The Nightmare Before Christmas

Name: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Family
Released: 1993-10-09
Duration: 76 min
Rating: 7.833

★ 7,8 /10 (10,492 Votes)

1993 EN 76 min

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.

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Release date

09/10/1993

Votes

10,492

Popularity

15.4

Genres

Fantasy Animation Family

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

76 min

Budget

$18,000,000

Revenue

$75,634,409

Website

movies.disney.com

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)

Glenn Shadix

Mayor (voice)

Paul Reubens

Lock (voice)

Ken Page

Oogie Boogie (voice)

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Edward Ivory

Santa Claus (voice)

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Susan McBride

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)

Randy Crenshaw

Mr. Hyde / Behemoth / Vampire Corpse Dad (voice)

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Sherwood Ball

Mummy / Vampire (voice)

Carmen Twillie

Undersea Gal / Man Under the Stairs (voice)

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Glenn Walters

Wolfman (voice)

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Mia Brown

Additional Voices (voice)

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L. Peter Callender

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Ann Fraser

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Jennifer Levey

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Jesse McClurg

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John Morris

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Robert Olague

Additional Voices (voice)

Bobbi Page

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Elena Praskin

Additional Voices (voice)

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Trampas Warman

Additional Voices (voice)

Judi Durand

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Doris Hess

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Daamen J. Krall

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Christina MacGregor

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David McCharen

Additional Voices (voice)

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Gary Raff

Additional Voices (voice)

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David J. Randolph

Additional Voices (voice)

Gary Schwartz

Additional Voices (voice)

Tim Burton

Zero (voice) (uncredited)

Joe Ranft

Igor (voice) (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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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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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 wonderfully detailed, dark and enjoyable with plenty of characters including a mad scientist as well as a mummy, the tw…

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