Coraline

Is it a new parenting trick to scare the hell out of your kid in order to make them appreciate their real parents? If I had seen this movie as a child it would have given me nightmares. I'm not sure it won't at 40. The premise is quite simple: a little girl is ignored by her mother and father and finds an alternate reality with a wonderful mother and father. There's a catch, of course, as the "other mother" turns out to be evil.

I can picture parents taking their kids to this movie and later using it against them.

Child: Mom, I want a new bike. I want a new bike!
Mom: Not right now.
Child: But I really want a new bike.
Mom: Maybe you should ask your "other mother."
Child: NOOO!