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The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993 stop motion film directed by Henry Selick
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Summary

The Nightmare Before Christmas is an animated film[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of animated film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (86,462 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Henry Selick[3]
  • Screenwriter: Caroline Thompson[4], Michael McDowell[5], Tim Burton[6]
  • Composer: Danny Elfman[7]
  • Genre: musical film[8], monster film[9], Christmas film[10], fantasy film[11], dark fantasy[12], comedy film[13]
  • Based on: The Nightmare Before Christmas[14]
  • Followed by: The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge[15]
  • Producer: Tim Burton[16], Denise Di Novi[17], Danny Elfman[18]
  • Performer: Danny Elfman[19]
  • Collection: Museum of Modern Art[20]
  • Production company: Touchstone Pictures[21], Walt Disney Pictures[22], Skellington Productions[23]
  • Director of photography: Pete Kozachik[24]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[25]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[26]
  • Commons category: The Nightmare Before Christmas[27]
  • Soundtrack release: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[28], Nightmare Revisited[29], Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Edition)[30]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[31], theatrical release[32]
  • Review score: 8.2/10[33], 95%[34], 82/100[35]
  • Color: color[36]
  • Country of origin: United States[37]
  • Publication date: October 15, 1993[38], November 25, 1994[39], December 8, 1994[40], October 13, 1993[41], October 29, 1993[42], 1993[43]
  • Characters: Jack Skellington[44]
  • Lyricist: Danny Elfman[45]
  • Voice actor: William Hickey[46], Chris Sarandon[47], Danny Elfman[48], Ken Page[49], Glenn Shadix[50], Catherine O'Hara[51], Paul Reubens[52], Edward Ivory[53]
  • Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[54], Touchstone Pictures[55], Walt Disney Pictures[56]
  • Narrative location: Halloween Town[57], Christmas Town[58], Easter[59]

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Cultural Impact

Things named for The Nightmare Before Christmas include The Nightmare After Krustmas[60], a television series episode[61], directed by Rob Oliver[62].

Why It Matters

The Nightmare Before Christmas has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]

Entities named for it include The Nightmare After Krustmas[60], a television series episode[61], directed by Rob Oliver[62].

Related Entities

Catherine O'Hara Chris Sarandon Danny Elfman Ken Page Museum of Modern Art Paul Reubens Tim Burton United States Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  31. [33] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  36. [38] ↑ . boxofficemojo.com. boxofficemojo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . sfi.se. sfi.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  44. [46] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [60] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [63] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [64] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge
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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 39284
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  4. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → The 200 films to see before you almost grow up
    Publication date → +1993-10-15T00:00:00Z, +1994-11-25T00:00:00Z, +1994-12-08T00:00:00Z +3
    Screenwriter → Caroline Thompson, Michael McDowell, Tim Burton
    Part of → National Film Registry
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