nightmare christmas nightmare christmas promoted nightmare christmas american stop motion dark fantasy musical film directed produced conceived tells story character halloween town portal christmas town decides celebrate holiday comical consequences wrote film score voiced singing role jack principal voice cast includes nightmare christmas originated poem written working animator success vincent year began consider developing nightmare christmas short film minute television special years burton thoughts regularly returned project development deal disney production started july san_francisco disney released film banner studio believed film dark scary kids nightmare christmas met critical financial success film reissued released annually disney digital format making stop motion animated feature entirely converted plot story starts forest called seven trees containing doors leading towns representing holidays valentine day easter thanksgiving christmas halloween independence day halloween town fantasy world filled citizens deformed monsters ghosts vampires skeleton known leads organizing annual halloween holiday halloween monologue jack reveals grown weary routine year year wants jack lament wandering woods seven holiday doors accidentally opens portal residents charged organizing annual christmas holiday impressed bright feeling style christmas jack presents findings understanding christmas halloween town residents fail grasp meaning compare ideas halloween christmas character relate like king christmas town flies night named sandy claws town meeting song jack dismayed understands feeling christmas tries study holiday fails grasp explanation ultimately decides unfair christmas town enjoy feeling reason shouldn able announces citizens halloween town christmas year jack obsession jack obsession christmas leads role santa resident assigned task beautiful doll woman created town mad scientist starts falling love jack making christmas vision burning christmas tree realizes plans run christmas disastrous luck convincing jack assigns lock shock barrel trio children santa bring halloween town kidnap sandy claws jack wishes largely amusement trio deliver santa gambling plots play game santa life stake song christmas eve arrives attempts stop jack fog fails thanks jack ghost dog zero glowing nose allowing jack embark sky coffin like pulled skeletal guided zero ground come true song jack begins deliver presents children world gifts heads christmas tree eating snakes jack boxes vampire bears toy ducks sharp teeth man eating bats etc recipients children alert parents police military air raid activated jack spotted search lights shot air raid artillery cannons initially firing celebration simply flies higher hit realizes targeted cannon destroys jack falls sky earth devastating halloween town citizens thought dead attack jack crash lands cemetery unharmed depressed failure plan quickly regains old spirit having come new ideas halloween rushes home rescue santa things right poor jack attempts free santa captured jack slips angrily confronts immediately springs traps jack manages dodge attempts flee jack pulls loose threads revealing collection snakes insects save santa boot jack apologizes santa actions santa annoyed jack attempting job assures fix things leaves rid evil toys deliver right presents world children jack returns halloween town townspeople celebrate alive santa fixing christmas returns makes snow fall halloween town reconciliation jack townspeople confused snow soon begin play happily finally realizing christmas jack spies heading graveyard follows atop graveyard big hill jack admits romantic feelings declare new found love kiss hill finale reprise cast characters speaking voice singing voice skeleton known halloween town owns ghost dog named zero small glowing jack nose voices trick working doll like creation growing love interest jack amateur uses types poison liberate captivity voices shock trick working previously starred burton doctor mad scientist father mayor halloween town enthusiastic leader conducts town meetings wild mood swings happy distraught cause head spin happy sad face career politicians faced mayor literally burton previously worked villainous halloween town passion gambling leader responsible annual celebration christmas time delivers presents children world ivory brief narration start film lock burton previously worked big adventure barrel singing voice cast features voicing characters recorded narration prologue epilogue final film narration included soundtrack album production writer upbringing burbank california associated feeling filmmaker largely fascinated holidays childhood christmas halloween great gave sort texture sudden wasn burton later recall completing short film vincent disney animator burton wrote page poem titled nightmare christmas drawing inspiration television specials stole christmas poem visit burton intended adapt poem television special narration spoken favorite actor considered options children book created concept art project collaboration sculpted character models burton later showed works progress disney animator time success vincent disney started consider developing nightmare christmas short film minute holiday television special project development eventually stalled tone weird company disney unable offer nocturnal scope burton fired studio went direct commercially successful films batman years burton regularly thought project burton found disney owned film rights committed produce length film director disney looking forward nightmare capabilities technical storytelling achievements present framed nightmare marked burton film row christmas setting burton direct commitment want involved slow process stop motion adapt poem screenplay burton approached collaborator burton experienced creative differences convinced burton film musical lyrics compositions frequent collaborator burton created rough storyline thirds film songs team animators began production july san_francisco california crew workers utilizing sound stages filming hired disney storyboard supervisor hired supervise animation peak production individual stages simultaneously filming total frames taken movie found writing nightmare songs easiest jobs lot common hired write screenplay thompson screenplay stated lines dialogue caroline busy films constantly developing film visually work influenced filmmakers described production design akin pop book addition stated reach halloween town entirely german jack enters christmas town outrageous finally jack delivering presents real world plain simple perfectly aligned direction film reflected burton laid egg sat hatched wasn involved hands way hand job look like film different films asked burton involvement claimed don want away tim san_francisco came times years spent days total contributed use second traditional animation burton found production somewhat difficult directing batman returns pre production character design filmmakers constructed represent characters movie having heads allowing expression possible emotion mouth movements animated replacement method animation process face mask removed order preserve order long red hair types faces series expressions eyes open closed facial poses mouth movements stop motion reused james giant peach directed captain jack marketing owners franchise undertaken extensive marketing campaign characters media addition haunted mansion holiday featuring film characters mayor figures jack appear fine art action figure halloween costume available disney infinity video game allowing character playable game toy box mode jack titular character short story nightmare christmas jack story contends animated movie nightmare christmas movie marketing business movie lead character chief marketing officer successful company decides success boring wants company different business plan soundtracks film soundtrack album released film release special edition soundtrack released featuring bonus disc contained covers film songs disco wants revenge original demo tracks included september disney released cover album featuring artists rise plain white american rejects american gothic rock band london midnight featured cover song album french cover song released album hate rest world renew life soundtrack released haunted mansion holiday original songs movie song provided medley making christmas kidnap claws songs included original holiday songs changed incorporate theme movie song list soundtrack haunted mansion holiday ride film inspiration miss grim mood lyrical references like christmas jack release disney decided release film banner thought film dark scary kids remembered biggest fear kind project afraid core audience film coming help market film released nightmare christmas burton explained turned brand thing turned sure film premiered october home media successful home video sales nightmare achieved ranks cult film released film vhs september dvd december dvd release contained special features nightmare released second time october special edition release included audio commentary cinematographer minute making documentary gallery concept art test footage deleted scenes burton vincent included dvds non releases released film dvd time transfer blu ray disc time august disc digitally remastered collector edition containing special features released nightmare christmas blu ray august release disc combo pack including blu ray disc blu ray disc dvd includes dvd digital copy film reception critical response film initially received positive reviews critics gone receive widespread critical acclaim rotten_tomatoes film holds rating based reviews average rating site consensus reads nightmare christmas original visually delightful work stop motion animation metacritic film score based critics indicating generally favorable reviews roger_ebert gave highly positive review nightmare believed film visual effects revolutionary star wars taking account nightmare filled imagination carries new world rolling_stone called restoration originality daring halloween genre dazzling mix fun explodes notion animation kid stuff minutes timeless movie magic stated nightmare christmas offer kids fantasy celebrating holidays adults opportunity experience light entertainment adept hollywood techniques songs laughs little romance short nightmare christmas intends entertain washington_post enjoyed stylistic features common german cabinet discusses influence stole christmas film writing jack parallels zero parallels max dog writes film challenges wisdom adults characters contrasting jack good compares bad entertainment_weekly reports fan reception characters borders obsession couple degree obsession film great named son real life person character film based enthusiasm characters having spread north_america japan notes complex characterization seen nightmare christmas recently film ranked best christmas movies list worried characterization considered racist predictions came true director stated character inspired cartoon old man mountain cab dance jazz dance sing old man mountain trace turn cartoon character transforming animal like continued think inventive moments cartoon history way racist villain went black singer problem nightmare inspired video game spin offs including disney owned franchises contribute mythology kingdom hearts series trading card game available held nightmare christmas theme haunted mansion holiday attraction box office release film disney executive quoted hope nightmare goes makes fortune great doesn doesn validity process budget disney blockbuster doesn earn sized satisfy nightmare christmas given limited release october wide released october film earned million united_states theatrical run october reissued nightmare longer conversion industrial light magic assisted process million box office gross subsequently version nightmare released annually october earned million million respectively increasing film total box office gross million hollywood california showing film screenings annually october ending halloween led films advances accolades film nominated hugo award best dramatic presentation nightmare won saturn award best fantasy film animators nominated work nominated american_film_institute nominated nightmare christmas animated films list possible sequel began consider producing sequel stop motion disney wanted use computer animation burton convinced disney drop idea protective nightmare sequels things kind burton explained know jack visits thanksgiving world kinds things felt movie purity people like mass market kind thing important kind purity video game nightmare christmas revenge continue story film crew developers going advice having collaboration film art director said film sequel burton create good story characters nightmare christmas cameos disney square enix role playing game series majority games jack acts partner main character game jack attempts halloween giving heart created experiment goes wrong heart soon taken kingdom hearts chain memories tries help protagonist regain memories halloween town inhabitants seen jack notion taking santa job prequel game kingdom hearts days jack seeks inspiration halloween paying attention actions protagonist september haunted mansion attraction redesigned characters decorations music movie attraction called haunted mansion holiday remains operation christmas season takes ride adventure jack sandy claws visited haunted mansion christmas eve leaving holiday chaos wake related media video game developed nightmare christmas released playstation xbox october japan september europe october north_america set events film player controls jack fights revived takes halloween town plots game prequel time nightmare christmas developed released game boy advance figure released october card game based film called nightmare christmas released game designed games founder consists premiere set starter decks based characters mayor doctor starter deck contains rule book card card card deck game card types characters creations surprises cards separated categories common uncommon rare games developed nightmare christmas party game released collector edition nightmare christmas themed game issued orange purple black blocks heads set comes coffin shaped box instead normal rectangular box card nightmare christmas themed developed featuring citizens halloween town doctor lock shock barrel game comes custom die similar ones film
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