#55. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
April 4, 2021
– Director: Henry Selick
– Stacker score: 88.5
– Metascore: 82
– IMDb user rating: 8.0
– Runtime: 76 minutes
“The Nightmare Before Christmas” eschewed traditional two-dimensional animation in favor of stop-motion, bringing the dark tale of Jack Skellington to life. A citizen of “Halloween Town,” Skellington accidentally discovers “Christmas Town” and decides to celebrate the holiday in his own spooky way. Tim Burton came up with the original story as a poem back in 1982 as an animator for Disney.