Coraline, a Neil Gaiman novella, published in 2002, was released as a 2009 stop-motion animated horror movie - written and directed by Henry Selick. The film was made with the permission and collaboration of Gaiman. The film tells the story of Coraline Jones, a 11-year-old girl who moved with her parents to a new town in Oregon, who discovers an idealized parallel universe behind a secret door in her new home, unaware that it contains a dark secret. Watch the video here. Coraline: the movie (2009)   Synopsis When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels annoyed and left behind by her parents.