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The film follows the misadventures of Jack Skellington, Halloweentown's beloved pumpkin king, who has become bored with the same annual routine of frightening people in the "real world." When Jack accidentally stumbles on Christmastown, all bright colors and warm spirits, he gets a new lease on life -- he plots to bring Christmas under his control by kidnapping Santa Claus and taking over the role. But Jack soon discovers even the best-laid plans of mice and skeleton men can go seriously awry.

1993 · 1h 16m
Director Henry Selick

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The film follows the misadventures of Jack Skellington, Halloweentown's beloved pumpkin king, who has become bored with the same annual routine of frightening people in the "real world." When Jack accidentally stumbles on Christmastown, all bright colors and warm spirits, he gets a new lease on life -- he plots to bring Christmas under his control by kidnapping Santa Claus and taking over the role. But Jack soon discovers even the best-laid plans of mice and skeleton men can go seriously awry.

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Average 8.5
Reviews 107
Fresh 102
Rotten 5

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Studio
Touchstone Pictures
Released
1993
Run Time
1 hr 16 min
Rated
BO
Region of Origin
United States
© 1993 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English
Audio

English (United States) (AD, AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Traditional , French (France) , Indonesian , Korean , Malay (Malaysia) , Spanish (Latin America) , Thai , Vietnamese

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.