what is coraline based on

Coraline is a dark fantasy horror childrens novel by British author Neil Gaiman, which was published in 2002 by Bloomsbury and HarperCollins. The film adaptation of Coraline was released in 2009 and was directed by Henry Selick, based on Neil Gaimans novella of the same name). Therefore, Coraline is based on Neil Gaimans novella, which he started writing in 1990 and was published in 2002. However, the story of Coraline was inspired by a folktale that is even creepier than Neil Gaimans version. The folktale tells the story of a young girl who finds a bricked-up door in her familys new apartment, which leads to an Other World that is almost exactly like her own world. In her Other apartment, there is her Other Mother, who has buttons for eyes. This Other Mother is more fun than Coralines real mother at first, but then it becomes clear that she wants Coraline to stay with her forever.