The Nightmare Before Christmas(1993).Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, is bored with doing the same thing every year for Halloween. One day he stumbles into Christmas Town, and is so taken with the idea of Christmas that he tries to get the resident bats, ghouls, and goblins of Halloween town to help him put on Christmas instead of Halloween -- but alas, they can't get it quite right. Written byJon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>... Synopsis The Nightmare Before Christmas(1993)
Movie Title: The Nightmare Before Christmas(1993)
Run Time: 76 min
Rating: 8.0 / 10
Genres: Animation |Family |Fantasy |Musical
Release Date: 29 October 1993 (USA)
Director: Henry Selick
Writer: Tim Burton ,Michael McDowell (adaptation), more credit ... and other credits
Actor: Danny Elfman,Chris Sarandon,Catherine O'Hara
I was five years old when I saw this movie and after that the words Tim Burton rang in my ears as one of Hollywood's most eccentric directors. Whenever I hear that a Tim Burton film is coming out I think of The Nightmare Before Christmas and how wonderful it is. The story is very original, the scenery is wonderfully Gothic and the characters and animation is to scream for.
Another thing about this film are the songs. They're so twisted and funny that I can't help but hum, whistle or just sing them word by word and musical note by musical note.
So in conclusion, The Nightmare Before Christmas is what you would get if you were to put the minds of Edgar Allen Poe and Dr. Seuss in a blender. You get a beautifully dark and wildly bizarre film about Santa Claus, dancing skeletons and what goes bump in the night.
