Film: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Showing: Sun Dec 20, 11.30am, BBC2
Why It’s A Must-See: Henry Selick may have directed this ghoulish family fairytale, but it absolutely wallows in producer/co-writer Tim Burton’s idiosyncratic sugar-coated gothicisms.
The character models are instant cult classics, the animation is wonderfully Harryhausen-esque, and at least two of the songs - This Is Halloween and What’s This? - would make an all-time Danny Elfman top five with ease.
Don’t Get Up For A Mince Pie...when either of the aforementioned songs kick in, or when Jack Skellington goes off on his ill-advised sleigh ride, spooking the bejesus out of the world’s children with some divinely macabre presents.
Next: The Ten Commandments
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sleepwalker
Dec 8th 2009, 12:52
Wasnt Sparrow's rum burning tantrum in the first one!
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sleepwalker
Dec 8th 2009, 12:54
Wasnt Sparrows rum burning tantrum in the first one!
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MarkPowell
Dec 8th 2009, 16:55
Quite right sleepwalker...good spot, dunno quite how I managed that one! Amended to what it was supposed to have been originally now, ta.
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hughjass1970
Dec 8th 2009, 22:04
Dances With Wolves - catch the James Cameron remake in theatres from 17th Dec!
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Ali1748
Dec 9th 2009, 1:32
Midnight Run is such a vastly underrated film.
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lpatterson
Dec 9th 2009, 10:51
This is a brilliant feature! Now I don't have to spend two hours with the frickin Radio Times.
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Hadouken76
Dec 9th 2009, 12:59
dick tracys 'The Blank' was basically a rip off of Rorschach
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KerrAvon
Dec 9th 2009, 15:15
No Scrooged, shocking.
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KerrAvon
Dec 9th 2009, 15:16
Or Bad Santa Christmas is ruined.
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badblokebob
Dec 11th 2009, 15:18
And there I was thinking Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was an adaptation of a book by this guy called Roald Dahl.
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