Tim Burton has made many famous halloween classics, ranging from “The Corpse Bride”, “Edwardsissorhands”, “Beetlejuice”, etc. His films are Easily distinct to both of their creativity, romance, gothic style, and the eerie feeling that they give the viewer. Tim Burton films have been enjoyed through the decades, one of his  most famous being “ The Nightmare Before Christmas”.  “The Nightmare Before Christmas” was first released in 1993, and follows the story of a skeleton name Jack Skellington navigating his way through Halloween town. This is a classic halloween story because of the ups and downs jack faces with a twist of fear and scare weaved into it.

“The Nightmare Before Christmas” was very well liked by the public, making $89.1 since being released and an additional $11.1 since its re-debut to theaters in 2006. It also received a 95% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie runs from around 76 minutes, making it a very long stop motion. This specially took around three and  half years to make, since in stop motion, each charters has to be moved very slowly and strategically in order to look alright and appear seamless. 

The plot of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is when Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween town, stumbles upon ‘the real world’. Since he has only ever experienced Halloween he is very excited about this, and most excited about finding Christmas Town. He gets inspired by the cheer in Christmas Town- deciding to create one of his own. As the story unfolds, Sally- a love interest is introduced as well. Since this story has both Christmas and Halloween themes, it makes it hard to say what category it falls into. Majority of the movie is set in Halloween town, however Christmas is present throughout the main and most important parts of the film.

This movie is a critical holiday film, because of its ability to showcase a very creatively new story that incorporates multiple holidays. It has survived decades, originally a poem written by Tim Burton in 1982, then converting it into a stop motion in 1993, and now the rest stop motion that has been put entirely into 3D in 2009. The versatility of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” makes it a classic movie for any time during the holiday.