The Nightmare Before Christmas

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Also, last night I watched The Nightmare Before Christmas (again). I don't feel the need to say much about it since everyone should have already seen it, but it's absolutely my favourite halloween film, and also one of the films I cited as inspriation for my stop-motion films during my time at college. I love the claymation puppets in this, the classic Tim Burton movements, the signature exaggerated character shapes, I enjoy this film a lot.

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