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The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Name: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Director: Henry Selick
Genre: fantasy film, comedy film, dark fantasy
Rating: 7.9

The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and written by Caroline Thompson. It tells the tale of Jack Skellington, King of Halloween Town, who stumbles upon Christmas Town and becomes obsessed with celebrating the holiday himself. Danny Elfman composed the score and songs and provided Jack's singing voice, while the principal voice cast…

Directed by Henry Selick · Shot by Pete Kozachik · Cut by Stan Webb · Music by Danny Elfman

Behind the scenes

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) | Behind the Scenes + Deleted Scenes — DVDXtras · 35 min
How They Made The Nightmare Before Christmas | The Holiday Movies That Made Us — Still Watching Netflix · 10 min

Elsewhere

More by Henry Selick

The Shadow King
James and the Giant Peach — 1996
Monkeybone — 2001
Moongirl — 2005
Coraline — 2009
Wendell and Wild — 2022

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