Rewind & Review Ep 86 - The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Directed by Henry Selick in his feature directorial debut and produced and conceived by Tim Burton, The Nightmare Before Christmas tells the story of Jack Skellington, the King of “Halloween Town”. Jason and Rob rewind to the year 1993 to look at a stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year in 2023. After becoming bored with the same annual routine of frightening people in the “real world.”, when Jack accidentally stumbles on the bright colours and warm spirits of “Christmas Town”, he gets a new lease on life – he plots to bring Christmas under his control by kidnapping Santa Claus and taking over the role. But Jack soon discovers even the best-laid plans of mice and skeleton men can go seriously awry.