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It’s been an amazing journey through the imaginations of Tim Burton, Henry Selick, and Danny Elfman on this deep dive into The Nightmare Before Christmas! We hope you’ve enjoyed the series. This last episode collects a bunch of fun facts, trivia, deleted stuff, as well as comment responses at the end. See you in the…

In this episode we take a pretty harrowing trip to the sixth dimension in Richard Elfman’s Forbidden Zone, released in 1980. Discovering this cult musical film was a real ride for me (not always a pleasant one). It can be really exciting to discover these hidden connections between different pieces of art and the careers…

In this episode we get seriously, some might say ‘obsessively’ in-depth with the physical construction that went into Nightmare’s animation… The sculpting, fabricating, and mechanical movement of the puppets; as well as the scale of the production overall. If you’re an animation nerd, this is your episode.

This one is all about the characters in the film, with particular exploration of Jack Skellington, Sally, and the villain Oogie Boogie. We also investigate alternative readings of the characters, including Jack’s identity crisis as it relates to many viewers’ personal experiences, and the cultural and metatextual issues with Mr Oogie Boogie…

In this video we explore Tim Burton’s journey as an artist and animator, his most significant influences, like Edward Gorey and Charles Addams, and how they can be felt in A Nightmare Before Christmas. Also touching on: Roald Dahl, Ray Harryhausen, early stop-motion, visual effects, and American cartoonists…

In this first episode I introduce you to the film, A Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), and talk about it’s long and winding history. This includes Tim Burton’s history with the company, which goes all the way back to being an animation student at CalArts. Nightmare is a film that almost never got made, something Burton…