‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ continues to be must-see classic

Film Review

Camryn Young, Copy Editor

The Nightmare Before Christmas was released in 1993 by Tim Burton. Tim Burton is known for creating weird and twisted stories no one has ever really created before.

With The Nightmare Before Christmas, Burton attempts to show Jack’s sadness in one world and pure joy in the other world, showing Jack wanting what is not realistic for him to have.

The Nightmare Before Christmas is an entertaining film that shows the beautiful scenery of Christmas and Halloween combined.

This Halloween and Christmas combined movie captures the idea of feeling stuck in a certain lifestyle and wanting to escape from it. Jack grows tired of the Halloween lifestyle that he has repeated year after year and tries to find an escape.

Jack one day sulks after annual Halloween celebration and goes on a walk in the forest to clear his head. On this walk, he discovers a circle full of trees all with different pictures of different holidays on them. He becomes instantly intrigued and decides to explore a door that looks like Christmas. As he opens the door, he is sucked into a Christmas fantasy world that he immediately falls in love with.

Jack is just in awe of the snow, Christmas lights, presents, and scenery. He wants to stay in this world forever as he has grown tired of the Halloween fantasy world. Jack realizes that he cannot stay in this Christmas world forever and cherishes his time there.

He eventually gets sucked back into his reality that is the Halloween world. He realizes that he could never escape for a long period of time; he is the Pumpkin King and his whole time relies on him and his presence.

This movie shows the emotion of longing for something one could never really have. Jack is able to get a glimpse of what Christmas is like, but in his reality, he will never have Christmas, just Halloween.

This movie is so special and different from other Halloween or Christmas movies because it combines two holidays into one, creating a fascinating combined story of two completely different and opposite holidays, showing the contrast and contradiction between both.

This movie also captures the joy a little kid could receive from watching a film filled with such festivities and celebration.

The Nightmare Before Christmas is a good movie to watch during Halloween time. It gets people into the Halloween spirit and is a fun movie to watch with friends.