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The Nightmare Before Christmas
Directed by Henry Selick
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. From TMDB
340 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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| Lemmy * | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| TMDB reviews * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 fantasy animation family film, directed by Henry Selick, starring Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara and William Hickey.
- 307 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews
- posts span Nov 14, 2014 to Nov 4, 2026
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Around the release of the film, Hoberman was quoted, "I hope Nightmare goes out and makes a fortune. If it does, great. If it doesn't, that doesn't negate the validity of the process. The budget was less than any Disney blockbuster so it doesn't have to earn Aladdin-sized grosses to satisfy us." The film earned $50 million in the United States in its initial theatrical run and was regarded as a moderate sleeper hit. The Nightmare Before Christmas made an additional $11.1 million in box office gross in its 2006 reissue. The 2007, 2008, 2009, 2020, 2023, 2024, and 2025 reissues earned $15.9 million, $2.6 million, $2.6 million, $10.4 million, $6.1 million, and $966,637 respectively, increasing…
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60 of 340 · most liked firstIf there's one thing I've started enjoying over the last few years, it's that most people seem to have realised that Coraline had nothing at all to do with Tim Burton, and that the "director of the Nightmare Before Christmas" was Henry Selick.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's the day I make goths envious by noting that I got to tour the "sets" of The Nightmare Before Christmas before the film was finished, and after a press conference we heard a live performance of "Jack's Lament," thus becoming the first people outside the studio to hear it youtu.be/s87moCuLxzw
positive · AI labelView post →Is “The Nightmare Before Christmas” a horribly overrated Halloween movie or a horribly overrated Christmas movie? [Why not both?]
neutral · AI labelView post →[watching THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS for the first time in 2023] oh wow they made a movie out of the pajama pants
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's December Comfort Watch: The Nightmare Before Christmas. Hey, remember when goth and stop-motion animation *weren't* mainstream? I sure do! This is the film that changed all that: whatever.scalzi.com/2023/12/17/t...
positive · AI labelView post →Check out this #SonicMovie3 poster paying homage to The Nightmare Before Christmas! #SonicNews
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm gonna take a risk here: Is anyone else not really a fan of The Nightmare Before Christmas? I saw it twice as a kid. Loved it. Great movie. But twice was enough. In England during the 00s, Jack and Sally merch was INESCAPABLE. And the fans were rabid. Anyone else? (Please don't cancel me.) 🎃
neutral · AI labelView post →'A 9-year-old Tim Burton, wearing a skeleton costume his mother made him for Halloween in 1967. It was this costume that would later inspire the character, Jack Skellington, in Tim Burton’s production of the 1993 film, The Nightmare Before Christmas.' www.instagram.com/p/CzEKC1ILbQU/
neutral · AI labelView post →After two years my kids finally agreed to watch a new movie beside Frozen 2, because they claimed every other movie was “too scary”. The movie they decided wasn’t too scary? The Nightmare Before Christmas.
neutral · AI labelView post →Having a fantasy movie night with Marcy and watching The Nightmare Before Christmas (sing-along edition).
neutral · AI labelView post →The Nightmare Before Christmas is… "a Halloween movie" -Goths "a Christmas movie" -Normies "a Thanksgiving movie" -Statisticians
neutral · AI labelView post →Have some concept art from The Nightmare Before Christmas by the late Joe Ranft. He really played a large role in helping with the film and his sketches and pastel drawings are simply superb. I really miss him badly.
neutral · AI labelView post →It begins on November 1st, and ends on December 24th. Only one major holiday takes place every year during that time, a holiday all about the movie's core theme - learning to be thankful for what you have and the people you love. The Nightmare Before Christmas is, obviously, a Thanksgiving movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →We had a spooky night and wore matching Halloween pajamas, painted pumpkins, and watched The Nightmare Before Christmas
neutral · AI labelView post →From Danny Elfman's band to Danny Elfman's movie tunes. A classic from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. "This is Halloween" - Danny Elfman #QuarantineHobby #HalloweenFriday
neutral · AI labelView post →These options aren't mutually exclusive. The Nightmare Before Christmas is both a Halloween and a Christmas film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Kicking off the best time of year the right way by lighting a pumpkin apple scented candle and watching The Nightmare Before Christmas.
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) By Brian C. Hailes
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyway, time to watch a *truly* controversial choice for Christmas movie: The Nightmare Before Christmas.
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching The Nightmare Before Christmas 🎃🖤🎃🖤🎃🖤🎃
positive · AI labelView post →The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Director: Henry Selick Watch Review wp / ltrbox
neutral · AI labelView post →Sally #CatherineOHara Movie: The Nightmare Before Christmas Year: 1993 Also in Nightmare Before Christmas, Catherine O'Hara voiced Shock. The only other time she voiced Sally was in Disney Speedstorm; all of Sally's other appearances was voiced by Kath Soucie. #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas
neutral · AI labelView post →Must have been when the Nightmare Before Christmas released in theaters..
neutral · AI labelView post →The last 4 movies I watched... Matilda The Nightmare Before Christmas The Prestige Red Rooms #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky boxd.it/Iqj
neutral · AI labelView post →- The Lion King (original) - Mulan (original) - Jurassic Park - Princess Mononoke - Castle in the Sky - Spirited Away - Forrest Gump - Aladdin (original) - Men in Black - Galaxy Quest - Home Alone - The Nightmare Before Christmas - The Matrix - Toy Story - Top Gun - The Terminator - A Charlie Brown Christmas ----- - Yu Yu Hakusho - Cowboy Bebop
neutral · AI labelView post →🎞️ The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Behind the scenes #filmsky #moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →The Nightmare Before Christmas is not a Halloween film. The ratio of Christmas to Halloween is far too off, it is a transitory November film to be viewed in between the two holidays. I’m tired of it being shoved into my October antics
negative · AI labelView post →Sir Patrick Stewart (RIP) doing an earlier version of the opening monologue from "The Nightmare Before Christmas", before it got shortened and re-recorded for the final version of the film. 🎃 It can be heard on the official soundtrack. 💿🦙🔊
neutral · AI labelView post →watching the Nightmare Before Christmas for the first time and damn this movie has so much sauce??? happy I‘m finally watching it
positive · AI labelView post →I'm watching The Nightmare Before Christmas with my kids right now. What an iconic film! I love how silly it is--and the visuals are so memorable.
positive · AI labelView post →tacky licensed merch has somewhat tarnished its cultural reputation but The Nightmare Before Christmas itself remains an absolutely perfect movie every detail is handmade and there's so much of it
positive · AI labelView post →Share an ANIMATED movie title that begins with the letter “N” 🎥 N is for… The Nightmare Before Christmas 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →‘Apollo 13’ and ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Join National Film Registry. These movies, along with “Bamboozled” and “Home Alone,” are among 25 selected by the Librarian of Congress.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Nightmare Before Christmas is the rare piece of children's media that I get fonder of as I grow older. Just a delightfully weird film with a wonderful soundtrack.
positive · AI labelView post →Started a weekly themed family movie night! Tonight’s flick is The Nightmare Before Christmas at kiddo’s request 🧡
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite Thanksgiving movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas when Jack briefly sees the turkey-shaped door and doesn't even consider opening it.
neutral · AI labelView post →#BreakingKindSongs #MusicChallenge Day 3. Song from a Christmas movie. What’s This? - The Nightmare Before Christmas youtu.be/o36k8upu3Ks?...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Nightmare Before Christmas officially a Christmas movie, confirmed.
neutral · AI labelView post →My kids favourite Christmas movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas 🤦♂️ #frankdomenic
neutral · AI labelView post →idc if it makes me the most basic emo person ever The Nightmare Before Christmas such a cozy comfort movie for me I could watch it over and over
positive · AI labelView post →The Nightmare Before Christmas is a film about making a song and dance of having a work secret Santa
neutral · AI labelView post →THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS is a Christmas movie. It’s not a Halloween movie. I don’t care when people watch it, but at least see it for what it is. Also, SWAMP THING is an Arbor Day movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Took them long enough to accept that The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Christmas movie, and not a Halloween movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Five comfort watches in no order: - The PPG movie - It's the great pumpkin, Charlie Brown! - The Nightmare Before Christmas - Robin Hood - The Iron Giant
neutral · AI labelView post →I 100% support the decision not to make a sequel film to The Nightmare Before Christmas.
positive · AI labelView post →This holiday season, I wish to share with you all my "hot" take that really shouldn't be anywhere near as divisive as it is: The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween AND a Christmas movie. Fuck you, and happy holidays
neutral · AI labelView post →Got my Hocus Pocus pjs on, pumpkin spice coffee, pumpkin incense burning and I’m watching The Nightmare Before Christmas!
neutral · AI labelView post →NEXT WEEK ON MOVIE NIGHT THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993)
neutral · AI labelView post →Halloween Movie-a-thon Day 31 Halloween (1978) and The Nightmare Before Christmas Happy Halloween everyone!
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched "The Nightmare Before Christmas" once and I swear there wasn't a real person in there. They want every single one of us to be dead and animated!
negative · AI labelView post →20 of your favorite Disney films. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just gifs. Day 1: The Nightmare Before Christmas
neutral · AI labelView post →25 Days of Christmas Movies! Day 8: The Nightmare Before Christmas
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight's movie. Working through the Halloween list tonight's film is The Nightmare before Christmas from Tim Burton. #filmsky #thenightmarebeforechristmas #halloween
neutral · AI labelView post →Insert a movie into another movie The Nightmare Before Christmas on Elm Street
neutral · AI labelView post →THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS has been watched! Now it is time for THE CORPSE BRIDE! Onward with the #Halloween film festival!
neutral · AI labelView post →From October 2023, a neighborhood Halloween decoration: Jack Skellington from the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas, wearing his characteristic pinstripe suit and bowtie. #ColorADay #BWFri
neutral · AI labelView post →Tim Burton neither directed nor wrote the script for the film "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (although it was based on a poem he wrote)
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m watching The Nightmare Before Christmas in my spooky Giggly Ghost onesie, I do love a good Halloween Movie! 👻🎃
positive · AI labelView post →Don’t see it discussed often, but his performance as Santa/the narrator from The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack (not the film) ends with this lovely epilogue from him that I’ve always adored 💖 RIP, Captain.
neutral · AI labelView post →MEET YOUR OOMF! 😁 • Name: Dey • Sign: Aquarius ♒️ • Sexuality: Gay • Hobbies: Gaming, Eating, Skating, Archery • Fav animal: Cats and Owls • Fav Pokémon: Ninetales/Umbreon (couldn’t choose lol) • Fav movie: The Nightmare Before Christmas
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