The Nightmare Before Christmas

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dark fantasy film film musical film stop-motion animated film

The Nightmare Before Christmas is a stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film that follows Jack Skellington from Halloween Town as he attempts to take over Christmas, blending gothic visuals with whimsical storytelling.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
The Nightmare Before Christmas canonical 40
Halloween Town 15
The Nightmare Before Christmas franchise 10

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dark fantasy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
stop-motion animated film ⓘ
artDirectionBy Deane Taylor ⓘ
basedOn poem by Tim Burton ⓘ
characterVoicedBy Jack Skellington – Chris Sarandon (speaking) ⓘ
Danny Elfman ⓘ
surface form: Jack Skellington – Danny Elfman (singing)

Oogie Boogie – Ken Page ⓘ
Sally – Catherine O'Hara ⓘ
cinematographyBy Pete Kozachik ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cultStatus cult classic ⓘ
director Henry Selick ⓘ
disneyFranchise The Nightmare Before Christmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas franchise
distributedBy Buena Vista Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Stan Webb ⓘ
genre animated film ⓘ
dark fantasy ⓘ
musical ⓘ
stop-motion animation ⓘ
hasTheme Christmas ⓘ
Halloween ⓘ
identity and self-discovery ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Dr. Finkelstein ⓘ
Jack Skellington ⓘ
Mayor of Halloween Town ⓘ
Oogie Boogie ⓘ
Sally ⓘ
musicBy Danny Elfman ⓘ
narrationBy Patrick Stewart (original poem / some releases) ⓘ
producer Denise Di Novi ⓘ
Tim Burton ⓘ
productionCompany Skellington Productions ⓘ
Touchstone Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1993-10-13 ⓘ
releaseYear 1993 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 76 ⓘ
setting Christmas Town ⓘ
The Nightmare Before Christmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Halloween Town
songsBy Danny Elfman ⓘ
targetAudience family ⓘ
voiceActor Catherine O’Hara ⓘ
surface form: Catherine O'Hara

Chris Sarandon ⓘ
Danny Elfman ⓘ
Glenn Shadix ⓘ
Ken Page ⓘ
William Hickey ⓘ
writer Caroline Thompson ⓘ
Michael McDowell ⓘ

Referenced by (90)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tim Burton → notableWork → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Danny Elfman → notableWork → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas score
Burton → notableWork → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
subject surface form: Tim Burton
this entity surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas (producer and story)
The Nightmare Before Christmas → setting → The Nightmare Before Christmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Halloween Town
The Nightmare Before Christmas → disneyFranchise → The Nightmare Before Christmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas franchise
Elfman → notableWork → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
subject surface form: Danny Elfman
this entity surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas (songs and score)
Denise Di Novi → notableWork → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Denise Di Novi → producerOf → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Joe Ranft → notableWork → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Disney media franchises → includes → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Nell Burton → fatherNotableWork → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
I Miss You → notableLyricReference → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Catherine O’Hara → notableWork → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Catherine O’Hara → characterPortrayed → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shock (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Caroline Thompson → notableWork → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Caroline Thompson → wroteScreenplayFor → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Chris Sarandon → notableWork → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Chris Sarandon → appearedIn → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Henry Selick → notableWork → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Henry Selick → directed → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Henry Selick → workedOn → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Paul Reubens → performedIn → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Skellington Productions → notableWork → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Skellington Productions → associatedWithFranchise → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas franchise
Jack Skellington → title → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pumpkin King of Halloween Town
Jack Skellington → appearsIn → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Jack Skellington → appearsIn → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993 film)
Jack Skellington → universe → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Halloween Town
Jack Skellington → residence → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Halloween Town
Jack Skellington → franchise → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas franchise
Jack Skellington → firstAppearance → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Oogie Boogie → appearsIn → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Oogie Boogie → createdFor → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Oogie Boogie → residesIn → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Halloween Town
Oogie Boogie → franchise → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas franchise
Oogie Boogie → appearsIn → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993 film)
Dr. Finkelstein → appearsIn → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Dr. Finkelstein → residence → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Halloween Town
Dr. Finkelstein → firstAppearance → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Dr. Finkelstein → franchise → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas franchise
Dr. Finkelstein → appearsIn → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge
Mayor of Halloween Town → fictionalUniverse → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Mayor of Halloween Town → appearsIn → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Mayor of Halloween Town → appearsIn → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993 film)
Mayor of Halloween Town → residence → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Halloween Town
Mayor of Halloween Town → fictionalLocation → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Halloween Town
Mayor of Halloween Town → firstAppearance → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Mayor of Halloween Town → setting → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Halloween Town
Christmas Town → appearsIn → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
Christmas Town → appearsIn → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas