
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Henry Selick, 1993
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
Daphne Skinner, 1994
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is a movie novelization written by Daphne Skinner in 1994 and based on the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas, directed by Henry Selick in 1993. The movie features Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Paul Reubens, and others.
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Storyline
Halloween Town is a fantasy world filled with various monsters and supernatural beings associated with the holiday. Awed by the unfamiliar holiday, Jack returns to Halloween Town to show the residents his findings, but they fail to grasp the idea of Christmas and compare everything to their ideas of Halloween, although they do relate to one Christmas Town character; its ruler, Santa Claus.
Movie vs Book

Year
1993
Minutes
76
Movie Rate
8.00
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Director: Henry Selick
Country: USA
Year: 1993
Length: 1h16m
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Year
1994
Pages
77
Book Rate
7.48
S: Goodreads
Book
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
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