Burton weaves his dark magic again.

Rating: 9/10 (31 December 2005)

"The nightmare before Christmas" is a story about Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king, who is the orchestrator of the festival of Halloween, and lives among a fascinating array of other Halloween monsters. The story follows how The story is of how Jack stumbles across Christmas Town, and how he tries to bring the spirit and the festivity to Halloween town, with dire consequences.
The film is made using stop-motion animation, and it has a stunning art style, which is refreshing to see after watching so many CGI animated films.Although this is directed by Henry Sellick, it is very much a Tim Burton movie. He weaves his dark magic over the story and it has many Burton trademarks. He gives us an insight into his zany imagination, with a terrific portrayal of the contrasting towns. The animation is coupled with brilliant, catchy songs, created by Danny Elfman, who also sings Jack's songs. Elfman has worked with Burton on other occasions, including "Batman" and "Edward Scissorhands" and the songs are clever and memorable.
The film is short family film, which will appeal to children and adults. It is brilliantly dark, with also a ghoulish sense of humour