By the time Halloween wraps up, most people have tucked away their pumpkins and spider webs in favour of colourful wreaths and Santa figurines. For horror fans, it means Krampus and blood covered snow now take centre stage. The holiday of Christmas naturally lends itself to the horror genre, spawning favourites that include Black Christmas, […]
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Disney’s The Nightmare Before Christmas turns 30 this month, and NECA is celebrating with the reveal of a brand new upcoming Jack Skellington articulated figure. The 9″ tall collectible, complete with a jack-o-lantern pumpkin, is available for pre-order now for $34.99. Jack Skellingtonwith Pumpkin 9” Articulated Figure will start shipping in January 2024. NECA previews, “Celebrate the […]
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Jack Skellington famously sings “What’s this?” when first discovering snow in the seminal stop-motion animated feature The Nightmare Before Christmas, and it’s a question that audiences likely asked upon initial release in October 1993. The strange animated feature that embraces German Expressionism and macabre character designs feels atypical of family-friendly fare yet spends the bulk of […]
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Following in the wake of dolls based on The Shining, Stephen King’s IT, Beetlejuice, Gremlins 2, Elvira, and Annabelle, two more horror icons are joining Mattel’s “Monster High” collection. Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas are getting their own Monster High dolls, and they’re going up for grabs on October 27, 2023. The dolls are part of the […]
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Fortnitemares is back again in Fortnite this year. Alongside the usual Halloween-themed costumes, the annual Halloween event reaches into Haddonfield, Halloweentown and Bright Falls to bring Michael Myers, Jack Skellington and Alan Wake into the fold. On now until November 2nd, Fortnitemares focuses on vampires this year, with Fortnite players taking on Kado Thorne’s threat […]
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After 30 years, Disney wants you to discover the inspirations behind Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas and its legacy as a certified pop-culture experience. What is it about Jack Skellington that is so compelling? Why does the love between Sally and Jack resonate with so many? The feature-length, stop-motion movie about the Pumpkin King […]
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Oscar-nominated musician/composer Danny Elfman was on hand at Coachella over the weekend, and as part of his set he performed “This Is Halloween” live on stage. “This Is Halloween” was of course first heard in 1993’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, the most iconic song Danny Elfman contributed to the movie’s soundtrack. Elfman took the stage […]
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At around three or four I saw my first horror movie – it was the 1941 classic The Wolfman. As a kid, I didn’t register what horror was at the time, I was just wild for Halloween. It was a time of the year where I could feel the most like me; getting into costumes […]
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Is Tim Burton and director Henry Selick’s classic The Nightmare Before Christmas a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie? It’s a question that inevitably gets asked on social media every year, and the reason there’s even a debate at all is because, well, it’s of course both! The beauty of the stop-motion animated classic is […]
Cosmetics brand ColourPop killed it earlier this month with their Hocus Pocus ‘Coven Crew’ collection, featuring a fantastic array of witchy hues and yes…even a cat mirror. Thankfully, they’re at it again with yet another spooky makeup collaboration that speaks two of my favorite languages: Halloween and Christmas. The Nightmare Before Christmas collection debuted last […]