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The Nightmare Before Christmas

1994 | 76 min | K-7 | animation, family, fantasy, horror, musical

The king of Halloween town, the skeleton Jack Skellington, leads his people every year in a wild Halloween celebration. Plans change when Jack finds out about the existence of Christmas. What exactly is Christmas, and can monsters bring Christmas to children? (Source: Media-avain.fi)

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About the movie

Keywords

  • humoristic
  • imagination growth
  • intertextual
  • love
  • music
  • respectful
  • warmth

Educational levels

  • high schools and vocational schools
  • middle schools
  • primary schools

Genres

  • animation
  • family
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • musical

Playlists

  • Christmas
  • Halloween

Age limits

  • K-7

Studios

  • Walt Disney

For media educator

The Nightmare Before Christmas, invented by Tim Burton, is a distinctive animated fairy tale and fantasy musical that fascinates people of all ages. Halloween town is home to a wide variety of monsters and creeps, from zombies to witches and ghouls to mad scientists. The story is good-natured, but the movie's monsters and wonderfully horrible details can be creepy, especially for a small viewer. Age flexibility should therefore be used deliberately.

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