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The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas

7.8/ 10

TMDB Rating

10,250

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1993

Release Year

76 min

Runtime

Fantasy
Animation
Family

Overview

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.

Keywords

skeleton
fire
magic
holiday
santa claus
halloween
villain
musical
christmas tree
saving christmas
pumpkin
woods
stop motion
ghost
christmas horror
christmas

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Reviews(2)

6.5avg rating
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Andres Gomez

@tanty

November 14, 2014

6
6/10

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

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

August 26, 2023

7
7/10

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 rath

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