Fantasy/Animation/Family

The Nightmare Before Christmas

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...

7.8199376 minEN

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Directed by

Henry Selick

Genres

Fantasy, Animation, Family

About The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas is an 1993 English-language fantasy animation film directed by Henry Selick. The cast is led by Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara and William Hickey. It runs 1h 16m. Made on a budget of around $18.0M, it has grossed $75.6M worldwide. Audiences rate it 7.8/10 across 10,425 votes on TMDB.

Release date

1993-10-09

Runtime

1h 16m

Language

English

Budget

$18.0M

Box office

$75.6M

IMDb

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Cast

Danny Elfman

Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice)

Chris Sarandon

Jack Skellington (voice)

Catherine O'Hara

Sally / Shock (voice)

William Hickey

Dr. Finkelstein (voice)

Big Witch / WWD. (voice)

Debi Durst

Corpse Kid / Corpse Mom / Small Witch (voice)

Greg Proops

Harlequin Demon / Devil / Sax Player (voice)

Kerry Katz

Man Under Stairs / Vampire / Corpse Dad (voice)

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Audience Reviews

CinemaSerf 7/102023-08-26

“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 exactly typical. Can Santa be rescued in time?? The animation is...”

Andres Gomez 6/102014-11-14

“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.”

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