The Nightmare Before Christmas

In Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) another jealous creature tries to capture Christmas, and in so doing manages to catch the spirit of the season. Tim Burton creates a similar graveyard setting for a second stop-motion movie, The Corpse Bride.

Home Video Notes: The Nightmare Before Christmas (3D)

Release Date: 30 August 2011

The Nightmare Before Christmas releases in a Three-Disc Combo (Blu-ray 3D / Blu-ray / DVD / Digital Copy) on August 30, 2011. This Tim Burton animation comes with the following:

- Tim Burton Movie Introduction

- "What’s This?" Jack’s Haunted Mansion Holiday Tour

- Frankenweenie Short Film (uncut version) with Introduction by Tim Burton

- Vincent Short Film

- Tim Burton’s Original Poem Narrated by Christopher Lee

- Audio Commentary by Tim Burton, Director Henry Selick and Music Designer Danny Elfman

- Behind the Scenes Making of the Movie

- The Worlds of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

- Deleted Scenes

DVD Notes: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Collector’s Edition

Release Date: 26 August 2008

De-Boo-ing on Blu-ray, and releasing again on DVD, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Collector’s Edition comes with two discs and fancy packaging. Besides the digitally restored and re-mastered movie, fans of the film will find an audio commentary with Tim Burton, Henry Selick, and Danny Elfman, a recitation of Tim Burton’s original poem by Christopher Lee, deleted scenes and test footage. A making-of documentary and the featurette Jack’s Haunted Mansion Holiday Tour flesh out this tale of Jack Skellington. Also included are two bonus shorts made by Tim Burton when he was a filmmaker novice, Vincent and Frankenweenie (an uncut version with an exclusive introduction). Audio tracks are available in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound (English, French and Spanish), with subtitles in French and Spanish.