Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 7 wins & 17 nominations total
Catherine O'Hara
- Sally
- (voice)
- …
Glenn Shadix
- Mayor
- (voice)
Paul Reubens
- Lock
- (voice)
Ken Page
- Oogie Boogie
- (voice)
Edward Ivory
- Santa
- (voice)
- (as Ed Ivory)
Susan McBride
- Big Witch
- (voice)
- …
Debi Durst
- Corpse Kid
- (voice)
- …
Greg Proops
- Harlequin Demon
- (voice)
- (as Gregory Proops)
- …
Kerry Katz
- Man Under Stairs
- (voice)
- …
Randy Crenshaw
- Mr. Hyde
- (voice)
- …
Sherwood Ball
- Mummy
- (voice)
- …
Carmen Twillie
- Undersea Gal
- (voice)
- …
Glenn Walters
- Wolfman
- (voice)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTim Burton has said the original poem was inspired after seeing Halloween merchandise display in a store being taken down and replaced by a Christmas display. The juxtaposition of ghouls and goblins with Santa and his reindeer sparked his imagination.
- Goofs(at around 37 mins) In "Kidnap the Sandy Claws", just before Lock launches Barrel across the room, Lock is singing, and his words are aligned. But when Barrel begins to sing, Lock's lips are moving to the words that Barrel should be singing; Barrel's lips don't move at all.
- Quotes
Jack Skellington: [singing] Just because I cannot see it, doesn't mean I can't believe it!
- Crazy creditsNo credits are shown, except the company and the film's name.
- Alternate versionsThe special edition DVD version has never-before-seen footage of this movie and are the following:
- Lock, Shock and Barrel (the trick-or-treaters) are bored so they grab some snacks and go inside their cage/elevator to watch oogie boogie torture Santa and Sally. And later, a thought to be dead Jack Skellington enters the lair by jumping on the cage/elevator with the kids inside and he scares them which can explain how he got inside the lair at the nick of time. Pictures of the scene were in the promotional booklets, postcard books, and storybooks.
- Jack's further experiments with Christmas such as having a illustrating "Sandy Claws" as a human/lobster hybrid.
- a deleted part of oogie boogie's song that shows his shadow dancing.
- a scene where the vampires are playing hockey with the head of Tim Burton, this was corrected and Tim's head was replaced with a Jack O' Lantern.
- SoundtracksHere Comes Santa Claus
Written by Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman
Featured review
This film, while far from Burton's masterpiece, is a delightful musical that in the end shows that, sometimes, we have things far better than we think we do and the other side of the fence sometimes looks better just because it's different, but that doesn't make necessarily wise to pursue someone else's dream because we mistakenly think we may like it more. Tim Burton's fingerprints are all over this film. Excellent casting of vocal talent, the score is great and the animation is marvelous. A very good film and worth watching more than once. Recommended.
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- El extraño mundo de Jack
- Filming locations
- Skellington Productions - 375 7th Street, San Francisco, California, USA(Studio, demolished in 1998)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $18,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $93,745,329
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $191,232
- Oct 17, 1993
- Gross worldwide
- $107,800,040
- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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