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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Halloween Town 1
The Nightmare Before Christmas (producer and story) 1
The Nightmare Before Christmas (songs and score) 1

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 (6)

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

The Nightmare Before Christmas → disneyFranchise → The Nightmare Before Christmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas franchise
Danny Elfman → notableWork → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas score
Elfman → notableWork → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
subject surface form: Danny Elfman
this entity surface form: The Nightmare Before Christmas (songs and score)
Tim Burton → notableWork → The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
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