Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 76 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.
- skeleton
- fire
- magic
- holiday
- santa claus
- halloween
- villain
- musical
- christmas tree
- saving christmas
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Danny Elfman
Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear aw
Chris Sarandon
Jack Skellington (voice)
Catherine O'Hara
Sally / Shock (voice)
William Hickey
Dr. Finkelstein (voice)
- Glenn Shadix — Mayor (voice)
- Paul Reubens — Lock (voice)
- Ken Page — Oogie Boogie (voice)
- Edward Ivory — Santa Claus (voice)
- Susan McBride — Big Witch / WWD. (voice)
- Debi Durst — Corpse Kid / Corpse Mom / Small Witch (voice)
- Greg Proops — Harlequin Demon / Devil / Sax Player (voice)
- Kerry Katz — Man Under Stairs / Vampire / Corpse Dad (voice)
- Randy Crenshaw — Mr. Hyde / Behemoth / Vampire Corpse Dad (voice)
- Sherwood Ball — Mummy / Vampire (voice)
- Carmen Twillie — Undersea Gal / Man Under the Stairs (voice)
- Directed
- Henry Selick
- Written
- Tim Burton, Caroline Thompson
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 10,541 ratings
- Studio
- Touchstone Pictures, Skellington Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
