Not a Holiday film like the others

Rating: 5/10 (12 November 2011)

While this movie may be great for those who don't want the traditional Christmas movie, it was a little too much for my tastes. Maybe I'd have to be a real fan of Tim Burton's work to truly appreciate his "nightmare before Christmas".
Like it or not, one can't deny that this movie has no lack of originality and weirdness (the director's specialty). It surely was innovative for its time and looks unique even now - although it may have gotten some inspiration from the director's own 'Vincent' (1982).
The visuals are great, original, strange and eccentric but the creatures are of bad taste: deformed monsters, undead people/monsters, ghosts, goblins, werewolves, witches...