The Nightmare Before Christmas

Name: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Director: Henry Selick
Released: 1993-10-09T00:00:00+00:00
Rating: 7.8

1993 · TMDB 7.8

Directed by Henry Selick

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.

Why it matters

Curry provides the voice of the Narrator, who sets the scene for this stop-motion Halloween-Christmas mashup. It's a brief but crucial role, and his rich, sonorous voice gives the film its fairy-tale quality.

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Runtime: 76 min
Released: 1993-10-09
Studio: Touchstone Pictures
Country: United States of America
Language: English
TMDB score: 7.8

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Tim Burton's gothic musical about Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, who stumbles into Christmas Town and becomes obsessed with taking over the holiday. A landmark of stop-motion animation, it is a film about longing for something beyond your own world.