# Laika’s Stop-Motion Masterpiece Is Officially a Streaming Hit Ahead of ‘Wildwood’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/laikas-stop-motion-masterpiece-is-officially-a-streaming-hit-ahead-of-wildwood/
- Published: 2026-10-24T12:00:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T12:11:50+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/coraline-streaming-hit-hulu-october-2026/
- Topics: Americas, Art, Culture, World

## Key points

- *Coraline* is one of Hulu’s most-watched films in the US.
- Its streaming success comes ahead of Laika’s *Wildwood*.
- *Wildwood* is based on a bestselling fantasy novel.

## Summary

Laika’s 2009 stop-motion film *Coraline* is among the most-watched films on Hulu in the United States, as interest builds ahead of the studio’s new film *Wildwood*. The streaming resurgence puts the horror fantasy back in the spotlight during the Halloween season.

Based on Neil Gaiman’s story and directed by Henry Selick, *Coraline* stars Dakota Fanning as a girl who discovers a strange alternate world behind a secret door in her new home. *Wildwood*, Laika’s first film since *Missing Link* in 2019, is based on Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis’s bestselling children’s novel; the article reports that critics have praised it, including a 9/10 review.

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