FIRST TIME WATCHING: The Nightmare Before Christmas...call him SANDY CLAWS (Animator Reacts)

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  • @darkmelodies2694
    @darkmelodies2694 3 роки тому +948

    One of the funniest jokes to me is still the mayor, he's literally a two faced politician.

    • @sugarbaby1974
      @sugarbaby1974 3 роки тому +85

      Such a great joke! And I'm ashamed that it took me so many years to actually figure that out, lol!

    • @min_says_h3110
      @min_says_h3110 3 роки тому +94

      @@sugarbaby1974 I’m ashamed that it took me this comment to realize that’s what he represented lmao I always thought there had to be a reason he had two faces but it never registered to me that was the reason 🗿

    • @shrishri5029
      @shrishri5029 3 роки тому +34

      @@min_says_h3110 I'm worse. I never even questioned why he had two faces 😔.

    • @fuchainsa
      @fuchainsa 3 роки тому +18

      I always wished that they made at least a spinoff series where the Mayor was actually behind some evil deeds, including working together with Oogie to get rid of Jack because no one loves and respects the Mayor like they do Jack so being a politician he did shady crap in the back and started sabotaging other holidays and started blaming Jack for them. That would’ve been a cool story in my opinion. I always thought there was mysterious shady side to him.

    • @Hi-gb9jb
      @Hi-gb9jb 3 роки тому +8

      He broke his neck thats how he can do that and he has a condition where he can be really happy but than really sad in a sec

  • @StrangeAshley
    @StrangeAshley 3 роки тому +1294

    Another cool feature a lot of people don’t notice is the light on Zero’s nose is actually a tiny glowing Jack-o-lantern! When the film first came out on VHS, because of the low visual quality of TVs, lots of people assumed it was just a red/Orange bulb, similar to that of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. When the film was released to DVD and especially Blu-Ray, you could finally SEE the amazing quality and actually tell its a jack-o-lantern!

    • @legendaryscarletlunala7927
      @legendaryscarletlunala7927 3 роки тому +47

      I didn't even know! That is such cool.

    • @16taysia
      @16taysia 3 роки тому +24

      I actually have a giant Zero stuffed animal hanging from the ceiling of my bedroom 🥰🥰🥰

    • @byalmo91
      @byalmo91 3 роки тому +19

      I’ve seen those movie since it came out and never noticed this until last night when my gf pointed it out after her first watch of it. I was mindblown!

    • @Zomdra
      @Zomdra 3 роки тому +6

      Indeed, even though I watched the movie a million times as a kid it was years later before I finally noticed that.

    • @ziridestaudios
      @ziridestaudios 3 роки тому +5

      Wait, really? Omg, I never noticed that before!

  • @robertgronewold3326
    @robertgronewold3326 3 роки тому +693

    You mention how this movie is a commentary on selling things early. That is EXACTLY how this movie came to be. Tim Burton was in a store back in the late 80's and saw them selling Christmas and Halloween decorations right next to each other, and it just triggered this fantastic idea for a movie.

    • @whitenoisereacts
      @whitenoisereacts  3 роки тому +100

      Wait really? That’s so cool!!!

    • @NightLunaLia
      @NightLunaLia 3 роки тому +61

      Yes,this is just the idea, in fact the movie is actually entire made by the sema of coraline, Henry selick,also the ideas of tim for this movies was pretty bad,in fact in his idea he wanted that the Oogie and The doctor where the same character with a costume,thanks god henry didn't listen and do all movie with his own head

    • @kneau
      @kneau 3 роки тому +17

      I used to work as an event coordinator for Michaels (art & craft supplies chain). Halloween product went on shelves August 15th; Christmas product, October 15th. The last two weeks of October offer some chaotic mashups.

    • @monkeybutt1219
      @monkeybutt1219 3 роки тому +11

      Henry Selick originally wanted Dr Finklestein to be Oogie Boogie but Tim Burton shut down that idea, in fact he was so pissed off that he kicked a hole in the wall at the filming studio. There’s a documentary on Netflix about the making of it where they mention that lol.

    • @Liz33991
      @Liz33991 3 роки тому +3

      @@monkeybutt1219 there is also an episode on Disney+ about the props and making of this movie. Which is fantastic! 🎃☠️

  • @barnabasstewart4104
    @barnabasstewart4104 3 роки тому +572

    The music was done by Danny Elfman and he was also Jack Skellington's singing voice. He was also one of the voices for Lock, Shock, and Barrel, along with Paul Rubens (Pee-Wee Herman). This movie is a masterpeice.

    • @StrangeAshley
      @StrangeAshley 3 роки тому +45

      Yes, and be originally didn’t want any acting parts, but when he was writing the music, they asked him to sing the lyrics so they could hear how the melody went, and once he started singing they’re like “oh yeah, you’re gonna be his singing voice.”
      Also don’t forget that Danny Elfman was formerly in a band called Oingo Boingo!

    • @robertgronewold3326
      @robertgronewold3326 3 роки тому +39

      Catherine O'Hara is also the voice of Sally and Shock.

    • @barefootanimist
      @barefootanimist 3 роки тому +9

      @@robertgronewold3326 She's a Canadian treasure...

    • @alessandro5932
      @alessandro5932 3 роки тому +7

      Danny made Jack singing, Barrel and the Clown

    • @annellarice730
      @annellarice730 3 роки тому +13

      I’m pretty sure that at the time Danny Elfman was writing the songs for Nightmare, he was going through similar inner conflict as Jack. Since the music was written first, Elfman was able to put in a lot of his personality. He was Jack

  • @brit8851
    @brit8851 3 роки тому +186

    The thistle flower, turning into a Christmas tree, then burning, was supposed to be Sally having a vision. It was meant to show you that what ever Jack was planning about Christmas, would fail horribly... But that was the only time in the entire movie she has a vision, so a lot of people didn't get it.

    • @charliehorse8401
      @charliehorse8401 3 роки тому +5

      I only found out about that recently too, and I wish they had some type of precursor to her actually having visions. It really confused me when I was younger and when I watched it a couple of times afterwards

    • @Queenskii004
      @Queenskii004 9 місяців тому +1

      People were confused about that??

  • @rowanjoy419
    @rowanjoy419 3 роки тому +438

    In my opinion Jack was depressed, cuz the way he just get obsessed with the idea of christmas was not normal. And the way he just try to be someone who he is not.
    Until the end he realize that WHO he really is, is not boring, is not bad.

    • @ambert7614
      @ambert7614 3 роки тому +78

      I agree. I always took this movie as self acceptance. You can change and grow and like new and different things but not change who are at the core. Being okay with who you are and owning it.

    • @shevonneworley9631
      @shevonneworley9631 3 роки тому +33

      Thats one reason why I love this movie. It gives a message of accepting yourself at your core. Who you really are.

    • @lampad4549
      @lampad4549 3 роки тому

      @@shevonneworley9631 but then it is also has the lessons don't try to do anything else and accept the status quo.

    • @lampad4549
      @lampad4549 3 роки тому +3

      @@ambert7614 I don't think it was ever mentioned anywhere in the film that jack wasn't okay with who he was, just bored with his everyday routine. In my opinion, its kinda fucked up that the movie says don't try to explore outside of your ingrained purpose, kinda biological essentialism.

  • @ryleypollock4913
    @ryleypollock4913 3 роки тому +60

    What you said about Jack seeming like an artist who isn’t satisfied with what he’s doing, is exactly how Danny Elfman (the writer of the songs and singing voice of Jack) felt about being the lead singer of Oingo Boingo. So he essentially just wrote about how he didn’t want to be in a band anymore but made it spooky

  • @taedaenextrea9300
    @taedaenextrea9300 3 роки тому +396

    I laughed when you guys said it's not a kid's movie 😂 This was one of my favourite childhood movies! I watched it constantly. It's all made even funnier that I don't like scary, creepy, horror shows and films and never have. But there's something about this movie that is just ... different to me, somehow. My own kids have seen this movie several times since a young age and they enjoy it too.

    • @PhilBagels
      @PhilBagels 3 роки тому +21

      It's definitely a kids' movie! People are making kids wimpier these days. They can handle it!

    • @WisteriaDrake
      @WisteriaDrake 3 роки тому +5

      The most unrealistic thing in this movie is the kids screaming and running from the creepy/gross Christmas presents. Maybe a few would be disturbed by that sort of thing, but "Ugly Cute" is a thing for a reason.

    • @WisteriaDrake
      @WisteriaDrake 3 роки тому +2

      @@PhilBagels I take it you haven't seen modern cartoons. As a whole, cartoons have been trending towards deeper and more emotional storytelling that tackles harder subjects. Part of why they seem so different from, say, 90s shows, is that topics tackled in the 90s no longer need to be gone over, they were just incorporated into modern shows. Showing a character's death on screen was once considered shocking, back in the 80s and 90s, but it's no longer considered unusual. Cartoonists tend to understand that children won't shy away from something like that.

    • @PhilBagels
      @PhilBagels 3 роки тому +4

      @@WisteriaDrake What does that have to do with anything I said? People keep making comments that "creepy" things like in this movie are not appropriate for kids. Sometimes even very simple things like clowns. Adults are making kids wimpier - or at least treating them like they can't handle it.

    • @camita9860
      @camita9860 3 роки тому +4

      It was the very first movie I saw as a kid -- when I was 3.
      Loved it and I would watch it over and over again.

  • @Rmlohner
    @Rmlohner 3 роки тому +251

    The film took three years to make. And Tim Burton got all the attention for it thanks to being the big established name as a producer, but the director is actually Henry Sellick, who also did the stop-motion Coraline film.

    • @dosnostalgic
      @dosnostalgic 3 роки тому +16

      Yep. Burton only visited the set 5 times during its long production, and hated Elfman's songs. They even had a falling out because of them.

    • @luciferfaust
      @luciferfaust 3 роки тому +1

      Didn't Burton write the initial poem?

    • @ShadowArtist
      @ShadowArtist 3 роки тому +6

      @@dosnostalgic that's not true at all... lol

    • @dosnostalgic
      @dosnostalgic 3 роки тому +1

      @@ShadowArtist It absolutely is, and you can actually look all of this up, including Danny Elfman interviews about those very things.

  • @boiledcrap
    @boiledcrap 3 роки тому +60

    Took me years to realize the joke they were going for with the Mayor. The fact that he has two faces (ha ha) and the line "I'm only an elected official; I can't make decisions by myself!"

  • @melissaisloud7404
    @melissaisloud7404 3 роки тому +832

    “It wasn’t a kids movie…”
    I disagree. We children of the 80s and 90s were trusted with the darker emotions. Our cartoon could be dark, but they were often layered with deeper lessons.

    • @TheAngee330
      @TheAngee330 3 роки тому +25

      YUP!!

    • @sammysam312
      @sammysam312 3 роки тому +21

      Agree, I saw it in theaters when I was 10 or 11.

    • @seras2996
      @seras2996 3 роки тому +52

      Exactly. Not sure why everyone is so soft these days lol.

    • @jermanijohnson.3481
      @jermanijohnson.3481 3 роки тому +15

      I LOVED THIS MOVIE AS A KID! and it was on the family hallmark channel growing up..

    • @allysoncurtis4732
      @allysoncurtis4732 3 роки тому +80

      ​@@seras2996 I'll never really understand why older people think it's a negative thing to respect kids' emotional needs and boundaries. More kids are growing up learning that its okay to be "soft" and express their emotions in a healthy way and I think that's a good thing.
      Some kids will be fine with darker content at a younger age and some won't and I think it's okay to respect that.

  • @melissaisloud7404
    @melissaisloud7404 3 роки тому +53

    Jack Skellington was voiced by Chris Sarandon. You’ll remember him as ‘Prince Humperdinck’ in THE PRINCESS BRIDE, the detective in the original CHILD’S PLAY, and the vampire in the original FRIGHT NIGHT. He’s got a really fun, exciting filmography.
    Sally is voiced by Catherine O’Hara, the mom from HOME ALONE and BEETLEJUICE.

    • @roisin7102
      @roisin7102 3 роки тому +13

      his singing voice is danny elfman tho ^___^ chris sarandon only did his speaking lines cuz danny was so attached to jack (after writing all the music) tim burton agreed to let him sing ^___^ but hes not an actor thats why they got chris sarandon :]

  • @fuchainsa
    @fuchainsa 3 роки тому +2

    Danny Elfman was the singing voice for Jack. He also wrote and directed the music for this and MANY other movies, including most of Tim Burton movies. He also was the lead singer for the 80’s band “Oingo Boingo”.
    Chris Sarandon does Jack’s speaking voice. He was in other movies like the vampire in the 80’s horror hit “Fright Night”.

  • @IAmAlsoTheWalrus
    @IAmAlsoTheWalrus 3 роки тому +65

    I might be biased because I grew up watching this (and Tim Burton in general), but I think childhood is the perfect time to see it. I feel like most teens/adults I've shown it to are just kind of 'meh' about it, but every kid loves it. One of my favorite movies and soundtracks of all time. Great reaction!

  • @fist-of-doom487
    @fist-of-doom487 3 роки тому +8

    The thing I like most about Oogie Boogey was that he’s entirely a reference to the origins of the boogie man. He used to be called Bugman Bug being an old English word for Evil and then it transformed into Bagman then finally Boogie Man. So they made him an Evil Bag of Bugs.

  • @lindseysquire8417
    @lindseysquire8417 3 роки тому +118

    If you guys haven't seen Hocus Pocus, I would die for a reaction! It's my favorite Halloween film.

  • @NightLunaLia
    @NightLunaLia 3 роки тому +142

    "This is not a kids movie" oh my,so sensible in this times,I've always loved it as little kid,also coraline,amazing,as kid I've always watched also CSI and the mummy,and loved them

    • @Lannisen
      @Lannisen 3 роки тому +8

      My daughter loved this film from she was 4 years old, now at 9 she loves to watch Midsumer Murders with me 😅

    • @simonorourke4465
      @simonorourke4465 3 роки тому +6

      Yeah I was a kid when I watched this and I loved it, growing up in the late 80s and early 90s it feels like there was much less of a distinction between kids and adult movies. One of my favourites from an early age was return to oz which would probably traumatise kids today lol.

    • @Omegafire17
      @Omegafire17 3 роки тому +5

      As a kid, I watched Courage the Cowardly Dog (full of horrific things, to say the least), and gained a 'guilty pleasure' type of fascination with more horrific elements
      ^Just because some kids might be frightened, doesn't mean we all will be :P

    • @simonorourke4465
      @simonorourke4465 3 роки тому +3

      @@Omegafire17 ah used to love courage the cowardly dog too, such a great show.

  • @Razgriz85
    @Razgriz85 3 роки тому +48

    They had separate people for the singing parts. Also, fun fact: the stop motion models had a bunch of different heads that they'd swap out for talking and emotional expressions. The way this was advertised with the teaser trailers, it was a kid's movie. I liked it as a kid and there were even McDonald's kid's meal toys for the movie.

    • @montajedelespectador
      @montajedelespectador 3 роки тому

      But firts touchtone distributed it, disney thinks was so dark and dont want happens the same of the black cauldron

  • @AFCompany
    @AFCompany 3 роки тому +4

    2:52 actually Disney didn’t originally have their name on it. They felt it was too dark for children and instead of change it they released it under touchstone pictures instead. It wasn’t until years later when it became a cult classic that Disney put its name on it and starting selling its product and added it to the parks plus started doing an overlay for haunted mansion.

  • @jessicapierce3027
    @jessicapierce3027 3 роки тому +48

    Danny Elfman does Jack's singing voice. He's now a famous movie composer but he used to front the 80's band Oingo Boingo.

    • @glowormrdr6183
      @glowormrdr6183 3 роки тому +7

      And don't forget Danny Elfman/Oingo Boingo do the classic Halloween song "Dead Man's Party".

    • @BJGvideos
      @BJGvideos 3 роки тому +1

      He was pretty famous as a composer even at the time.

    • @montajedelespectador
      @montajedelespectador 3 роки тому

      Jojos referenced it

    • @tripunisher
      @tripunisher 3 роки тому

      @@glowormrdr6183 sucker for mystery gives me more of a halloweeny feel but dead mans party sure is good halloween party music

  • @christinebariahtaris7466
    @christinebariahtaris7466 3 роки тому +31

    I had to laugh every time you said this isn't a kids' movie. My dad took me to see this in the theatre when I was 5. He walked out completely traumatized and I thought it was the most awesome thing ever 😂

    • @jumpinthecadillac9507
      @jumpinthecadillac9507 3 роки тому +7

      right? everyone's always like omg this dark thing is not for children and then children will be the ones who love it the most

  • @pasaniusventris4113
    @pasaniusventris4113 3 роки тому +9

    fun little music fact i picked up from sideways: during the "making christmas" song, the melody they're using is the dies irae, the ancient chant for death. they're not making christmas, they're killing it!

    • @whitenoisereacts
      @whitenoisereacts  3 роки тому

      They use that in like all soundtracks ever lol

    • @pasaniusventris4113
      @pasaniusventris4113 3 роки тому +1

      @@whitenoisereacts yes, it's even in lion king! it's so old that even if you don't know the dies irae by name, you're generally unnerved by it because of everything it's been in, and understand the implication.

  • @huntercool2232
    @huntercool2232 2 роки тому +6

    Best part about this movie is that it’s both a Halloween and a Christmas movie so you can watch it on either Holiday

  • @cmr8er8
    @cmr8er8 3 роки тому +4

    Jack's voice is Danny Elfman, formerly lead singer of the band Oingo Boingo and composer of more movie scores than I'll try to name.

  • @AutumnPheonix
    @AutumnPheonix Рік тому +2

    All 4 of my kids loved this movie and still do.... and they were born in 1994, 2000, and 2002. This movie was NOT a Disney movie at first. I remember seeing this movie in the theater at 10A the day it came out! It was so different from everything else at the time and really ushered in a mainstreaming of macabre style. The person who voiced Jack is also the person who wrote all the music and was the singer of the band Oingo Boingo before that... his name is Danny Elfman. He also did the music for the original Beetlejuice starring Michael Keaton. If you have not seen that movie I highly recommend it.

  • @phoenixflame6555
    @phoenixflame6555 3 роки тому +3

    When Sally sees the tree going into flames, that's her seeing a vision of it going wrong.

  • @joshuacrawford9862
    @joshuacrawford9862 3 роки тому +3

    3:54 On the original VHS from 1993-94, wires holding up the bats here were visible. I know that on account of watching the VHS a hundred times. I guess in later versions the wires were edited out.

  • @fuchainsa
    @fuchainsa 3 роки тому +3

    14:12 It’s funny you say it’s not a kids movie. Disney at one point feared that kids would be be to scared of the characters, so they instead had “Touchstone Pictures” represent it instead of Disney. They later found out that kids were just fine. In fact, they loved it, which is why it’s such a beloved halloween classic. It is in fact a children’s movie.

  • @hazbinotakusimp2182
    @hazbinotakusimp2182 2 роки тому +6

    I loved this movie so much as a kid, I actually remember trying to write a letter to Jack Skellington one year explaining the meaning of Christmas. It was probably the most naive/innocent thing I ever did lol

  • @forestcatkay14
    @forestcatkay14 3 роки тому +40

    You know Nightmare at Christmas is like Die Hard it’s a perfect holiday movie yet you can still watch it out of the holiday season.

  • @meganshaw1987
    @meganshaw1987 3 роки тому +5

    Speaking voice of Jack was actor Chris Sarandon from Princess Bride and Fright Night. Jack's singing voice was Danny Elfman from Oingo Boingo.

  • @ladydubhblossom
    @ladydubhblossom 3 роки тому +54

    “Not a kids movie”
    Nahh us in the 80’s and early 90’s watched this movie all the time, we handled this stuff with a grain of salt and just enjoyed the story and meanings behind the actions.
    Although this is movie may be a big reason why a bunch of us are obsessed with Halloween. We tend to live the more scary stories and haunted houses.

    • @nunu7858
      @nunu7858 3 роки тому +1

      2002 here I remember my school putting this movie in halloween and also Coraline

    • @montajedelespectador
      @montajedelespectador 3 роки тому

      Touchone was a disney trademark to do 13 rated movies

  • @jamesharper3933
    @jamesharper3933 3 роки тому +144

    Is it a Halloween movie? Is it a Christmas movie? The world may never know.🎃☃️🎄👻

    • @JusticeBrady89
      @JusticeBrady89 3 роки тому +12

      There's a simple answer to that question YES!!!!

    • @hannahbrennan2131
      @hannahbrennan2131 3 роки тому +7

      Why can't it be both?

    • @SuStel
      @SuStel 3 роки тому +5

      It's a Halloween movie. I tried watching it as a Christmas movie once, and it felt wrong, wrong, wrong!

    • @Dragonfly9078
      @Dragonfly9078 3 роки тому +7

      I always split the difference and watch it at Thanksgiving. This and Addams Family Values

    • @erinesque1889
      @erinesque1889 3 роки тому +5

      I just watch it twice every year; once at Halloween and once at Christmas.

  • @jenp9121
    @jenp9121 3 роки тому +5

    This is a classic kids film. I loved it as a little kid and I still love it now as a 30 year old.

  • @batmanvsjoker7725
    @batmanvsjoker7725 Рік тому +2

    "It wasn't a kids movie..."
    Bruh I was still watching this endlessly when I was 6

  • @edsp666
    @edsp666 3 роки тому +8

    I LOVED this movie as a child (still do ofc). My aunt and uncle introduced it to me thinking it would freak me out- backfired on them when I made my whole family watch it every year after that and now we know the songs by heart haha

  • @DeSoRez
    @DeSoRez 3 роки тому +43

    I love Catherine O'Hara (Sally) she's such an icon

  • @SherriLyle80s
    @SherriLyle80s 3 роки тому +18

    My kids know all the words to this movie. I am going to make a Nightmare Before Christmas wreath this year so I can keep it up frim Halloween through Christmas.

  • @macabreromance
    @macabreromance 3 роки тому +7

    This movie and corpse bride made me fall in love with claymation it’s so good!

  • @kristensadana8097
    @kristensadana8097 3 роки тому +3

    "This feels like a musical," says dude after the 4th song kicks in! Hahahahaha.

  • @scriptsupervisor
    @scriptsupervisor 3 роки тому +4

    I was a 80/90's kid and you'll be surprised what was a kids films. Times weren't so strict back then.

  • @maxxandubar503
    @maxxandubar503 3 роки тому +121

    A CLASSIC! arguably a Christmas movie as well.

    • @redmoonbloodmoon3161
      @redmoonbloodmoon3161 3 роки тому

      traditions...
      (probably forgetting a lot, meh)
      Christmas:
      parasite eve (PS1) video game
      nightmare before christmas movie
      home alone movie
      die hard movie
      a christmas story movie
      Halloween:
      nightmare before christmas movie
      parasite eve 1 (PS1) video game
      soul eater anime (content goes well with the nightmare before christmas song, wink amv)
      claymore anime (content goes well with the nightmare before christmas song, wink amv)

    • @captainteeko4579
      @captainteeko4579 3 роки тому +4

      I watch for both holidays 🤗

  • @ferminsalaberri
    @ferminsalaberri 3 роки тому +6

    I loved how concerned James was with SantaClaus well being and Sally's destiny. his facial expressions through out the video are everything. Very Sweet

  • @CherryGryffon
    @CherryGryffon 3 роки тому +3

    "This is not a kids movie"
    Meanwhile, my siblings and I were raised on this... and celebrate Halloween like Jack does, with a black christmas tree and halloween ornaments and a family get together... and my mom's wedding she dressed as sally, her husband jack, and my sisters and I were lock, shock, barrel while our step-brother was zero :D

  • @ems5454
    @ems5454 3 роки тому +4

    "not a kids movie" lol, i watched a lot as a kid! still one of my favorites

  • @procrastinator99
    @procrastinator99 3 роки тому +7

    JACK!!
    I'M ONLY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, I CAN'T MAKE DECISIONS BY MYSELF!!!
    LMAO! That line always gets me.

  • @twix5140
    @twix5140 3 роки тому +1

    this was my nephew’s first favorite movie, he’d always sit down to watch it fully and we still put it on occasionally to put him down for a nap (he’s almost 3). my mom used to say it’s bc i was his favorite aunt since he was born and i give off “halloween vibes” with my style. he was never scared and always gravitated towards spooky things (:

  • @SherriLyle80s
    @SherriLyle80s 3 роки тому +39

    If you guys haven't seen The Princess and The Frog, you should! The hand animation is immaculate!

  • @jbk1626
    @jbk1626 2 роки тому +1

    You mentioned a sequal to this. Well a book is due to be released in a few months called "Long Live The Pumpkin Queen", and it tells the story of Jack and Sally together at last and the difficulties she has to deal with as the new Queen of Halloween. But she finds an long forgotten door that leads to Dream Town, where she unleashes Halloween's nightmares.

  • @Ncyphen
    @Ncyphen 3 роки тому +2

    "The Movies That Made Us" did a piece on Nightmare Before Christmas. Tim Burton was originally asked to directed; however, he was also scheduled to direct Batman at the same time. Obviously, he chose Batman and put a long time colleague in charge of Directing Nightmare.
    Because Nightmare was his idea and story, he had a lot of control over the movie, even though he wasn't directing.
    The only reason it's "Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas" is because Disney didn't know what to do with the film. They felt it was too scary for kids, so figured that attaching Tim Burton's name would draw in skeptics.
    The movie was a box office failure that became a cult classic.
    Also, the famed musician and composer Danny Elfman was the voice of Singing Jack. Turned out he was a horrible actor and was replaced for the non-singing parts.

  • @SilverSkyCloud
    @SilverSkyCloud 3 роки тому +4

    at least oogie was considerate enough to let sally stitch herself back together before her tried killing her

  • @freddyfazbearfan123
    @freddyfazbearfan123 3 роки тому +3

    Bruh, the Vampire teddy bear has got to be one of this movies most underrated characters I- 😔

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 3 роки тому +14

    5:36, that was achieved with something called the Beam Splitter, where they plaed the stop motion puppet in front of a mirror, moved the puppet in front of a blue screen, then blended the foreground and background together.

  • @madi1592
    @madi1592 3 роки тому +5

    i love when people get scared of stop motion movies or say they aren’t for kids because all these movies were my absolute favorite growing up

  • @Panik637
    @Panik637 3 роки тому +1

    If you can find the recobbled cut of The Thief and The Cobbler that would be an amazing reaction. I mean even the musical version is watchable, but the recobbled cut makes use of all the unfinished footage and puts the storyboards and sketches right into the rest of what is, arguably, the best animation ever made.

  • @doug3318
    @doug3318 3 роки тому +4

    Fun fact: Catherine O’Hara (aka Moira Rose) is the voice of Sally and the female tick-or-treater

  • @2ndamendment1776
    @2ndamendment1776 3 роки тому +7

    I hadn't seen this movie until 3 years or so ago. Essentially, I was 23 when I first watched it. My sister, who was almost 30 at the time, thought I had watched this movie a million times like she had done as a kid. When I informed her I had never watched "The Nightmare Before Christmas" , I don't know if I had ever received a harsher death glare. 🤣🤣

  • @johnathan.is.stupid6690
    @johnathan.is.stupid6690 3 роки тому +8

    Every time James says “that’s cool” or “that’s so cool” take a shot of something 😂🥃

  • @peterzaragoza2497
    @peterzaragoza2497 2 місяці тому +1

    there's technically a sequel. It's a book called "long live the pumpkin queen". It takes place after the movie

  • @larry6360
    @larry6360 3 роки тому +44

    Tim Burton only oversaw the production of this. The majority of his attention was on getting the Batman movies completed. Chris Sarandon was brought in to do the dialogue for Jack Skellington. He's well known as the Prince in The Princess Bride and the vampire who moved in next door in the original , and superior, Fright Night. Danny Elfman was slated to be Jack in the beginning but Sarandon was brought in to do just the dialogue while Elfmans vocals were used for the songs. He was the lead singer for Oingo Boingo in 1980s. He moved on from that success to become a reknowned composer for countless hit movies, as I'm sure you already know.

    • @Goomyx1492
      @Goomyx1492 3 роки тому

      They literally said that within the first minute of the video.

    • @larry6360
      @larry6360 3 роки тому +3

      @@Goomyx1492 Excuse me. Travis should maybe rewatch the vid. They didn't mention any if the stuff I talked about. We all know Burton didn't direct. I mentioned why he didn't direct it.

  • @LuLu-Sil
    @LuLu-Sil 3 роки тому +3

    YES YES YES!!
    This IS my Halloween and Christmas movie!
    I watch this movie on both holidays 🌌🖤💀
    I honestly know EVERY line in this movie! I watch this every year since I was a child

  • @buidseach
    @buidseach 3 роки тому +3

    Halloween and Christmas used to be the same celebration and went from November the 5th to February the 2nd, that's why you still sometimes have scary movies on at Christmas :)

  • @jrax1713
    @jrax1713 2 роки тому +2

    I love the kidnap the Sandy claws song they really said beat him with a stick😂😂😂
    Like I’ve never laughed so hard

  • @HBee5
    @HBee5 3 роки тому +3

    I loved this movie as a kid. I remember my mum and aunt taking me and my cousin to see it at the cinema in '93. I was amazed but my cousin had nightmares for weeks haha.

  • @gabriella3907
    @gabriella3907 3 роки тому +17

    IM so sad that Henry Selick wasn't more noticed for this than Tim burton. once CinemaSins said that Henry Selick is called a discount Tim burton but there is literally SO MUCH EVIDENCE that Tim burton is a discount Henry Selick.
    Edit: there is also a film thing on Netflix that interviews everybody who worked on it and talks about all of that and it's really interesting.

  • @ABitSoupy
    @ABitSoupy 3 роки тому +27

    going to your whole “this is not a kids movie” point, the music did interest me enought as a (very yound) child to have my parents buy me the vhs, but the visuals scared me, so i didnt watch it for YEARS after that. but i went back to it when i was around 10, and ive watched it at least once every year afterward. i can now say its one of my favourite films, for the story like, music, and visuals. i love tim burton as it is, but this was my introduction to his films and film style.

    • @KatieLHall-fy1hw
      @KatieLHall-fy1hw 3 роки тому +2

      I remember when this came out, I was in 1st grade. And was not allowed to watch it, but was STRONLY drawn to the visuals in the store. When I finally snuck a watch the next year and talked my way into my mom being cool with it, i have watched it ever since yearly at least and know all the songs by heart! My favorite part is when he does the science experiments!

  • @beanbrain6162
    @beanbrain6162 2 роки тому +2

    I still can't get over Sally's weird little vision of the tree burning
    She has this one prophetic vision, and it's foreshadowing of what's to come, but she never has anything like that before, or after, and it's never explained
    Maybe it was added into the movie fairly late, and no one found any time to flesh that concept out? Or maybe I'm just missing something.
    Anyone got any theories or explanations??

  • @margaretmcfarland793
    @margaretmcfarland793 3 роки тому +25

    This was one of my favorite childhood movies. I loved everything about. But I think it's funny that you say this is traumatizing for kids movie because to be honest, when I was younger, I didn't think it was scary at all. It was only after I became an adult that I started to realize how horrifying this movie is! I still love it, but man, this is scary!

  • @scombs6543
    @scombs6543 3 роки тому +12

    When I was a kid Coraline traumatized me, and I didn't watch it for years after my first watched it. But I loved The Nightmare Before Christmas, and I have no idea why. I think it was Jack's character design, I thought he was cool I guess.

  • @SagaciousSilence
    @SagaciousSilence 3 роки тому +3

    This movie is all about feeling and mood. It’s so ingrained in my memory that I can’t say that I’m even capable of watching this movie analytically. That would be like me critically thinking about breathing air. It’s something I simply can’t describe.

  • @tamalabrown5360
    @tamalabrown5360 3 роки тому +3

    We love this movie. We watch it every Halloween and Christmas.

  • @sweetarttt
    @sweetarttt 3 роки тому +9

    frankenweenie, the corpse bride, and paranorman are also a must see

  • @elizabethstrong6057
    @elizabethstrong6057 3 роки тому +9

    22:20 interesting you say that, bc Burton got the idea when he was at a store and they were taking down the Halloween merchandise and replacing it with Christmas... He was inspired by the juxtaposition.
    Also very random, but I have to point out that Sally was performed by the mom in Beetlejuice/Home Alone and Jack's speaking voice is Prince Humperdinck from Princess Bride. The scientist is the grumpy uncle in Christmas Vacation.
    Loving this reaction, you made good points about this movie, which I never thought of despite first seeing this a year after it came out. Btw I was 11 and loved it; wasn't scared at all. I think it's very much a kid's movie 🤷 but definitely for adults as well.

    • @scottalynch
      @scottalynch 3 роки тому +1

      The Mayor was Otho in Beetlejuice. Lock was Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman).

    • @elizabethstrong6057
      @elizabethstrong6057 3 роки тому

      @@scottalynch I always forget about Otho/the mayor lol

  • @Sylveon116
    @Sylveon116 3 роки тому +3

    This movie was my childhood I had this in vcr and my mom would play it everyday for me before school I love it to this day

  • @BT405
    @BT405 3 роки тому +1

    *Half way through a movie filled with musical numbers*
    Ninetailedbrush: "This feels like a musical"

  • @kiddfaith4397
    @kiddfaith4397 3 роки тому +2

    Fun fact; Oogie Boogie was heavily inspired from Betty Boop’s “Old Man of the Mountain” character. They traced over the old animations, trying out different animals to find a look they liked, most often as a walrus, and that likely led to Oogie’s body shape.

  • @instantdoodles4828
    @instantdoodles4828 3 роки тому +4

    I watched this movie and was obsessed with it when I was like 3 or 5.

  • @katwebbxo
    @katwebbxo 3 роки тому +32

    I remember you saying this one was a little too weird for you which I can understand. I grew up with this movie so every "spooky" animation gets compared to it automatically lol. Idk I love how dark it is. I think it opened a lot of doors for similar animation styles.

    • @whitenoisereacts
      @whitenoisereacts  3 роки тому +6

      Just don’t know if I’d want to traumatize my kid lol

    • @katwebbxo
      @katwebbxo 3 роки тому +10

      @@whitenoisereacts Lol yeah, just depends on the kid I guess. I was about 4 or 5 when I watched it the first time and I loved it. But I've always been drawn to anything creepy or horror related.

    • @LeannahW
      @LeannahW 3 роки тому +3

      @@katwebbxo Yeah like I LOVED/love this movie and the other animations like Corpse Bride, etc. But my sister? It freaked her out completely. Recently we played Nightmare Before Christmas themed Monopoly and she was concerned. But again, I love horror and creepy things in general while she never has so it could be risky watching depending on the child lmao

    • @ulricaandrae4381
      @ulricaandrae4381 3 роки тому +5

      @@whitenoisereacts my 9 yo girl loves this and Corpse Bride 😁

    • @ashleejo3014
      @ashleejo3014 3 роки тому +4

      I think just depends really. Both of my kids grew up watching this and coraline and they aren’t even phased by these movies.

  • @raylynne5280
    @raylynne5280 3 роки тому +6

    Them talking about how this isn't a kid's movie and how traumatizing this movie would be as a kid, meanwhile this was one of my favorite movies by the age of 7 or 8 if not earlier

  • @vanilla6326
    @vanilla6326 3 роки тому +11

    I actually experienced the Halloween overlay on the haunted mansion (where they do up the ride to look more like if Jack had landed on the ride and tried to make it more festive) before I saw the movie. I’ve loved it ever since

  • @user-pe9gz8si8k
    @user-pe9gz8si8k 3 роки тому +3

    The whole soundtrack is awesome. Some of his best works

  • @finleyknight443
    @finleyknight443 3 роки тому +6

    Funny you mention a sequel, because there's very recently a book sequel, either going to be published or already published, which tells a story of Sally's struggle of now being the Pumpkin Queen and the stress that comes with having that title

    • @KatieLHall-fy1hw
      @KatieLHall-fy1hw 3 роки тому

      Wait what?! How did you find that out?!

    • @finleyknight443
      @finleyknight443 3 роки тому +1

      @@KatieLHall-fy1hw I remember seeing a screenshot on Facebook of the book's synopsis

  • @spiritdancer36
    @spiritdancer36 3 роки тому +3

    So fascinating. Different generations see this so differently. To me this is absolutely a kids movie. Then again, we grew up with the Dark Crystal, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, Legend etc… So this in comparison is just a whole lot of fun.

    • @solus8685
      @solus8685 3 роки тому

      So did I, and I'm 18

  • @RazetheAxolotl
    @RazetheAxolotl 3 роки тому +6

    As a very young child, Boogey scared the hell out of me! As a teenager, I fell for the angsty one-sided romance storyline between Sally and Jack…. And now as an 33 year old adult, I just laugh so much because everyone my age loves “spooky season” and this whole movie is basically the vibe we all love…

  • @KazekageGaaraGirl109
    @KazekageGaaraGirl109 3 роки тому +1

    I have grown up with this movie! My sister and I would parade around the living room to the intro at 3 years old! It's so beautifully done and will always be a classic!
    Fun little fact: when they were making this, they were also in the process of making James and the Giant Peach. So they used Jack's heads they had made to animate the underwater pirate king!

  • @Sp1tfire_5316
    @Sp1tfire_5316 7 місяців тому +1

    This is my favorite Halloween and Christmas movie to watch with my family and since I have 2 older brothers I joked that us three were the trick or treaters and dad was jack skellington so I'd change the start of the kidnap sandy claws song from 'jack said we should work together' to 'dad said we should work together' lol

  • @oynxerrr
    @oynxerrr 3 роки тому +45

    I screamed when I saw this notification, this makes me so happy especially since this is a classic Halloween/Christmas movie that have been with us for years, thank you!

    • @whitenoisereacts
      @whitenoisereacts  3 роки тому +3

      Of course!!!

    • @ulricaandrae4381
      @ulricaandrae4381 3 роки тому

      @@whitenoisereacts
      Love this movie, my daughter and I watch this every year! New subscriber here, Im older but really enjoy see the younger react to my favourie films from my teenage years 😃
      I want to recommend Billy Elliot and The Lost Boys! Hope you’ll react to them 🤗

  • @isabeauwolf562
    @isabeauwolf562 3 роки тому +1

    I remember getting the Nightmare Before Christmas on vhs for my 6th birthday. :) My mom and me would watch the movie for both Halloween and Christmas. I showed it to my daughter who's 3 and she absolute loves it. She will sometimes sing "This is Halloween" in the bath. XD

  • @crunchychicken2
    @crunchychicken2 3 роки тому +28

    1) I actually did grow up watching this as a child🤣. It was a tradition for my sister and I to watch it every Christmas Eve. Surprisingly it didn't scare me although I'm scared of everything.
    2) My sister told me that it can be seen as a take on cultural appropriation. Idk if that's intentional or not but it blew my mind to see it in that perspective because I always saw it as "Jack going through a long journey of learning self-acceptance" lol
    3) In your free time you should really check out Ken Page's (voice of Oogie Boogie Man) live performance of the song. He still sounds AMAZING doing it.
    4) yes this was another movie that I ran to tell my sister that "the cousins" are watching. You're officially a household name.

    • @thoroakenshield7283
      @thoroakenshield7283 3 роки тому +2

      A take on "cultural appropriation?" 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣...🧨...💥...☠

  • @KelseyODonnell17
    @KelseyODonnell17 3 роки тому +2

    The intro to this movie is iconic. I love it

  • @jasminelias1585
    @jasminelias1585 3 роки тому +1

    I LOVE YOU GUYS… I love the innocence and excitement of Nine Tailed Brush’s reaction when This is Halloween intro came on 3:05

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 3 роки тому +41

    It's a little early for Halloween, but WOW!! Love this movie, and my sister likes it, as well. It was nominated for Best Visual Effects but lost to JURASSIC PARK. It was a box office disappointment, but gained a positive critical response.

    • @KatieLHall-fy1hw
      @KatieLHall-fy1hw 3 роки тому +1

      I would put this ahead of Jurassic park personally, but it it had to lose, I’m glad it was to that film!

  • @PrettyBugsBunny
    @PrettyBugsBunny 3 роки тому +7

    This is literally my comfort movie ❤

  • @sarahdaw6648
    @sarahdaw6648 3 роки тому +2

    Danny Elfman was the singing voice of Jack and he wrote all the music.

  • @cursivelyric3694
    @cursivelyric3694 3 роки тому +13

    This is Halloween! 🍁🎃 Hearing you guys talking about the animation and filmmaking of this movies is great.
    Fun fact: the composer for the movie, Danny Elfman, provided the singing voice for Jack.

  • @Ugramosch
    @Ugramosch 3 роки тому +1

    " This is not a Kid´s Movie."
    Objection your Honor. This is a Story to open Minds and to show that being different isn´t a bad thing, it´s just... being.
    Kids should be allowed to decide themself what they can process or not.
    Not all kids are natural wips nor all of them like all sugar coated, disneyfied versions.
    My nephew (7) didn´t like the Movie ( he is a big mouth how, but scared of his own shadow ),
    but my niece (8) REALLY loves this ( she´s the silent, analysing type, who likes to see beyond the surface ).

  • @Jskew
    @Jskew 3 роки тому +3

    There is a wonderful conspiracy that Jack is the undead Grinch. He has a dog and has a renewed love for Christmas. It really makes you think if the Grinch died he might be a perfect Jack Skellington and once seeing Christmas town would remember the day his heart grew three sizes in one day. Great reaction. Much love and keep on keepin on J.

  • @kdog4587
    @kdog4587 3 роки тому +2

    Jack skellington was my first crush as a child, 5 years old. We watched it every Christmas (and every day for 1 whole year), it was absolutely amazing to me and still is. This year our 18 month old son will get his first taste of this classic and i cannot wait :) so glad you reacted to this

  • @RottedPopcornandHorror1966
    @RottedPopcornandHorror1966 3 роки тому +7

    My kid's loved this movie, And they weren't traumatized". Now we play it for my grandkids, And they love it too". I'm glad you both enjoyed it in your own ways. Take care..xx

    • @Danisachan
      @Danisachan 3 роки тому +1

      It's funny how everyone coddles kids today, or think they need to be coddled. 😂 We survived just fine!

    • @RottedPopcornandHorror1966
      @RottedPopcornandHorror1966 3 роки тому

      @@Danisachan Exactly! 100%.xx

  • @march92mh
    @march92mh 3 роки тому +3

    Love this movie, it been a tradition to watch it every year since it came out!