By Ava Korkmaz – Staff Reporter

“The Nightmare Before Christmas” is one of the greatest holiday movies ever made. It was directed by Director Henry Selick and produced/co-written by Visionary Tim Burton. It also shows Actor Chris Saradon as the speaking voice and American Composer Danny Elfman as the singing voice of Jack Skellington. One of the other famous people in the movie is Actor Paul Reubens, who also was in “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure” (1985) and “Batman Returns” (1992).

It took a lot of time to create a stop-motion movie – Jack Skellington had over four hundred heads. The animators for the movie wanted to capture every emotion that a human would have. This first song that they recorded was “What’s This?” the song for when Jack goes into Christmas town. This was also the first scene of the movie that they completed.

The directors were worried that children would not like the movie, but its re-release was a hit in 2006. The movie was so great that on the soundtrack, Disney decided to add artists like Fall Out Boy, Panic! At the Disco, Marilyn Manson, Fiona Apple, and She Wants Revenge. The original demo tapes that were created by Elfman during the original movie, were also added to the disc.

One of the best lines that are in the movie is “Curiosity killed the cat, you know.” This was the scene when Sally was more curious than all the Halloween town residents about Jack’s whereabouts. She goes in the mad scientist’s lair to ask him. He does not tell her where because he also does not know.

Another one of the best lines is, “Kidnap the Sandy Claws, beat him with a stick. Lock him up for 50 years, see what makes him tick!” This is the scene where Lock, Shock, and Barrel kidnap Santa Claus so that Jack could dress up like him and go into the real world and scare kids on Christmas. This is also the scene where they got the Easter Bunny mixed up with Santa.

Nevertheless, this movie will always be a part of our lives, as it truly is a classic Christmas movie. It is very funny, people can always watch with their family and friends, and it is truly what Christmas is all about. This will always be a holiday favorite, and will be in the hearts of moviegoers forever.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars