The visuals play a huge part. Dark colors, distorted characters, and spooky settings like old abandoned houses or graveyards can make an animation scary. For example, in 'Coraline', the other world with its button - eyed characters and the overall gloomy atmosphere is very effective.
The atmosphere. If an animation can create a really dark, gloomy and tense atmosphere, it's already halfway to being scary. For example, using dim lighting, eerie sound effects like creaking doors or howling winds.
One scary animation true story is 'Corpse Bride'. It's based on the old European folktales about a young man who accidentally marries a dead woman. The stop - motion animation creates a spooky and enchanting world. The pale - skinned corpse bride with her tattered dress and the gloomy underworld she hails from are really terrifying yet fascinating.
The stories themselves are often based on things that people are afraid of in real life, like death, the supernatural, and the loss of control. In a true - story - based scary animation, the fact that it might have happened in real life (even if it's a bit fictionalized) makes it more terrifying. For instance, if it's about a haunted house, many people are scared of the idea of living in a place that has some sort of malevolent presence. And when it's presented in an animated form with eerie music and sound effects, it amps up the scariness.
At the moment, there's no official confirmation about Toy Story 5. But if the previous installments' success and fan demand persist, there might be a possibility in the future.