The Nightmare Before Christmas
Fargo Creator Explains Year 5’s Nightmare Before Christmas Connection: “It Shares a Sensibility”
To use iconography from the 1993 film, the FX anthology series needed Tim Burton's approval Fargo Creator Explains Year 5’s Nightmare Before Christmas Connection: “It Shares a Sensibility” Liz Shannon Miller
How The Nightmare Before Christmas Became a Holiday Classic
A tender film and a goth merchandise push have landed Jack Skellington right alongside The Grinch and Snoopy come Christmastime. How Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Became a Holiday Classic Libby Cudmore
Danny Elfman’s The Nightmare Before Christmas concert returning for Halloween
The 30th anniversary concerts will take place October 27th through 29th at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Danny Elfman’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Concert Returning for Halloween Eddie Fu
Phoebe Bridgers Plays Sally at Danny Elfman’s Nightmare Before Christmas Concert: Watch
Phoebe Bridgers traded her skeleton onesie for a patchwork dress when she sang the part of Sally in Danny Elfman’s live Nightmare Before Christmas concerts in London this weekend. Bridgers sang “Sally’s Song” and “Kidnap the Sandy Claws” at the concert, while Elfman reprised his role as Jack Skellington and Ken Page returned to portray Oogie Boogie. Greg Proops, Randy Crenshaw, Fletcher Sheridan, and violinist Sandy Cameron also performed at the show, while John Mauceri conducted the BBC Concert Orchestra. Watch clips of Bridgers’ performance below. Blending the ghastly quality of Halloween with the grandiosity of Christmas is kind of Bridgers’ whole thing, so it makes sense that she joined Elfman for his latest concert. Bridgers’ turn as Sally follows last year’s shows, where Billie ...
Henry Selick Still Chafes at “Unfair” Title Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
Henry Selick would like to remove two words from the title of his directorial debut, 1993’s Tim Burton‘s The Nightmare Before Christmas. In a lively new interview with AV Club, he chafed at the “unfair” process that left someone else’s name all over his first movie. “It wasn’t called Tim Burton’s Nightmare until three weeks before the film came out,” Selick said. “And I would have been fine with that, if that’s what I signed up for.” Selick directed The Nightmare Before Christmas from a script by Caroline Thomson that was based on Burton’s characters and story. But Walt Disney Studios, through their label Touchstone Pictures, wanted to take advantage of Burton’s star-power. He was just coming off two wildly-successful Batman movies as well as Ed...
Phoebe Bridgers to Play Sally in Upcoming Nightmare Before Christmas Concerts
Phoebe Bridgers will sing the part of Sally in Danny Elfman’s upcoming live-to-film concert stagings of The Nightmare Before Christmas. The two-night event takes place December 9th and 10th at London’s OVO Arena Wembley. Tickets are currently available to purchase here. Alongside Bridgers and Elfman’s Jack Skellington, the concerts will feature Ken Page reprising his film role as the villainous Oogie Boogie. Other confirmed participants include Greg Proops, Randy Crenshaw, Fletcher Sheridan, and violinist Sandy Cameron. They’ll all be joined by the BBC Concert Orchestra under the direction of conductor John Mauceri. Advertisement Related Video Elfman staged a similar event last year in Los Angeles, with Billie Eilish portraying the role of Sally. Later this month, Elfman will host a pair o...
