Most people have probably heard of The Nightmare Before Christmas. It's a stop-motion film based on a poem by Tim Burton (but it wasn't directed by him, despite what many people think). You know all those "monsters steal Christmas" films? This is one of them, from the perspective of the monsters.
The story starts in Halloween Town. Jack Skellington has grown tired of scaring people, and wants something different. Then he stumbles into Christmas Town.
Jack in Christmas Town.
(Side note: it took me an embarrassingly long time to realise his surname is a pun on "skeleton". In my defence, "skeleton" and "skellington" sound nothing alike in my accent.)
(Side note: it took me an embarrassingly long time to realise his surname is a pun on "skeleton". In my defence, "skeleton" and "skellington" sound nothing alike in my accent.)
He decides that the citizens of Halloween Town should take over Christmas for a year. So he kidnaps Santa (who's then kidnapped again by Oogie Boogie the boogeyman), and the monsters try to make their own version of Christmas. Sally, Jack's love interest, tries to convince them that this is a terrible idea, and ends up captured by Oogie Boogie too.
Jack takes Santa's place and delivers the monstrous toys to children. It goes exactly as well as you'd think. It ends with the military shooting Jack and his "sleigh" out of the sky. Jack finally realises what an idiot he's been, and sets out to find Santa and put things right.
He rescues Santa and Sally, kills Oogie Boogie (yay!), and apologises for the mess he's made. Santa undoes the chaos Jack caused. The people of Halloween Town celebrate. Everything's back to normal... and Jack finally realises he loves Sally. Took you long enough, Jack!
My overall opinion? I loved the film when I first saw it years ago, and I still love it. It's hilarious and scary and heartwarming, and Jack and Sally are surprisingly adorable for a skeleton and a ragdoll. Oogie Boogie is exactly as creepy as the Boogeyman should be. The residents of Halloween Town are so funny with their well-meaning trouble-making, and the ending always makes me go "aww!".
Is it available online?: Not as far as I know.
Rating: 8/10.
The monsters making Christmas
Oogie Boogie. Easily the scariest monster in the film.
Sally
Jack takes Santa's place and delivers the monstrous toys to children. It goes exactly as well as you'd think. It ends with the military shooting Jack and his "sleigh" out of the sky. Jack finally realises what an idiot he's been, and sets out to find Santa and put things right.
He rescues Santa and Sally, kills Oogie Boogie (yay!), and apologises for the mess he's made. Santa undoes the chaos Jack caused. The people of Halloween Town celebrate. Everything's back to normal... and Jack finally realises he loves Sally. Took you long enough, Jack!
My overall opinion? I loved the film when I first saw it years ago, and I still love it. It's hilarious and scary and heartwarming, and Jack and Sally are surprisingly adorable for a skeleton and a ragdoll. Oogie Boogie is exactly as creepy as the Boogeyman should be. The residents of Halloween Town are so funny with their well-meaning trouble-making, and the ending always makes me go "aww!".
Is it available online?: Not as far as I know.
Rating: 8/10.
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