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Coraline scene guide

The Search for the Ghost Children

Coraline enters the empty flat and discovers a trapdoor leading to a cellar. There she finds the other father, changed into a frightening creature. When it attacks, she acts bravely, escapes, locks the door, and heads upstairs, wanting to go home and telling herself to “Be brave.”

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Can Coraline escape the cellar before it catches her?

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