While most holiday movies feature warm, cuddly characters and can sometimes be too wholesome to handle, there's one seasonal movie that turns the holiday on its head: The Nightmare Before Christmas. That may be because it's the rare movie that's a scary holiday movie, and thus required viewing for Halloween and Christmas. Tim Burton's '90s classic is gorgeous, poignant, and it makes Christmas a little creepy — but in a good way. Here are all the reasons the animated flick is essential viewing for the season.
We've all been guilty of believing that the grass is greener somewhere else (though in Jack's case, everything is greener in Christmas Town).
Not to mention the fact that her outfit makes a seriously kick-ass Halloween costume.
Good luck getting "This Is Halloween" out of your head now.
Fun fact: the movie is based on a poem Burton wrote in 1982.
The part where he unravels and is made of bugs? Shudder.
We'd all freak out if we found the portal to Christmas Town.
Not to mention swoon-worthy.
The movie was even rereleased in 3D a few years ago and still looked spectacular.
That feeling when you spend weeks planning that perfect holiday only to see it go up in flames (hopefully not literally in your case).