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Laika’s Wildwood: A Dark Animated Epic
Laika’s 'Wildwood' delivers a visually stunning but dark animated epic with themes of loss and destruction.
In brief
Laika’s 'Wildwood' delivers a visually stunning but dark animated epic with themes of loss and destruction. Laika’s 'Wildwood' is a stop-motion animated film about young people navigating a world of child sacrifice and violence, set to open October 22. Originally reported by Seattletimes.
Wildwood opens with death
Laika’s 'Wildwood' begins with a haunting scene of death involving a resurrection meant to bring back a loved one.
Dark themes in stop-motion animation
The film explores love, loss, life, death, and healing through intricate stop-motion animation.
Source material from novel
Based on Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis’s dark novel of the same name, the film adapts their story into stop-motion animation.
Peyton Elizabeth Lee stars
Peyton Elizabeth Lee plays Prue McKeel, who leaves her Portland home to rescue her brother from crows.
Child sacrifice plot
The film centers on a dark plot involving child sacrifice and a war that could destroy the world.
Climactic battle sequence
The film’s final battle is a stop-motion sequence that captures the fragility of the world through violence and destruction.
Release date and rating
Wildwood opens October 22 at multiple theaters and is rated PG-13 for thematic material, language, and violence.
The bottom line
Laika’s 'Wildwood' is a stop-motion animated film about young people navigating a world of child sacrifice and violence, set to open October 22.
