Vampire

Muppets Haunted Mansion

Practical Magic

Shaun of the Dead

Sleepy Hollow

The Addams Family

The Addams Family Values

The Craft

The Curse of Bridge Hollow

The Haunted Mansion

The Little Vampire

The Love Witch

The Munsters (2022)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (2016)

The Witches (1990/2020)

The Witch

Twilight (Series)

Vampires Suck

Warm Bodies

What We Do in the Shadows

Zombieland

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Vintage Horror: Vintage Chills and Classic Horrors: Step back in time with a selection of vintage horror films that have stood the test of time. Experience the captivating performances of horror legends like Vincent Price and Boris Karloff in classics such as "House on Haunted Hill" and "The Mummy." Journey into the eerie worlds created by Alfred Hitchcock in "Psycho" and explore the timeless terror of "Dracula" and "Frankenstein."

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Arsenic and Old Lace

Bride of Frankenstein

Carrie

Child's Play

Comedy of Terrors (1963)

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

Dracula (1931)

House of Wax (1953)

House on Haunted Hill (1959)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Labyrinth

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Psycho

Tales from the Crypt

The Birds

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

The Exorcist

The Invisible Man

The Last Man on Earth (1964)

The Mummy (1932)

The Shining

The Wolf Man (1941)

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Horror: Modern Scares for the Brave: Ready to be spooked by more recent releases? Our modern horror movie picks will satisfy your craving for contemporary scares. Immerse yourself in the psychological depths of "Hereditary," navigate the terrors of found-footage in "The Blair Witch Project," and experience the relentless pursuit of a masked killer in "You're Next."

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

All Hallows Eve

Annabelle

Annabelle Comes Home

Annabelle: Creation

Cabin in the Woods

Child's Play

Get Out

Halloween (Series)

Hereditary

Insidious

IT

Midsommar

Psycho (1998)

Rosemary's Baby

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Silence of the Lambs

Sinister

The Babadook

The Blair Witch Project

The Conjuring

The Conjuring 2

The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

The Nun

The Ring

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Trick 'r Treat

Us

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[themysterycrewau]

Introduction

Hello geeks, weirdos, and explorers! Welcome to the Mystery Crew AU blog! My name is Matsurra, and I created this au on my main blog @maki-matsurra!

How It Started

I am a huge fan of Gravity Falls. From the writing to the characters, to the art style. It was truly an amazing show that deserves so much love and attention. I joined the fandom a little late, but nevertheless, enjoyed every episode I binged.

I'm also a huge fan of the stop-motion Laika movies! I got to see Coraline in 3D when it was first in theaters (yes, the movie did give me nightmares), and I just really loved it too! The aesthetic of the movie and the story and characters as well were top-notch! Paranorman is a movie I know not many people may know about, but it's still such a good movie and should be checked out! When I watched that movie, there were so many scenes where I was just bawling my eyes out in sadness or just on the edge of my seat.

Now, as a fanfiction writer, I love to try and combine fandoms to make crazy new fanfics, sometimes taking inspiration from fan art or just fan edit videos. This AU actually came to me when listening to Follow the Sun while sitting outside. I wondered; "What would a universe be like if Coraline, Paranoman, and Gravity Falls were in the same one?" And then well... Ta-da! It came to be!

I posted the first chapter of the first book for the AU on May 1st, 2022 on Tumblr, then on AO3 on July 29th, 2022, titling it The Button Key. And the fanfic is still being worked on to this day.

Meet The Crew

Coraline Jones 🗝️

Full Name: Coraline Jones

Age: 13 (Currently)

Home: Pink Palace Apartments, Gravity Falls, Oregon

Family: Mel Jones (Mother), Charlie Jones (Father)

Friends/Allies: Wybie Lovat (Best Friend), Mabel Pines (Best Friend), Dipper Pines (Best Friend), Norman Babcock (Best friend), The Cat, April Spink, Miriam Forcible, Mr. Bobinksy, Stan Pines, Ford Pines, Soos, Wendy Corduroy, Courtney Babcock, Niel Downe, Mitch Downe

Enemies: Other Mother, Other Father (former), Alvin (former), Pacifica Northwest (former), Gideon Gleeful, Bill Cipher

Item/Symbol: Button Key

Other Info (Will be updated as time goes on) - Goes to Gravity Falls Middle School - Wears her orange gloves to school - Favorite class is Science (Specifically loves learning Earth Science) - Previously lived in Pontiac, Michigan - Skilled Artist - Also likes Astrology

Wybie Lovat 💀

Full Name: Wyborne "Wybie" Lovat

Age: 14 (Currently)

Home: His Grandmother's house, Gravity Falls, Oregon

Family: His Grandmother

Friends/Allies: Coraline Jones (Best Friend), Mabel Pines (Best Friend), Dipper Pines (Best Friend), Norman Babcock (Best friend), The Cat, April Spink, Miriam Forcible, Mr. Bobinksy, Stan Pines, Ford Pines, Soos, Wendy Corduroy, Courtney Babcock, Niel Downe, Mitch Downe

Enemies: Other Mother, Alvin (former), Pacifica Northwest (former), Gideon Gleeful, Bill Cipher

Item/Symbol: Mask with a skull on it

Other Info (Will be updated as time goes on) - Goes to Gravity Falls Middle School - Wears his skeleton bike gloves to school - Favorite class is Science - Loves to go to dirt bike races - Parents passed away in a car accident

Dipper Pines 🌲

(Art by the amazing @your-local-neighborhood-nerd) Full Name: Mason "Dipper" Pines

Age: 12 (Currently)

Home: 618 Gopher Road, Gravity Falls, Oregon (The Mystery Shack)

Family: Mr. Pines, Mrs. Pines ✝️, Mabel Pines (Twin Sister), Stan Pines (Granduncle and current caretaker), Ford Pines (Granduncle)

Friends/Allies: Coraline Jones (Best Friend), Wybie Lovat (Best Friend), Norman Babcock (Best friend), The Cat, April Spink, Miriam Forcible, Mr. Bobinksy, Soos, Wendy Corduroy, Courtney Babcock, Niel Downe, Mitch Downe

Enemies: Other Mother, Alvin (former), Pacifica Northwest (former), Gideon Gleeful (former), Bill Cipher

Item/Symbol: Pine Tree

Other Info (Will be updated as time goes on) - Goes to Gravity Falls Middle School - Wears his hat everywhere - Favorite Class in English - Does well in all of his classes - Also loves Astrology - Trans ftm - Was adopted by Grunkle Stan ever since they were toddlers - Mother passed away during childbirth - Father is not in the picture

Mabel Pines 🌠

Full Name: Mabel Pines

Age: 12 (Currently)

Home: 618 Gopher Road, Gravity Falls, Oregon (The Mystery Shack)

Family: Mr. Pines, Mrs. Pines ✝️, Dipper Pines (Twin Brother), Stan Pines (Granduncle and current caretaker), Ford Pines (Granduncle)

Friends/Allies: Coraline Jones (Best Friend), Wybie Lovat (Best Friend), Norman Babcock (Best friend), The Cat, April Spink, Miriam Forcible, Mr. Bobinksy, Soos, Wendy Corduroy, Courtney Babcock, Niel Downe, Mitch Downe

Enemies: Other Mother, Alvin (former), Pacifica Northwest (former), Gideon Gleeful (former), Bill Cipher

Item/Symbol: Shooting Star

Other Info (Will be updated as time goes on) - Goes to Gravity Falls Middle School - Wears sweater over uniform - Favorite class is Art - Always comes prepared with bandaids and stickers - Was adopted by Grunkle Stan ever since they were toddlers - Mother passed away during childbirth - Father is not in the picture

Norman Babcock 📙

Full Name: Norman Babcock

Age: 13 (Currently)

Home: Gravity Falls, Oregon

Family: Perry Babcock (Father), Sandra Babcock (Mother), Courtney Babcock (Older Sister)

Friends/Allies: Coraline Jones (Best Friend), Wybie Lovat (Best Friend), Dipper Pines (Best Friend), Mabel Pines (Best Friend), April Spink, Miriam Forcible, Mr. Bobinksy, Soos, Wendy Corduroy, Niel Downe, Mitch Downe

Enemies: Aggie Prenderghast (former), Alvin (former), Pacifica Northwest (former), Gideon Gleeful (former), Bill Cipher

Item/Symbol: Fairytales Book

Other Info (Will be updated as time goes on) - Goes to Gravity Falls Middle School - Wears Red Hoodie over uniform - Favorite class is History - Loves to watch horror movies (especially with zombies in them) - The most skittish and shyest in the crew

Other Info (Will be Updated)

The Pink Palace is within walking distance of The Mystery Shack (2 Miles Away)

Some of the characters are aged up a little, but not too much (I did this so they could somewhat be in the same grade and class in school)

The Mystery Shack is where the crew hangs out most of the time

Pacifica has a small crush on Dipper

Fanfics

The Button Key (Book 1) [Avaliable on AO3!] Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4

[wreckitremy]

Grewnge - Treasure Planet

Mrs bluveridge - Muppet treasure island

The absorbalof- Doctor Who -tenth doctor

The silurians- Doctor Who 9th and 10th doctor

Fun land - The Sandman

Nancie - Sweet Tooth

Leneus - Percy Jackson

Camon- Mistborn

The trunchible - Matilda

Constance- Monster House

The Goblin King - The Hobbit

Leo Burns - Pushing Daisies

Gluttony - Full Metal Alchemist

General - Castle in the Sky

Dennis Nedry - Jurrasic Park

Muta - The Cat Returns

Stinky Pete - Toy Story 2

Gimbel's manager - Elf

Snow White - The Book of Lost things

Unnamed wife in supercalafragalisticexpalidotious - Mary Poppins

The Cook - Sucker Punch

Jumba - Lilo and Stitch

Tybalt - Gnomeo and Juliet

Gideon - Gravity Falls

Mayor Toadstool - Amphibia

Buzz - Home Alone

Tibbles - The Owl House

The Witch of the Waste - Howls moving castle

Sherrif of Nottingham - Disney's Robin Hood

Harold - Hey Arnold

Aunt Sponge - James and the giant Peach

Alvin - Paranorman

Foote - Homeward Bound

Sir Ector - The Sword and the Stone

Phil - Hercules

Frances - Fairly Odd Parents

Ratcliffe - Pocahontas

Ton - Aggretsuko

The chef - Little Nightmares

King Hubert - Disney's sleeping beauty

i've heard people say things like "even if fatphobia was real, I wouldn't have learned it from media"

so let's make a list of all the fat villains and a-hole characters in media to try and prove that representation (even bad representation) can heavily influence the culture it influences:

• Ursula (The Little Mermaid)

• The Mayor (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)

• Big Jack Horner (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish)

• The Toad (Flushed Away)

• Vernon Dursley (Harry Potter)

• Doctor Octopus (Spider-Man 2)

• Stromboli (Pinocchio)

• Queen of Hearts (Alice in Wonderland)

• Wario (Super Mario Brothers Franchise)

• The Matchmaker (Mulan)

• Jabba the Hut (Star Wars)

• Buford (Phineas and Ferb)

• Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck (Mr. Monk)

• Augustus Gloop (Willy Wonka)

[feel free to help me continue this list]

[in-my-clown-era]

We really do be sleepin on Paranorman don’t we???

[gus-dix]

after coraline we rewatched paranorman and i had the realization that wybie and norman would be besties so now i’m writing a fic about it lol

do not erase the caption, use or rePOST my art (reblog ok)

[anchoviesinthenightsky]

Bruh paranorman having this cool ass jock be openly gay (even for the last few minutes) definitely was a highlight. Usually when it comes to mlm they’re never cool jocks. They’re always angry meld or violent guys, or they’re very effeminate, it’s nice to see a himbo.

(Nothing personal to mlm like this, I was just happy to see people like that like me)

yeah totally! I think the way Paranorman handled having a mlm character was really interesting, and I think also very much reminiscent of 2012.

Like, not to talk about recent queer history, but this movie came out 3 years before gay marriage was legalized in the US. And having queer characters was not a... super common thing? and when there were queer characters they were often stereotyped, made into villains, or their story centered around a type of queerness that benefited their straight counterparts (think like: the gay best friend trope). There weren't a lot of stories where queer people just got to like... exist and not be defined with their queerness.

And I think that's the angle Paranorman took. The directors/writers had this queer character that they knew most audience members would assume was straight (bc heteronormativity, and also the fact that they have a straight female character flirting with him for most of the movie), and they let the character just be who himself, let the audience like him for him, and then reveal he's queer at the end of the movie. It was almost like a "well you liked this character before he had a boyfriend, so that fact really shouldn't change your opinion of him." kind of vibe. Which was not a far cry from the type of humanizing representation a lot of queer people wanted to see at the time.

I feel like queer representation in media is super different now, and a move like that in a film would be seen as... underwhelming. But younger me definitely felt like it was a big deal when I first watched this movie in high school.

That was kind of a tangent from what you were saying, but I do really like how they choose to portray him too. I think himbo is the perfect way to describe him. Some other aspects of his character that I really like-- how much he cares for his brother but also accepts his brother's choices (he warns Neil against being Norman's friend, because Norman doesn't have a great social reputation, and Neil already gets bullied. And when Neil affirms that he wants to be friends with Norman, Mitch doesn't push him on it.), he's also surprisingly down to go on a hunt in the woods to try to find his brother's friend (when they've only been friends for one day). Like he's got all the qualities of a himbo: strong, not that smart, cares a lot about the people around him.

[heartofthra]

compilation of characters my kids at work have compared me too :’)

[quercus-queer]

PSA: Every character in Paranorman is queer