After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilarious alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out waystation for lost souls. When Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and escapes to wreak havoc on the real world, Stu has to find a way to stop him before his sister pulls the plug on reality forever!
Practical Effects
Disgusting, glorious stop-motion creatures that ooze personality
Production
Downtown LA's Greek Theatre transformed into literal purgatory
Acting
Brendan Fraser committing 110% to humiliation comedy
Director
Henry Selick
Brendan Fraser
Stu Miley
Bridget Fonda
Dr. Julie McElroy
John Turturro
Monkeybone (voice)
Chris Kattan
Organ Donor Stu
Giancarlo Esposito
Hypnos
Rose McGowan
Miss Kitty
Dave Foley
Herb
Megan Mullally
Kimmy Miley
Bob Odenkirk
Head Surgeon
Whoopi Goldberg
Death
Pat Kilbane
Burger God Representative
Lisa Zane
Medusa
Sandra Thigpen
Alice
Wayne Wilderson
Hutch
Amy Higgins
Clarissa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film bombed so hard it killed Fox Animation Studios and shelved Selick's career for years—Coraline only happened because he made it independently.
Based on Kaja Blackley's underground comic 'Dark Town,' which was infinitely bleaker—Hollywood turned existential dread into monkey fart jokes.
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