Dakota Fanning as Coraline Jones wears a yellow raincoat in a scene from emCoraline/em.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Animated horror movies can do things that live-action can't, and the best animated horrors have a unique appeal. Horror is a genre which doesn't often use animation, since it often works best when the audience can suspend their disbelief. However, there are still ways to use animation to create something truly terrifying, and different filmmakers have achieved this with a variety of styles.
Monster House is a kid-friendly Halloween horror, and it plays on fears that many children can relate to. Not only is there an old, mysterious house in the neighborhood, there is also an elderly man who the children imagine to be far scarier than he really is. With a script co-written by Rick and Morty creator Dan Harmon, Monster House also manages to fit in a few solid laughs that adults can enjoy too.
The House is a comedy/horror anthology tied together by a single location, but the three stories take place in different times and with different creatures. The first two stories are much darker than the last, because the final story represents a break from the materialism and class obsession which categorizes the first two. The characters in The House, whether they are humans, rats or cats, all believe that an orderly house will solve their problems.
Seoul Station tells a simplistic story with a lot of impact. Its unusual 3D animation may be quite eerie for some of the human characters, but it amplifies the terror of the wide-eyed zombies tenfold. Seoul Station is a worthy prequel, even if it doesn't quite have the self-contained drama of Train to Busan. Still, the animation helps expand the world of the first movie in an interesting way, and there are moments which are just as terrifying and suspenseful.
Just like with Coraline, many people think that Tim Burton directed The Nightmare Before Christmas, but it was actually helmed by stop-motion animation visionary Henry Selick. While Burton was important in developing the story and the characters, he only acted as the movie's producer. The Nightmare Before Christmas is ostensibly a holiday movie, but it veers further toward Halloween than Christmas.
One story follows a man who is overcome by a strange insectoid parasite, while another features a man with a pack of vicious attack dogs. Each story benefits from the black-and-white design, which creates long shadows and dramatically contorted faces even when darkness isn't a theme in the horror. Fear of the Dark is a must-watch for any fans of creative, unconventional animation.
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