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Optical toys, Totoro and terrors

Created by Maria Lewis

Featured in this constellation

Toy Story 2

House on Haunted Hill

My Neighbor Totoro

The Woman in Black

The Conjuring 2

Annabelle Comes Home

Victorian-era optical toys have inspired the biggest animation studios and the scariest horror films.

Zoetrope and praxinoscope → My Neighbor Totoro