Coraline Has Button Eyes & Doesn't Know It

Coraline won. She beat the Beldam, saved her parents, freed the ghost children and walked into the sunshine. Or did she? In this deep dive, we go scene by scene through Coraline to build the case for its darkest theory: she has button eyes and doesn't know it. The rules, the doll, the cat, and the final shot you'll never unsee. Did she escape?