Oh, yes, there’s her! Her! And her evil … uncle? Yes, so innocently evil, she is. Or is it good? Gimme a drink!
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) is a stop-action operetta classic. With nearly every word set to music, and visuals to delight the eyes, it’s only rarely overbearing, quite understandable, and full of memorable characters who tell the story of a bored Jack Skellington, the king of Halloween Town, and how that boredom leads to the kidnapping of Santa Claus, and, worse yet, the threatened ascendancy of Oogie Boogie. Oogie is dedicated to more than just being a bogeyman, you see, and thus threatens all who standing their way.
If you have a taste for the whimsical, for the story that comes out of left field, then this is Strongly Recommended.
