Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.
- 7.8
- 1993
- Released
- 1h 16m
Chris Sarandon
Jack Skellington (voice)
Catherine O'Hara
Sally / Shock (voice)
William Hickey
Dr. Finkelstein (voice)
Glenn Shadix
Mayor (voice)
Paul Reubens
Lock (voice)
Ken Page
Oogie Boogie (voice)
Edward Ivory
Santa Claus (voice)Susan McBride
Big Witch / WWD. (voice)
Debi Durst
Corpse Kid / Corpse Mom / Small Witch (voice)
Greg Proops
Harlequin Demon / Devil / Sax Player (voice)Kerry Katz
Man Under Stairs / Vampire / Corpse Dad (voice)
Randy Crenshaw
Mr. Hyde / Behemoth / Vampire Corpse Dad (voice)
Carmen Twillie
Undersea Gal / Man Under the Stairs (voice)Glenn Walters
Wolfman (voice)Mia Brown
Additional Voices (voice)L. Peter Callender
Additional Voices (voice)Ann Fraser
Additional Voices (voice)Jennifer Levey
Additional Voices (voice)Jesse McClurg
Additional Voices (voice)
John Morris
Additional Voices (voice)Robert Olague
Additional Voices (voice)
Bobbi Page
Additional Voices (voice)Elena Praskin
Additional Voices (voice)Trampas Warman
Additional Voices (voice)
Judi Durand
Additional Voices (voice)Doris Hess
Additional Voices (voice)
Daamen J. Krall
Additional Voices (voice)
David McCharen
Additional Voices (voice)Gary Raff
Additional Voices (voice)David J. Randolph
Additional Voices (voice)
Gary Schwartz
Additional Voices (voice)
Released
en
$18,000,000.00
$75,634,409.00
- #skeleton
- #fire
- #magic
- #holiday
- #santa claus
- #halloween
- #villain
- #musical
- #christmas tree
- #saving christmas
- #pumpkin
- #woods
- #stop motion
- #ghost
- #christmas horror
- #christmas
Reviews
This is a cracking animation fantasy centring around "Jack Skellington" - the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town. When he feels all just a bit deflated after one celebration, he happens upon Christmas Town and encounters Santa Claus preparing to bring jolity and happiness. "Jack" sends a few of his rather stupid henchmen to kidnap Santa, takes his place and proceeds to deliver Christmas gifts that...
I suppose I missed watching it at the proper time so I will explain it as not surviving well after all these years. The idea is daring, the stop motion is OKish and Danny Elfman's OST is quite good but even being only 70 min they were still too many for me. Specially, the songs were to close one to the next.