Witch-Hunts and Fear: The Emotional Maturity of ParaNorman
Fear makes you do terrible things…
I love the movie ParaNorman. It’s hugely underappreciated.
This beautiful, weird, stop-motion mash-up of classic horror and kids’ adventure tale is surprisingly emotionally mature.
It explores the way that fear creates hatred, which in turn creates fear and hatred. And that adults can sometimes act out when they’re scared, in ways that can hurt the people — the children — around them.