Genuinely disturbing little story, wherein Coraline's world turns to the dark side. Her other mother has button eyes, a needle, and a yen for a daughter who shares that particular characteristic. She may also be hungry. Her other father, far from being sacrificial wasp-meat, is more like sad and murderous play-dough, but worst of all are the nasty little rats with their creepy, creepy rhymes.

(I knew I had good reason to hate rats.)

It is all extremely horrible. Naturally I was delighted.