The Nightmare Before Christmas (2-Disc Collector's Edition + Digital Copy) Reviews

• A Special Edition that is TRULY Special

  
  By A3TZB9SXJCFMFJ on 2001-12-10
  If you think the best movies are the ones that show you a world you've never envisioned before, then you will LOVE Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas". A benchmark in stop-motion animation, this incredibly difficult-to-make film (24 individually posed frames were needed to produce ONE SECONDS's worth of action) is a masterpiece of art direction, set design, and good old-fashioned storytelling. The plot revolves around Jack, the Pumpkin King of Halloween, and his attempt to run Christmas in place of Santa Claus. "Sleigh" becomes confused with "slay"; "stockings" become "stalkings"; and spirits go from joyous to ghostly as the two holidays clash together like oil and water, or fire and ice. One of the great surprises of the movie is that although it dances around material that could easily careen into cynicism, it remains refreshingly sweet and light throughout. Which is not to say that some of the comedy isn't a little dark and perhaps geared more towards older children and adults; for example, the brief scene in which a python puppet is shown swallowing a Christmas tree whole is hysterically funny, but not especially appropriate for the very young.

  The special edition DVD is unquestionably the version of this classic to buy. Included are a wealth of extras: the teaser and theatrical trailers; a documentary on "The Making of ..."; deleted scenes and storyboards, etc, etc. The best bonuses are two short films by Burton: "Vincent", a poetic tribute to the magnificent Vincent Price, narrated by the subject himself; and "Frankenweenie", a canine send-up of "Frankenstein", starring Shelley Duvall, Daniel Stern, and a cast of talented character actors. This DVD is one that you can spend HOURS exploring happily! Highly recommended as both a Halloween and Christmas treat.
  
  

• Kidnap the Sandy Claws!

  
  By on 1999-12-21
  This is my favorite animated film and in my opinion the best to come out of the Burton/Elfman team. The plot is... well... "different": The denizens of Halloween Town kidnap Santa Claus and have their way with Christmas. i.e. make a complete mess out of it. The visuals are spectacular (if a little dark) and the music and songs are wonderful and fit right in with the action. Regarding the "family appeal" of this movie: just keep in mind that this is a Tim Burton creation (Beetlejuice, Sleepy Hollow) and therefore it is dark, a little scary and the humor is on the sarcastic side. Oh, and if you absolutely can't stand musicals, then this movie will either make you a believer (like it did to me) or will put you off.

  About the DVD edition: I've seen this movie in the theater, on TV, on VHS and now on DVD and I must say that the DVD edition had the best sound quality. They could have included some bonuses (a "the making of..." type of feature is really missing) but the excellent sound and decent picture quality was good enough for me.

  Go ahead and give it a try, especially if you're a Burton/Elfman fan!
  
  

• I Love this film so much, I'm buying it a third time!

  
  By A2TYAL88IXRSEV on 2000-08-25
  Call me crazy, but I already own this Tim Burton masterpiece on VHS, DVD, and the soundtrack on CD. Seldom would I ever consider buying a movie a third time, but I love this film so much that I am going to shell out the bucks again! Why? First of all, this movie is so good that it has already become a classic. The story can be enjoyed anytime, but especially at Halloween and Christmas. The story combines elements of both holidays ever so cleverly. Simply, the message of the story is be a first-rate yourself rather than a third-rate somebody else. Jack Skelington, the pumpkin king of Halloween gets "weary of the same old thing" and tries his hand at taking over Christmas from Santa ("Sandy Claws" as he calls him). The results of his efforts are both hilarious and touching. The music by Danny Elfman is outstanding and perfectly complements the story. You'll be singing the tunes to yourself. Oh yes, the other reason I'm buying "The Nightmare Before Christmas" again is because this edition will contain extra "behind the scenes stuff" that I love, which was not made available on my current DVD. This is one of those rare gems that I can recommend buying, even if you've never seen it before. Finally, during the last 10 years there have been many wonderful animated films made. Among my favorites are: "The Prince of Egypt", "The Iron Giant", "Toy Story I & II", "Antz", "A Bug's Life", and "The Nightmare Before Christmas". All of these masterpieces will appeal to all ages.
  
  

• Be True to Your Ghoul

  
  By A10G4BPT5MGBHY on 2008-06-17
  Note: This is a review of the 2008 DVD release
  
  What's this? A new "Nightmare Before Christmas" DVD package? Actually there are three versions: this two-disc set that includes a downloadable digital copy, a Blu-ray version, and a collector's edition that comes with a bust of Jack Skellington with a detachable Sandy Claus beard and hat.
  
  Though this version is billed as a two-disc set, it actually has three discs. The third one contains the digital copy. An instruction sheet spells out in clear steps how to download the file to an iPod or similar device.
  
  The movie itself is a feast for the eyes, ears and imagination. A delectable witches' brew of stop-motion animation, catchy show tunes and a seriously warped creative license, it always stays true to its timeless message: to be happy, be yourself. Devilishly nonconformist, it's an enduring holiday musical for the whole Addams family.
  
  Well, almost. Though all of its fright gags are played entirely for laughs, some of the imagery is downright creepy, especially for small children. Anyone older than say, 6, however, should enjoy every minute. Teenagers will love it.
  
  The story -- the citizens of Halloweentown attempt to annex neighboring Christmastown -- comes from the macabre mind of producer Tim Burton, who wrote it in his spare time (as a poem!) while working as a Disney animator in the 1980s. The movie blends the tastiest bits of Burton's earlier Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands with a sprinkling of the stop-motion magic first found in Disney's 1961 Babes in Toyland.
  
  The imaginative cast of characters includes:
  * Pumpkin King Jack Skellington (Chris Sarandon), a mischievous misfit who believes his purpose in life is to merge the holidays of Halloween and Christmas.
  * Jack's faithful dog Zero, a ghost with a glowing, jack-o'-lantern nose who, like the hound in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, eventually pulls a sleigh
  * Rag-doll heroine Sally (voiced by Catherine O'Hara), Jack's love interest, who sews herself back together when she loses a body part
  * Oogie Boogie (Broadway veteran Ken Page), a slimy, singing bag of bugs who channels the cartoon version of Cab Calloway in the old Betty Boop cartoons
  * Lock (Paul "Pee-Wee Herman" Reubens), Shock (O'Hara) and Barrel (Danny Elfman, the film's composer), a trio of evil trick-or-treaters who "kidnap the Sandy Claws"
  * Wheelchair-bound evil scientist Dr. Finklestein (William Hickey), a duckbilled quack whose flip-top head lets him scratch his brains for inspiration
  * A mayor (Glenn Shadix, the interior director Otho in Beetlejuice) who is literally two-faced.
  
  Blessed with the ability to bring adult minds back to child's level, Burton dwells in dark mischief. In fact, some of Nightmare's best scenes include the kidnapping of Santa Claus and Jack's hilarious attempt to replace him on Christmas Eve, when the skeleton gleefully delivers presents such as tree-devouring snakes and severed, shrunken heads.
  
  Director Henry Selick painstakingly created the film over three years. Though he had a production crew of over 100, each minute of footage took a week, as each second required 24 ever-so-slightly different shots.
  
  BONUS FEATURES
  
  This 2-disc DVD package has a nice collection of extras:
  * An audio commentary with Burton, Selick and Elfman.
  * A downloadable digital copy of the film, which you can transfer to an iPod or similar device.
  * Burton's first short, 1982's 6-minute "Vincent," a black-and-white stop-action film about a boy who dreams of being Vincent Price, who narrates.
  * Burton's 1994 Disney live-action short "Frankenweenie." This 30-minute black-and-white film re-imagines the Frankenstein story as the tale of a young boy and his car-struck pet dog in suburban America. A recently taped introduction by Burton shows some working sketches being used for his full-length version now in development.
  * A reading of Burton's original "Nightmare Before Christmas" poem by actor Christopher Lee
  * A promotional film for the annual "Nightmare" makeover of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion.
  * Promotional and making-of featurettes, a storyboard to film comparison, deleted scenes and theatrical trailers and posters
  
  

• Zero The Red Nosed Ghost Dog

  
  By A1M4NJYP0WNL8Q on 2005-04-15
  This comparison would never have occurred to my had I not turned on my radio to a short bit on an opening musical the night after watching The Nightmare Before Christmas, but Danny Elfman's scoring for this 'operetta' is more than a little reminiscent of the music one popular in the Yiddish Opera style. For northern European Jews who had come from life in the shtetls (little towns) this music was comfort food and I thing that Nightmare owes more than a little of its attractiveness to fond memories of the klezmer style. Your experience, of course, may differ.
  
  At any rate, the story does indeed take place in a shtetl, although this tiny town is really Halloween Town, and the residents could never be mistaken for anything else than the charming monsters that they are. Led by Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, Halloween Town is wrapping up its annual party of horrors and poor Jack is discovering that Halloween has somehow lost its meaning for home. Torn by his own dismal feelings he walks through the night until, by an accident of fate, he stumbles on another town full of joyful elves and decorated trees - you guessed it - Christmas Town.
  
  Suddenly Jack is overwhelmed by the new feelings that Christmas seems to awaken in him. In a burst of envy Jack determines that this year Halloween Town will do Christmas in its own unique fashion. All the townsfolk join in Jack's merry plot except for rag doll Sally whose unrequited love for Skellington tells her that kidnapping Father Christmas is a potential disaster.
  
  All of this is done in delightful musical style with an animation style that is part old and part new. A feast for eye, ear, and even heart. The story is simple but meaningful, as Jack discovers that Christmas is not about anything that you can touch or feel. And that there is a time to be terrible and, yes, a time to love as well.
  
  
  
• Blu Ray/ Coll ED Features Below (some info on the ultimate edition). Seems Worth Double Dipping.
  By AN8M401S8Y6DA on 2008-06-03
  I was able to find the information online for this blu ray and figured I'd pass it along. The original dvd contains Burton's short films such as Vincent and I was glad to see these are also on here along with a ton of new features, nothing appears to be left out. If you have a blu ray player and like the film I'd say it is worth it to double dip, with those colors popping off the screen at 1080p or hearing kidnap the sandy claws and Danny Elfman's score (Good Will Hunting (Miramax Collector's Series)) in the newer sound formats (if your lucky enough to have them).
  
  BLU RAY FEATURES (FROM MOVIEWEB)
  You can watch a Tim Burton classic in 1080p for the first time this August. The Nightmare Before Christmas is coming to Blu-Ray on August 26. The BD disc will be priced at $39.99 and a new collectors edition of the film will be released in the standard format as well, priced at $32.99 SRP. For the ultimate fan, an Ultimate Collector's Gift Set will also be released that day which will include an individually numbered hand-painted bust of Jack Skellington in all his gory glory equipped with a Jack's "Sandy Claws" hat and beard, a sound chip that plays memorable lines from the film and a letter of authenticity. The Ultimate Collector's Gift Set will be priced at $179.99 SRP. The film stars the voices of Danny Elfman, Chirs Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara and Paul Reubens.
  
  Special Features
  - NEW! What's This? Jack's Haunted Mansion Holiday Tour - Viewers choose the way they want to tour Disneyland's Holiday Haunted Mansion. "On Track" explores a tricked-out version of the Haunted Mansion, while "Off Track" reveals what went into creating all the creepy fun.
  - NEW! Tim Burton's Original poem narrated by Christopher Lee - Tim Burton's poem that inspired the creation of the movie. Now, the original verse comes to creepy life as performed by legendary actor Christopher.Lee.
  - NEW! Film Commentary - commentary by producer and writer Tim Burton, director Henry Selick and composer Danny Elfman.
  - NEW Introduction To Frankenweenie! - A new un-cut version introduction by Tim Burton.
  - The Making of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas - Go behind the scenes of the very first full-length stop motion animated movie with the filmmakers.
  - The Worlds of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas - Witness the creation of the film's richly imagined dreamscapes, including Halloween Town, Christmas Town and the Real World.
  - Deleted Scenes
  - Storyboard to Film Comparison
  - Original Theatrical Trailers and Posters
  - PLUS Tim Burton's Complete Short Film Vincent
  - A Special Blu-ray Only Introduction by Tim Burton
  
  
• THE Blu-Ray film for the holidays
  By A10G4BPT5MGBHY on 2008-06-18
  What a great film for Blu-Ray! Crammed with detail and composed like a series of paintings, it demands the high-definition treatment to fully appreciate. On one hand, the scenes are filled with little surprises like tarantula- and bat-shaped neckties and snakes, but on the other hand they are so artistic! Once you watch Jack Skellington's operatic posings against the moon at 1080p, or see the eerie gray backgrounds of Halloweentown or the vivid colors of Christmastown at that resolution, I can't imagine watching this movie any other way.
  
  But that's not all there is to it. In fact, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" is a feast for the eyes, ears and imagination; a delectable witches' brew of stop-motion animation, catchy show tunes and a seriously warped creative license.
  
  The story -- Halloweentown attempts to annex Christmastown -- comes from the macabre mind of producer Tim Burton, who wrote it in his spare time (as a poem!) while working as a Disney animator in the 1980s. The movie blends the tastiest bits of Burton's earlier Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands with a sprinkling of the stop-motion magic first found in Disney's 1961 Babes in Toyland.
  
  The imaginative cast of characters includes:
  * Jack Skellington (the Pumpkin King) (Chris Sarandon), a mischievous misfit who believes his purpose in life is to merge the holidays of Halloween and Christmas.
  * His faithful dog Zero, a ghost with a glowing, jack-o'-lantern nose who, like the hound in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, eventually pulls the sleigh.
  * Rag-doll heroine Sally (voiced by Catherine O'Hara), Jack's love interest, who sews herself back together when she loses a body part.
  * Oogie Boogie (Broadway veteran Ken Page), a slimy, singing bag of bugs who channels the cartoon version of Cab Calloway in the old Betty Boop shorts.
  * Lock (Paul "Pee-Wee Herman" Reubens), Shock (O'Hara) and Barrel (Danny Elfman, the film's composer), a trio of evil trick-or-treaters who "kidnap the Sandy Claws"
  * Wheelchair-bound evil scientist Dr. Finklestein (William Hickey), a duckbilled quack whose flip-top head lets him scratch his brains for inspiration.
  * A mayor (Glenn Shadix, the interior director Otho in Beetlejuice) who is literally two-faced.
  
  Director Henry Selick painstakingly created the film over three years. Though he had a production crew of over 100, each minute of footage took a week, as each second required 24 ever-so-slightly different shots.
  
  Devilishly nonconformist, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" is an enduring holiday musical for the whole Addams family, or at least those older than, say, 6. Though all of its fright gags are played entirely for laughs, some of the imagery is downright creepy. Teenagers will love it.
  
  BONUS FEATURES
  
  * An audio commentary with Burton, Selick and Elfman.
  * A downloadable digital copy of the film, which you can transfer to an iPod or similar device.
  * Burton's first short, 1982's 6-minute "Vincent," a black-and-white stop-action film about a boy who dreams of being Vincent Price, who narrates.
  * Burton's 1994 Disney live-action short "Frankenweenie." In this 30-minute black-and-white film that re-imagines the Frankenstein story as the tale of a young boy and his car-struck pet dog in suburban America (introduced by Burton himself).
  * A reading of Burton's original "Nightmare Before Christmas" poem by actor Christopher Lee
  * A promotional film for the annual "Nightmare" makeover of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion.
  * Promotional and making-of featurettes, a storyboard to film comparison, deleted scenes and theatrical trailers and posters.
  
  OTHER VERSIONS AVAILABLE
  
  There are two other new "Nightmare" DVDs available -- a two-disc standard-resolution set that includes a downloadable digital copy and a collector's edition that comes with a hand-painted bust of Jack Skellington.
  
  
• One of the craziest movies I've ever seen, lotsof nice extras
  By AGG9C66TOLJZB on 2005-12-29
  I loved this movie, from the first time I saw it, and the DVD has a good amount of extras in it which fans will appreciate.
  
  This movie is one of the most amazing, wierd, inspired movies I have seen. It is animated, and is about what would happened if the people of Halloween land stole Christmas. Jack O Lantern is depressed, Halloween has just passed and it is the same old same old - he is looking for something but just doesn't know what. He strays into Christmasland and is suddenly reviatlised.
  
  Returning to Halloweenland he tries to explain just what Christmas is, the joy the presents - but the residents don't quite grasp the happiness and joy - they see the 'stalkings' instead of stockings and so on. So Jack gives up explaining it to them and instead allows them to do Christmas as they see fit . They make presents - snakes which swallow family pets - jack in the boxes which attack, and other horrible things.
  
  The songs are amazing, I love the music - even my two small children do and I am always surprised when my 4 year old requests to watch this. I would actually have thought they should be quite frightened of it at that age, maybe the scary bits are too unreal.
  
  Nice romance underlying it and the whole thing is filmed in the usual Burton-esque almost monochrome darkness world.
  
  There are great extras available, including scenes which were cut or shortened from the original and interviews with Burton.
  
  
• What's this? What's this?
  By A1QWNBPCNXF3U9 on 2002-05-23
  It's "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas," of course. It was the movie that made the record of the first stop motion animated film. The story is of a character who has never heard of Christmas before and somehow "discovers" it. I think it is always worth view, unless your one of those... individuals who doesn't appreciate Tim Burton's "dark humor." The story is of Jack Skellington (Chris Sarandon), the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, but lately, he's pretty much grown tired of the same old tricks and treats, deep in lamentation. (Hence the name of the song, "Jack's Lament.") One night, while he's wandering around in a forest, head filled with his thoughts of misery and woe, he finds a clearing where every tree is decorated with some holiday symbol. They all seem to interest him, but what fascinates Jack the most is none other than the Christmas tree. Danny Elfman, who provides Jack's gorgeous singing voice, is a master with "Nightmare's" music and songs. Who wouldn't mind going out on Halloween night, singing "This is Halloween" at the top of their lungs? (That's what my friends and I did last Halloween.) Anyway, you have ten songs to choose from. The cast of characters is awesome too. Sally (Catherine O'Hara) is sweet and sensitive and is always willing to help Jack, even it means literally risking an arm and a leg. Lock, Shock, and Barrel (Paul Rubeuns, Catherine O'Hara, and Danny Elfman) help make up "Nightmare's" interesting plot. Without this terrible threesome, Santa Claus (Ed Ivory) would have no place in the story. Now, every movie needs a villain, and who would be better than the notorious Oogie Boogie (Ken Page)? Overall, I think this movie deserves all five stars. One for animation, one for music, one for charcters, one for the story, and one for everone who pitched in and worked on this movie for three years.
  
  
• It's flawless!
  By ACAO2J1XCS4FL on 1999-12-22
  It's no secret that the majority of Europeans see American cultural import as something highly entertaining but not very complex and sophisticated. The plots are simplistic, the characters lacking individuality,etc. I am not talking here about the well-known masterpieces but the everyday Hollywood produce make this opinion well-deserved. On the other hand today's European cinema is often anemic and uninspired. Of course I generalize but for the most part it's true.

  Living in Moscow I try to get the best of both worlds and in The Nightmare Before Christmas I found something that can be called flawless. It's very entertaining, the music is the classic of the genre, the visuals are just unbelievable! It's complex, it's fun, it's perfect in form and content. Frankly, you can hardly expect all that from the American animation industry lately represented by Anastasia, The Hercules and other sodomizations of the world history. So the Nightmare's team did a great job of creating this surprisingly original piece of art.

  The main idea are the perspectives of communication between the worlds that are so much different. What happens if one of them come uninvited to visit the other with the best intentions and gifts designed to please. The result is far from idyllic.

  What happens if the extraordinary person is tired of his world and thinks that the real life is elsewhere. So he travels abroad and finally finds the happiness at home.

  It's strange that some of the reviewers consider the Haloween creatures too violent. They are no more violent that Maurice Sendac's Wild Things or the monsters our children like to invent when they exchage the self-made horror stories.

  The portrayal of children of the Halloween Town is very accurate - the little ones are unexhaustable, inventive and ready to do anything just to see what comes out of it- just like my 7-year old son.

  So this DVD is an ideal investment and do not regret.
  
  

• Highly entertaining take on the spirit of Christmas
  By A1L98GYVERQZXB on 1999-12-16
  I went to see this movie when I was already a Danny Elfman and Tim Burton fan, but I soon became a fan of the entire film. It is a beautifully crafted, well-thought-out tale of Jack Skellington and the people of his Halloween town who decide to take over Christmas. The Elfman fan that I am, I must note that the music is especially haunting (play on words intended) and beautiful -- my favorite being "Sally's Song". Some of the characters (the man with the tear-away face comes to mind) may be too scary for little kids, but my 4 year old has seen it (what a thrill it is for me to share this movie with him!) and enjoyed it without being scared. It's one of my all-time favorites and will remain in my top-shelf video collection evermore!
  
  
• 'special edition' a must have...
  By on 2000-11-05
  So it's been pretty clearly stated in all of these reviews that the movie itself is great- the spectacular (if dark) visual effects, the great musical score (I didn't like any musicals at all until I saw this...I couldn't help myself from singing along), and the all-too-funny story line, all make "Nightmare" a worthy purchase. But the new 'special edition' makes it a must-have. Along with the film itself, the new edition includes an hour-long 'making' section, lots of test sequences and sketches (animated and not), several cut scenes, an audio commentary, and, perhaps most importantly, two of Tim Burton's early films- "Vincent" (a 5-minute claymation short, a tribute to and narrated by the late Vincent Price), and "Frankenweenie" (a 30-minute live action film, in which a young Victor Frankenstein, in a modern everyday suburb, brings his dog, Sparky, back from the dead). When you put all this together, it makes the Special Edition a must-have for anyone who enjoyed the film (which means almost anyone)
  
  
• Special Edition vs. Collector's Edition
  By A21B2TJBWCSK1R on 2008-08-26
  So, if you already own the previous The Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edition) is it worth double dipping for this new version and what is new? The good news is that with the exception of a DTS soundtrack and director Henry Selick's solo commentary track, everything from the previous edition has been included in this one.
  
  Disc one includes a new audio commentary by producer Tim Burton, director Henry Selick, and music designer Danny Elfman. They were recorded separately and then edited together. Burton talks about the classic animated holiday TV specials that made a huge impression on him. Elfman claims that this is his favourite collaboration with Burton and talks about how he got involved. There is a significant amount of overlap from the numerous featurettes included on this set.
  
  A new extra is "What's This? Jack's Haunted Mansion Holiday Tour," which takes you through a haunted mansion ride based on the film. The attention to detail and decor is fantastic, done in Gothic fashion. You can also take the tour with a trivia subtitle track imparting all kinds of factoids. Also included is a featurette examining how they added the Nightmare Before Christmas style to the classic Haunted Mansion design.
  
  Also new is "Tim Burton's Original Poem," narrated by none other than veteran genre actor Christopher Lee. This provided the original inspiration for the film. Lee's great voice narrates over evocative concept art.
  
  "The Making of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" takes us through various stages of the production, including the music, storyboards, art direction, and animation. It provides a detailed look at all of the work that went into creating the film and the challenges of stop motion animation.
  
  The second disc starts off with "Frankenweenie," a short film Burton directed in 1984. He offers a new introduction and mentions that work has begun on a feature-length stop motion animated film. Shot in gorgeous black and white, it's about a young boy named Vincent (Barret Oliver) who decides to resurrect his dead dog Sparky a la Dr. Frankenstein. Shelley Duvall and Daniel Stern play his very Leave It To Beaver-esque parents.
  
  "Vincent" is an animated short film that Burton made early in his career about a young boy who idolizes Vincent Price, who, incidentally, narrates the story. It has a wonderful, Expressionistic look reminiscent of early silent horror films.
  
  Also included are three deleted storyboards and four animated sequences introduced by Selick. They feature sequences that didn't make the final cut, some were never animated. Selick explains that they were cut for reasons of time and pacing.
  
  "The World's of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" explores the characters that inhabit Christmas Town, Halloween Town, and the Real World with all sorts of character designs, animation tests and concept art. It allows you to see the various incarnations of these beloved characters.
  
  "Storyboards-to-Film Comparison" takes a look at a scene from the film and allows you to watch it simultaneously with the corresponding storyboards.
  
  Finally, there are "Posters and Trailers," a collection of poster art, a teaser trailer and a theatrical trailer.
  
  Bottom line: if you own the previous Special Edition, it's not really worth the double dip unless you really a devoted fan of this film. If this is your first time purchasing this film on DVD, then get Collector's Edition which has everything you could possibly want.
  
  
• A Halloween tradition!
  By A1D6DFC3AGV3JZ on 2002-09-28
  Every time October rolls around, I have to watch THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Halloween is my favorite holiday, and yet, since I'm an adult, I can't trick-or-treat anymore, but I *can* watch THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

  This is a movie unlike anything you have ever seen before: it is a stop-action, musical comedy about the leader of "Halloweentown" - Jack Skellington - growing tired of his job and deciding he might give Christmas a try. But the plot, in my opinion, is really secondary to the off-beat, even bizarre and yet endearing, songs that are sung by this original cast of characters. These characters are so original and so interesting that you feel as though you have always known them. And the surprise to the film is that, in many ways, it is actually a love story between Jack and his admirer, Sally. "But will we ever / end up together?" sings Sally.

  I think that people of all ages would enjoy this movie, except that some of it may be too scary for the very young child (four and under). For me, however, it wouldn't be Halloween without THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS!
  
  

• Fangs of St. Nicholas
  By AQSQLWD3NLMAS on 2004-12-10
  Tim Burton's name is above the title, and it was "his" film, even though he didn't direct it. He had his old pal, Henry Selick, whom he had gone to school with at Cal Arts, and worked with at Disney, direct it. Burton came up with the idea, while at Disney. He wrote at epic poem, and made some sketchs. Disney shot the idea down, but they filed it away as their property. Many years later, after Tim Burton had achieved success as a director, when he reapproached them with the concept, they were only too happy to finance it; to the tune of $20 million bucks.
  
  Selick and Burton had collaborated in 1982, on Burton's stop-action short, VINCENT. Stop action animation, owing a lot to pioneers Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen, is very time consuming. This film took three years to complete. With a crew of over 400, Selick could only produce one minute of finished film for every weeks work. The film was 76 minutes when it was released. They were influenced by the films done in the 1920's, called German Expressionism; like NOSFERATU, and THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI.
  
  NIGHTMARE is really more a musical, than most Disney animated films that contained musical interludes. Danny Elfman, used by Burton for BATMAN and SCISSORHANDS, did the music. Most of his tunes were quite pedestrian; almost Gilbert and Sullivan operetta stuff. It needed the hand of say an Alan Menkin, or Elton John. Elfman sang all the songs for the main character, Jack Skellington. Chris Sarandon voiced the small amount of dialogue not sung.
  
  What has emerged is a wonderfully wicked and twisted fairy tale. It was like letting Playboy's cartoonist, Gahan Wilson, reconfigure the Brothers Grimm. And it owed a lot to Dr. Seuss. There was the tone of the Grinch here and there. Fairy tales in their original form, were somewhat dark, bloody and heavy-handed. Over the centuries we have let Walt Disney and Madison Avenue douse them with saccharine, and blunt many their lovely barbs and thorns.
  
  Catherine O'Hara did the voice work for Sally, Jack's patchwork girlfriend. William Hickey voiced the wicked Dr. Finkelstein, and he was inspired in his interpretation. Paul Reubens did the voice for one of Jack's henchmen; the one called Lock. Ken Page voiced Mr. Oogie Boogie, who was fairly scary, and Ed Ivory did St. Nick.
  
  I liked this film better during the second viewing, but its dark vision still left the bitter taste of rusty metal in my mouth. I prefer my Christmas films a bit sweeter, I guess. Some might argue the this film is more a Halloween film than a Christmas film. Whatever it is labeled, it remains creative, unique, twisted, and delightful.
  
  
• Must-have for any serious collector.
  By A3S8YCD7VIE0Y5 on 2000-10-07
  "The Nightmare Before Christmas" is, of course, a fine film (though in my opinion, some of the Elfman songs get a bit overly operatic) but this presentation is just amazing. It's essentially everything that was included in the Laserdisc Deluxe Boxed set from a few years back, plus a "James and the Giant Peach" trailer.

  The biggest bonus on the disc is the addition of Burton's two short films, "Vincent" and "Frankenweenie." "Vincent" is even closer than "Nightmare" at being the ideal film materialization of an Edward Gorey poem, and it's rarely been seen anywhere else. Not to mention the storyboards, commentary track, behind-the-scenes footage, trailers, deleted scenes (which are few in number, as animation is kept to a necesary minimum)... And this from Disney, a company usually known for gouging DVD buyers with barebones "features." Keep it up, Dis.
  
  

• I sense there's something in the wind...a fantastic film
  By A37R1TV112K8PB on 2000-12-12
  The NightMare Before Christmas! My very favourite film. So what is it that makes the movie so incredible? Well first and foremost, it's visual beauty! This movie was filmed using a technique called stop animation - a technique that requires immense eye for detail and painstaking skill. The animators on this movie went all out to make sure this technique was used to it's full capacity - and the result is - perfect animation!! Such exsquisite attention to detail and some beautiful sets and angles make for many stunning shots as well. Secondly - it's story! That of the inhabitants of Hallowe'en Town deciding to take over Christmas for a year. The only problem is - THEIR idea of expressing love and spreading joy is frightening someone into a stroke - to their way of thinking giving out presents and decorating things with color is just weird, so Christmas is suitably warped to suit their esoteric tastes!!The result is ghoulishly funny, providing you like that kind of humour. =D Thirdly - the characters. An ecclectic collection of freaks, ghouls, witches, devil and skeletons each perfectly content within their little lives. One of the best things about NBC is the pure innocence of these characters and they warp Christmas - they truly believe they are improving the holiday - for what better way to show someone you care than by slipping a scorpion into their shoe? They have total faith in themselves and in their leader - the indomitable Jack Skellington. One of the things I love most about Jack is his refusal to give up - even when he realises he has ruined Christmas, he doesn't let it get him down - he just picks himself back up and tries to correct his mistakes.The ever sweet Sally - a rag doll who is stitched up at the joint and can stitch and unstitch herself back up - is a bizarrely gentle heroine. She of all the characters in Halloween Town has an idea that affection can be expressed in other ways than presenting your beloved with a severed head.She is also intelligent - she knows it is wrong for Jack to take over Christmas - and brave. Oogy Boogy Man, a swinging-jazz bad guy, Lock, Shock and Barrel and the Harlequin Demon are among my other favourite characters.I guess the characters follow what I call "The Addams Family Syndrome". That family adores one another and their friends and family, and will do anything for them, but at the same time they are, by society's standards, very bizaare. They do what most consider to be weird, and even at times, cruel things to each other - but they think they are doing the right thing. They have eternal faith in themselves and are bound by very strong feelings.It never occurs to them they might be evil.And they're not - they don't betray anyone, they don't corrupt anyone and they try to set a good example for their children, and everyone is welcome in their home. The characters of Halloween are very similar to that.

  Finally,the music! Written by the brilliant Danny Elfman (who seems at his best when he teams with Tim Burton, who conceieved and produced this flick) the songs are witty,playful and very memorable.Some have a definite touch of the macabre,(Kidnap the Sandy Claws) some are intensely sweet (Sally's Song), some have definite malice to them (Oogy Boogy's Song) and some express the wonderment and general good nature of the inhabitants of Halloween Town (Making Christmas,Jack's Obsession, What's This?). All are cool! =D

  NBC is just generally fantastic film for people of all ages! Whether you appreciate it's cinematic beauty,the story it tells or just everything in general, it's well worth the look!
  
  

• A heartwarming Christmas monster story!
  By A37HYSC72QKCM5 on 2001-10-12
  As a resident of Monstropolis, I never miss this tale of Christmas misfits and monsters! Jack Skellington is a true hero -- a figure kids would be frightened of if he popped out of their closet. Now that's a man I can get behind 100%! Halloweentown is a dark scary place kids would hate, and the animation is top-notch. The songs are also great for scare singalongs. And the finale never fails to bring a tear to my friend Mike's eye. I give it two horns up!
  
  
• In this town we call home, I hail to the pumpkin song!
  By A268PIJ71ZBJ25 on 2003-10-24
  It's mandatory- every Halloween (and Christmas, and when I'm feeling deprived, Easter) I dig down through the holiday stuff in our basement and pull out my shiny little diamond- The Nightmare Before Christmas! It's an ingenious story that I still watch happily several times a year (since it came out).

  It's the story of Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, who's started to get tired of the same old Halloween every year. Then he discovers Christmastown! Excited by the new prospects, he tells everyone in Halloweentown about this wonderous holiday, and the citizens decide to try it themselves! It's up to a rag doll named Sally to save Santa- and save Christmas- from the Oogie Boogie.

  The characters are hilarious and riveting- you can't help but fall in love with them, even the minor ones! Lock, Shock, and Barrel are the best. :) The movie is a musical, with the songs written (and mostly sung) by Danny Elfman. The music's great, but the lyrics are a little iffy sometimes (but still fun to sing along to!) The film was made with stop action, which gives it that jerky-yet-smooth charm.

  The best parts are the songs "This Is Halloween", "Making Christmas", and "Town Meeting Song". The doctor is one of the more interesting characters.

  I highly recommend this movie to... well, just about anyone! It's not scary (trust me, I've been watching since I was 5!) or anything like that... just a big bundle of fun! And remember, it's not Halloween (or Christmas, or Easter) without The Nightmare Before Christmas!!!
  
  

• The Nightmare Before Christmas
  By on 2004-11-27
  Enter an Extraordinary world filled with magic and wonder. This Special Edition of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas celebrates the groundbreaking accomplishments of the first full-length stop-motion animated feature with Bonus Materials never before available on DVD!
  Jack Skellington the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, decides to spread Christmas joy to the world. But his well-meaning mission unwittingly puts Santa Claus in jeopardy and creates a nightmare for all good little boys and girls everywhere! Who will save Christmas?
  The visionary genius of Tim Burton and the Ten Original songs by Danny Elfman make the critically acclaimed move milestone a uniquely engaging fantasy for the whole family!
  
  THE SPEICAL FEATURES IN THIS SPECIAL EDITION DVD ARE:
  
  .Deleted Scenes and Animated Sequences
  
  .Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Making of the Film
  
  .Storyboard-To-Film Comparison
  
  .Still Fame Gallery of Concept Art and Character Designs
  
  .Audio Commentary by Director Henry Selick
  
  .Original Theatrical Trailers and Posters
  
  .DTS 5.1 Surround Sound
  
  .Dolby Digital Surround Sound
  
  .Widescreen Presentation
  
  .French Language Track
  
  .Spanish Subtitles
  
  
• A TIMELESS CLASSIC
  By A2PEA2XX5EV4MN on 2008-06-16
  Every so often a movie comes around that from the first time you see it, it grabs you and you instantly know it's going to be a classic. 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is absolutly one of those movies!!!
  
  T.N.B.C. is a 1993 stop-motion, animated musical created and written by Tim Burton, directed by Henry Selick, and scored by Danny Elfman.
  
  Our story starts off with a very memorable musical introduction to 'Halloween Town', one of the many 'holiday worlds'. We are then introduced to Jack Skellington, the ruler of Halloween town and said to be the scariest being in the world. Then we meet Sally, a Frankenstein-type of rag-doll who seems to have a crush of sorts on Jack. After Halloween festivities, Jack grows bored of his day-to-day life. As he is wandering in the forest one day, he comes to a group of trees that have very unique markings. As jack is inspecting one, he accidently falls in, and finds himself in 'Christmas Land'. Jack is amazed at what he sees, and immediatly begins a plan to combine the holidays...Unfortunatly to a near disasterous consequence.
  
  T.N.B.C. was inspired by shorts like 'Rudolph' and 'The Grinch' with a Halloween twist, and Burton put the skeleton(no pun intended)of the story together while working as an animator for Disney. The movie had a very difficult production. It took over 3-years to complete, and needed many different scale-models of characters and the town itself. This was the first time that a feature production has this much stop-motion.
  
  The acting is relative. Being a stop-motion animated movie, the acting is done vocally. Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman, Cathrine O'Hara, Glen Shadix, and Ken Page give great peformances.
  
  Danny Elfman wrote the score to the film and was nominated for a 1993 Golden Globe. The film's music is very 'emotive' and an instant classic. Right from the first note of 'This is Halloween', the music compliments the story perfectly. 'This is Halloween' has alot of identity to it, and works as an introduction and a 'hook' to keep you watching; It is VERY sucsessfull.
  
  The editing is perfect. The movie is 76 min. and moves at a good pace, and the musicals never go on to long(although it wouldn't be a problem because the score is great).
  
  T.N.B.C. is just one of those movies that instantly shines and becomes unforgetable. From the first I saw it, I new people would still be watching it and talking about it years after the release. When the movie was first released, The execs. at Disney were concerned that the film might be to 'dark' for young children(given that 'Oogie Boogie' kidnaps and tortures Santa)but the movie doesn't 'push the envelope' far enough to cause concern. I bought this for my niece's 2nd birthday, and she watched it 3 times as soon as I gave it to her; this movie is perfect for introducing your children to scary movies!!!
  
  This is a timeless classic and a must have for children and adults alike(almost like 'A Christmas Story')!
  
  My Amazon Bro Mike Lidell has informed me that this will be re-released with additional bonus features in August!! My biggest question is how can a movie like this go out-of-print??
  
  
  
• Review for Burton's Short Vincent. (Included again in the new 2 disc)
  By AN8M401S8Y6DA on 2008-07-10
  Tim Burton's imaginative short Vincent is a blend of childhood autobiography and a mini biography of Vincent Price. Price himself narrates this fun black and white short which could've served as a reminder of what a great talent and voice he is landing him the rap in Michael Jackson's Michael Thriller 25th Anniversary Fan Pack Cd+dvd shortly after.
  
  The film shows a boy named Vincent Malloy that looks like a young Burton who has a wild imagination and dreams of being Vincent Price. The short shows glimpses of creative films to follow by the director such as Beetlejuice [Blu-ray] and The Nightmare Before Christmas [Blu-ray].
  
  Burton incorporates Price's love of art, his sense of humor, and several elements from his past great films. Vincent Malloy digs in his mother's flowerbed but is actually digging for his buried wife in his mind. He is banished to his room or as he sees it the tower such as the children in the Price/Corman collaboration The Haunted Palace / The Tower of London. The boy while in his room is haunted by his wifes painting and we see many flashes of other Corman/Price collaborations such as The Fall of the House of Usher and Tales of Terror/Twice Told Tales (Midnite Movies Double Feature). Vincent Malloy is also nice to his aunt but as Vincent Price dreams of dipping her into hot wax as in De Toth's 1953 House of Wax. Many Edgar Allen Poe references as some of Prices most well known films came from Poe adaptations. Any biography on Price and interviews with co actors there is always mention of his great sense of humor and this short is filled with dark humor throughout.
  
  Overall it is a dark, funny, Dr. Seuss like poem played out for us and you get all this in six minutes. Very highly recommended especially to Vincent Price fans who may have overlooked this gem.
  
  As for the dvd the two disc features are already listed many times as well as my own blu ray review.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Movie is good but there are issues with Digital Copy Disc
  By A1RW2BV8B81ESX on 2008-09-22
  I own this and I found out that the Digital Copy disc ain't worth buying this DVD set. You can get the one disc version of this movie and get all the same bonus features. This is really not worth buying. You can only use the Digital Copy disc and code 1 time and than you are unable to again. This collector's edition is a waste of money and Disney should be sued by anybody who bought this cause it isn't worth it. Why in the H*** put out a Digital disc that can only be used 1 time? what happens if someone's computer crashes or they accidentally delete it? What should they do waste more money to get it.
  
  DO NOT BUY THIS SET IT IS A RIP OFF.
  
  
• DEFECTIVE DON,T EVER BUY THIS DVD .BUY THE''VIDEO''
  By A29XHDQUZ500E1 on 1999-12-06
  I BOUGHT 2 COPIES FROM TWO DIFERENT STORES IN WINDSOR ONTARIO CANADA.THEY WERE BOTH DEFECTIVE .THE FIRST IS THE MAYORS SPEECH IN THE CHAPTER JACKS OBESSION . THE DEFECT AUDIO .THE THREE OTHER DEFECT,S ARE 1 OGGIE BOOGIES SPEECH & 2SALLY SCREAMING 3&SANTA TALKING.
  
  
• "What's This? What's This?"
  By AV5G37VFE5NVD on 2005-12-27
  Long had I dreaded the day when I would be forced to sit down and watch "The Nightmare Before Christmas". Not because I thought it would be horrible - in fact, I expected it to be quite good. I've always loved Tim Burton, and the premise sounded great. So this Christmas, when my brother received it for a Christmas present, I finally sat myself down and watched it.
  
  The storyline is great: Jack Skellington, Halloweentown's spookiest spook, is getting sick of Halloween. One day, he stumbles across a door which leads him into Christmastown - and immediately, Jack is entranced by this jolly world in which all is good all the time. And so Jack decides to bring Christmas to Halloweentown.
  
  I can sum up my thoughts about the film in two sentences, as sang by the fabulous Danny Elfman: "What's this? What's this?" This film is always rated very highly, but I found it to be extremely bizarre, creepy, and even a little repulsive. I wouldn't dream of showing it to my kids, with the eerie creatures and lines such as "Kidnap Santa, chop him into bits". The animation was fantastic, but I thought the rest of the film was weak. There is, however, one great song, "What's This?".
  
  While I can understand people enjoying this film, I just couldn't. It's too bizarre, grim, and perhaps even grotesque for my tastes. I suppose you'll just have to try it for yourself.
  
  
• Tim Burton's Masterpiece is comin' back in 3D
  By AYQF4Z1EQDACU on 2006-10-19
  It was the Nightmare before Christmas & all through the towns people will go to see Tim Burton's frightningly holly jolly triumph in 3D, the characters you love, the songs you love, the frights & seasons greetings you love as Walt Disney Pictures welcomes back Jack Skellington, Sally, Mayor, Ooogie Boogie, Sandy Claus & Zero. The Nightmare Before Christmas is back in 3D, go see it
  
  
• What's this? What's this?!?
  By A1KMPJH17TJJ4R on 2008-08-28
  Set in an utterly juvenile package, with discs laying dangerously atop one another, held in by those clear plastic hubs that ALWAYS break off, this new remaster of the Burton/Selick classic bears a staggeringly beautiful and accurate image. Colors are truer, detail is richer, this looks like the original film, folks. The 5.1 is amazing.
  
  But - and such a tremendous BUT - Disney has really F-ed up the opening titles of the film. Nightmare was originally a Touchstone Picture and that very logo that we are all familiar with (unless born yesterday or just plain dense) of the blue line rolling out from screen right to become the flashy orb associated with the company, is gone, to be replaced with, simply, "Walt Disney Pictures presents." Not such a bad deal, you may be thinking, until you realize, if you are a fan of the original film or remotely observant at all, that the opening music now no longer matches when the full title, "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas," fades up on the screen; the music used to swell up just when the title came on. Now, due to the idiotically short timing of the Walt Disney card rather than the roll out of the Touchstone Logo, the big hit in Elfman's score occurs in the middle of the Nightmare Title card and looks and sounds just WRONG. Even if one is unfamiliar with the original film, one would still think... Mmmm, that's odd, nothing happens there, why the big music swell. It is a disgusting sign of our times that this passed muster, even with the director and producer. If Disney absolutely had to have their name on the front of this film, could they not have spent a little of their vast rattling pocket change to come up with something that would keep the image in sync with the score? What we are seeing is not the original film. Whether or not Touchstone still exists is beside the point - "Selznick International" is still on the head of Gone With the Wind, despite the fact that the film has changed hands from Selznick to MGM to UA to MGM to Warner Bros.
  
  And - and such a tremendous AND - the advertising has GOT to go. As soon as you plop the dvd of the feature into your machine, you are assaulted by a barrage of Disney sh%*-eating grins, all meant to entice your children to scream and beg for the latest straight-to-video crap that they have to offer. Get with it, Walt, most other studios don't do that anymore, they start the film's menu right away. I only hope BluRay has cleaner presentation.
  
  There. My review of an over-packaged, carelessly altered classic laden down with all the bile-raising advertising you could ever dream of. Bottom line: the film's image is really absolutely stunning and the sound is jaw-dropping. Get it for that, if you can stand wading through the rest of the muck.
  
  But for me, the out-of-sync opening title is not how I remember Nightmare. And it is not how it should be.
  
  
• Missing lyrics in opening song.
  By A143C4ORAAOSBK on 2008-09-09
  I was wondering if any of you had noticed missing lyrics on your dvd it happens when sally is combing her hair in the opening song.
  
  
• A Unique Experience
  By A1J2931UBBJPXM on 2002-01-21
  With the advent of video/DVD, certain movies lend themselves to annual viewing during specific holiday seasons, especially Halloween (It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"), Thanksgiving ("Home for the Holidays"), and of course, The Big One, Christmas (Insert your own favorites here); specific films that for whatever reason manifest the spirit of their respective times of the year, and they generally match up one season per film. Filmmaker Tim Burton, however, has the distinction of having created a singular film to add to this category, unique in that it is suited equally to both Halloween AND Christmas. And it tops the entire list of the titles of which that can be said; in fact, it IS the list-- there simply are no others. Burton's brainchild, which had a gestation period of many years before at last being realized in 1993 is, indeed, in a category of it's own. It is, of course, "The Nightmare Before Christmas," directed by Henry Selick.

  Jack Skellington (Chris Sarandon), the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, can put the scare on like no one else. But after years of doing what he does best-- scaring the wits out of children of all ages, everywhere, every Halloween-- he's bored; depressed, even. There's just no "rush" in it for him anymore. So, after a particularly unfulfilling Allhallow's Eve, Jack wanders off alone into the night to contemplate his circumstance and his future, whereupon he inadvertently stumbles into "Christmas Town," and discovers something new ("What's this? What's this!")-- a different holiday, as well as the celebration that accompanies it. Most importantly, though, he also discovers his counterpart, the one who is to this holiday what he is to Halloween. "And they call... him... San-Dee CLAWS!" And Jack, his eyes and ears filled with the sights and sounds of Christmas, is more excited than he's been in a long, long while. He doesn't know, yet, what all of this is about, but he's going to find out; and he's already made up his mind: Whatever it is, it's going to be his! Sandee Claws, step aside-- Jack Skellington is here!

  Through the magic of stop-motion animation, Burton's vision-- his story and the characters who populate his "nightmare"-- comes vividly to life, the process of which is guided along nicely by director Selick. And what a bunch of characters there are! Besides Jack (who is, without question, the star of the show), there is the two-faced (literally) Mayor (Glenn Shadix); Dr. Finklestein (wonderfully voiced by William Hickey); Lock, Shock and Barrel (Paul Reubens, Catherine O'Hara, Danny Elfman), the unholy trio who work for the dreadful Mr. Oogie Boogie (Ken Page); and, last but not least, gentle and compassionate Sally (Catherine O'Hara), who cares for Jack and so badly wants to help him find whatever it is he's looking for. Intriguing characters for a highly original story, imaginatively drawn and presented with care and an expertise that really makes this one work.

  Another element that sells it is the engaging score and original songs by Danny Elfman (who also supplies Jack's singing voice). And Selick uses the music wisely to create an appropriate atmosphere and mood conducive to the storyline. The songs, especially, are haunting, hypnotic, upbeat and theatrical, and combined with the magic of the splendid visual content, helps set the tone for a rich and thoroughly entertaining experience.

  The supporting cast includes (the voices of) Ed Ivory (Santa), Susan McBride (Big Witch), Debi Durst (Corpse Kid/Corpse Mother/Small Witch), Greg Proops (Harlequin Demon/Devil/Sax Player), Kerry Katz (Man Under Stairs/Vampire/Corpse Father), Randy Crenshaw (Mr. Hyde/Behemoth/Vampire), Sherwood Ball (Mummy/ Vampire), Carmen Twillie (Undersea Gal/Man Under the Stairs) and Glenn Waters (Wolfman). There's a decidedly dark side to this film that may be disturbing to younger viewers, but for those to whom the monster-in-the-closet no longer appears, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" is good for TWO of your favorite holidays (or actually, for any time of the year, for that matter). Unique, to say the least, this is a fun foray into fantasy that can be enjoyed time and again. The story, the characters, the images, the songs; it's all magic. It is, in fact, the magic of the movies. Tim Burton style.
  
  

• Simply awful...
  By on 2002-12-09
  This movie is dark and depressing. It has forever ruined Christmas for me. Christmas is supposed to be about love and peace, not torture and death! Totally disturbing! The only positive thing you can say about it is the level of creativity is high but what a terrible direction to take with it. Do yourself a favor and pick some other show. If you value your sanity you will steer clear of this film at all costs.
  
  

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