[IndieWire]

Also being released next year is “ParaNorman,” the new 3D stop-motion film from Laika, the Portland, Oregon-based animation studio that gave us the wonderful “Coraline” back in 2009, and judging by the jaw-dropping new trailer, it’s definitely one to keep an eye on.  …

The trailer (courtesy of Yahoo Movies) is an entirely wordless affair, set to Donovan’s trippy “Season of the Witch” (subbing for the eventual score by Jon Brion—another inspired choice for an animated film). We see Norman going about his daily life (he seems to be a bit of a horror film nut, despite his very real ability to talk to the death) until things become very ghoulish and zombies start popping out of the ground and giant monsters threaten civilization. The visuals are absolutely spellbinding, with some genuinely frightening moments (the zombie scraping the wallpaper with its hooked talon) – that surreal, spooky look that they pioneered in “Coraline” seems to have been pushed even further, and we have a feeling this is really going to be amazing in 3D, a format that really benefits the tactile nature of stop-motion animation.  …

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