# Laika’s Wildwood: A Dark Animated Epic

> Laika’s 'Wildwood' delivers a visually stunning but dark animated epic with themes of loss and destruction.
- Title: Laika’s Wildwood: A Dark Animated Epic · Seattletimes
- Summary: 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…
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- Topics: wildwood, laika, travis knight, peyton elizabeth lee, kubo and the two strings, bumblebee, masters of the universe, coraline, colin meloy, carson ellis, seattle, seattle times
## 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.
## Key takeaway

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.