SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO — The makers of the animated tale “ParaNorman” like to think of their film in terms of odd combinations. Horror and comedy. John Carpenter meets John Hughes. “The Breakfast Club” ...

The stop-motion animated ‘ParaNorman’ unfolds tragically: So much drawing for such an unworthy script. The labor necessary to create a film like ‘ParaNorman’ is colossal. Tens of thousands of facial ...

"ParaNorman was a breakthrough film for LAIKA — emotionally rich, visually daring, and proudly weird in all the right ways," said LAIKA's Chief Marketing & Operations Officer David Burke in the press ...

From the makers of Coraline comes the story of Norman, a boy who must use his gift of seeing and speaking with the dead to save his town from a centuries-old curse about to come true. Caught in a wild ...

The children's horror genre draws controversy, but fear makes up a big part of entertainment for young people—and when done right, can be empowering. ParaNorman, the stop-motion animated children's ...

Here’s the historical designation of the new animated film “ParaNorman”: It’s the third feature made in the painstaking stop-motion process — consciously unrealistic, herky-jerky and rough-hewn, in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Laika’s beloved stop-motion film “ParaNorman” is returning to theaters this Halloween for a one-week engagement, now in a newly ...

Carolyn Jenkins is a voracious consumer of film and television. She graduated from Long Island University with an MFA in Screenwriting and Producing where she learned the art of character, plot, and ...

Last year, “Coraline,” the first feature from Hillsboro’s Laika studio, drew audiences when it returned to movie theaters for a limited engagement. Now, “ParaNorman,” the second stop-motion animated ...

The Oscar-nominated LAIKA Studios stop-motion animated horror comedy is returning to theaters Oct. 25 in remastered 3D. And it’s coming back with an added treat. USA TODAY has the exclusive first look ...