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Halloween influenced ParaNorman
Added by Media Influence Map · 6 October 2026
The evidence
Chris Butler describes ParaNorman as "John Carpenter meets John Hughes" and named Carpenter as the biggest single reference; Norman's phone ringtone is the opening of the Halloween theme.
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