The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993 • 76 min • Fantasy · Animation · Family

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Synopsis

Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.

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Top billed cast

Director: Henry Selick • Crew: Caroline Thompson, Tim Burton

Trailers & clips

The Nightmare Before Christmas - 1994 International Trailer (35mm 4K)

1993 Theatrical Trailer

1993 Sneak Peek Trailer

The Nightmare Before Christmas | All the Facts | Disney+ Deets

Axelle Carolyn on The Nightmare Before Christmas

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The Nightmare Before Christmas - Town Meeting

The Making Of-The Nightmare Before Christmas.VOB

Critic reviews

fresh
This is a cracking animation fantasy centring around "Jack Skellington" - the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town. When he feels all just a bit deflated after one celebration, he happens upon Christmas Town and encounters Santa Claus preparing to bring jolity and happiness. "Jack" sends a few of his rather stupid henchmen to kidnap Santa, takes his place and proceeds to deliver Christmas gifts that... well... are not e...
Geronimo1967, TMDB Community

fresh
I suppose I missed watching it at the proper time so I will explain it as not surviving well after all these years. The idea is daring, the stop motion is OKish and Danny Elfman's OST is quite good but even being only 70 min they were still too many for me. Specially, the songs were to close one to the next.
tanty, TMDB Community