Paranorman Apr 2026

A small-town outcast named Norman Babcock, who can see and speak to the dead, must stop a centuries-old witch’s curse when the town’s Pilgrim-era zombies rise from their graves—only to discover the real monster isn’t the one shambling down Main Street.

★★★★½ (out of 5) Best Paired With: Coraline , The Nightmare Before Christmas , and a bowl of microwave popcorn with extra butter. ParaNorman

When ParaNorman hit theaters in 2012, it was easy to mistake it for just another quirky stop-motion cartoon. It had zombies, a kid who talks to ghosts, and that signature Laika polish. But a decade-plus later, this little gem from the studio behind Coraline and Kubo feels less like a family horror-comedy and more like a quiet masterpiece about fear, mob mentality, and learning to live with the ghosts—literal and figurative—that we’d rather burn than understand. A small-town outcast named Norman Babcock, who can