One week has passed since the annual Halloween in the West.
On the eve of Halloween, children will pretend to be all kinds of cute ghosts, knocking on the door from house to house to ask for sweets, "If you don't give the sweets, just trick or treat!"
According to legend, all kinds of ghosts and monsters will join the crowd on that day and celebrate the coming of Halloween together.
There is a classic fantasy film that focuses the lens on a group of quirky spirits who live in the "Halloween City" and are good at making weird and scary people, bringing the weird story of their "Occupy Christmas" ——
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Director: Henry Selick Screenplay: Tim Burton/ Michael McDowell/ Caroline Thompson
Starring: Danny Elfman/ Chris Sarandon/ Catherine O’Hara/ William Hekey/ Glenn Sodix
Release date: 1993-10-29 (U.S.)
Duration: 76 minutes
Although it is an old film from 1993, the sound and picture are excellent, and the expression and visual effects are not outdated today. The strong Gothic style can be seen from the poster.
The film was nominated for best visual effects at the 66th Academy Awards , and won two awards for Best Art Direction and Best Creative Supervision at the 22nd Animation Annie Awards.
"King of the Goths" Tim Bolton, screenwriter , some people say that he came because of his love of "Zombie Bride", but he did not expect to "love Wushengwu."
What kind of style is it? Let's take a look at it below.
Halloween City, a town inhabited by various ghosts.
This year’s Halloween night, the residents of Halloween City who went out to be monsters according to the customary scary return, started a grand celebration.
(As a music film, the soundtrack produced by Danny Elfman is also a must, and it is recommended to listen to it together)
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As the camera progresses, the eerie horror of Outer Saint Festival City and the residents of Western ghost legends appear one after another:
Vampires, clowns and ghosts, and goblins hiding under your bed and stairs...
They are creatures with little roots, just thinking about how to scare people out.
The focal figure surrounded by all the ghosts and spirits is this powerful skull-the pumpkin king Jack.
Jack, the favorite of witches in their dreams, the uncrowned king sought after by everyone.
You scared everyone, Jack, you are the favorite of witches’ dreams, you let the wall fall and the mountain collapses
However, Jack has nobody knows loneliness . When the excitement of the awards began, he had quietly left.
Jack is tired of the things that scare people year after year, and he wants to make some changes.
Only the maid Sally created by Dr. Finkelstein (spoofed from "Frankenstein") saw his struggle in the dark.
Sally deeply understands and admires Jack, but he doesn't know when he is lonely.
In order to get out of the doctor’s control for a while, Sally often feeds him belladonna to make him sleepy.
And pet dog dated wandering Jack accidentally opened the door to the town of Christmas, to see the scene in front of him suddenly light up.
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Everywhere is full of colors and warmth, the air is sweet with the aroma of sweets, and people are happy...
Everything in this dream is different from Halloween City at all.
Jack had the determination to lead his brothers to make Christmas joy in his heart. Just when he returned to the city, he called the mayor to convene a civic assembly, which successfully made everyone interested in Christmas.
However, the ghosts of Halloween City don't seem to understand the meaning .
Even Jack himself seems to have only a little knowledge.
The leader of Christmas City is a terrible king with a low voice. He is big and red like a lobster. He drives a sleigh with a deer and carries a big bag. With his thick arms, he flies in on a cold night with a full moon. In the fog like a vulture in the sky
Jack proudly proposed "Occupy Christmas", but can they succeed?
Jack told the guys to start making Christmas gifts .
How can the residents of Halloween City, who are full of scary ideas in their brains, escape the inertia of their thinking and make joyous gifts, which is really worrying.
Sally , who had hoped that Jack's dream would come true , also saw an ominous omen in the magical illusion.
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In order to ensure the success of the plan, Jack sent Mr. Bucky's three small attendants to perform another task- kidnapping the "King of Christmas City", Santa Claus .
Finally, Santa Claus was "invited" to the Halloween City, and before he could protest, he was given a "compulsory vacation" on Christmas Day.
Even without Jack knowing, he was sent to the nest of Mr. Bucky, the most terrifying big demon king in Halloween City (Dangerous) by his little escorts.
So Jack brought a box of weird-shaped gifts, got on the artificial deer cart with skeleton and coffin, imitating Santa's deep laughter, and embarked on the path of gift-giving.
Horrible and scary gifts will be thrown to the children on Christmas Eve.
Sure enough, Christmas has become Halloween.
When the little boy took out a head from the Christmas stocking in front of his parents, Jack's kindness this time was destined to do something bad.
People woke up from the children's screams, and the police station received one after another to report the crime——
Skeleton men in Santa Claus clothes are dispatching monsters and doing evil everywhere.
In the end, Jack, who was happily chasing his dream, was shot by a police anti-aircraft gun, and after a burst of fire, he crashed with a car from a height.
The moment Jack was hit, he still said blessings, but his heart was probably full of frustration and disillusionment.
The residents of Halloween City thought their Pumpkin King was dead, and the whole city was sad.
But Jack didn't actually die, he just looked at everything destroyed and sighed.
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No one understands that he has never deliberately created chaos, but just wants to bring joy to people. This made Jack feel sad and angry.
But then he also wanted to understand that even if he changed into Santa's clothes, he was still the scariest pumpkin king in Halloween City.
Perhaps it is his mission and destination to bring scares on Halloween, but fortunately, he still has enthusiasm for it.
So Jack quickly adjusted his mood-
I tried my best to do what I should do, and I really tasted the sweetness. I even ran into heaven for a while. At least I left some stories to make people legendary.
The next thing to do is to bring back the missing Santa.
Recover the mistakes made by Jack and the Halloween City guys, and give people a truly joyous Christmas.
Before that, on the other side, Sally, who helped Jack with all his heart, came to Mr. Bucky’s lair to rescue Santa by herself in order to get things back on track.
However, although Sally is smart but also weak, it is difficult to contend with the terrible Bucky.
At the time of crisis, Jack heard Sally's call for help and came in time.
After a fight, Bucky failed to gain the upper hand and tried to escape; Jack caught the thread on his robe, making Bucky show his disgusting real face.
The following figure shows the warning of Secret Terrorism——
As the maggots that made up Bucky's body scattered all over the place, the battle came to an end.
The rescued Santa reprimanded Jack politely and said to him:
This job is not easy to do, Jack next time you want to go to other people’s holiday, listen to her (Sally) persuasion that she is the only reasonable person in this lunatic asylum
When Jack was worried about whether it would be time for Christmas to return to normal, he confidently calmed down:
"Save Christmas? Of course, I'm Santa Claus!"
Sure enough, Santa Claus successfully saved everything, made up for mistakes, and spread joy.
Jack, who returned to Halloween City, was also warmly welcomed by everyone.
He said, "It's great to go home" , and he seems to have completely let go of his past Christmas dreams, and once again recognize his own path and destination.
In fact, what Jack faced at the beginning was a dilemma that each of us might encounter.
The things you yearn for and love may not be compatible with what you are good at, or even your own field.
Jack’s story, pessimistically, says: Pumpkin King can only be Pumpkin King, such as Santa Claus can only be Santa Claus;
Or maybe it wants to express: Persistence driven by freshness, sometimes just an impulsive mistake.
Just as Jack's yearning for Christmas City is not so much a radical change in values and pursuits, it is more like an incomprehensible loneliness in his own field.
The eerie, various monsters of Halloween City, the ghost puppy with a red nose, and the girl Sally who has something in common with him, may be Jack's favorite and long-lasting company .
When Santa’s reindeer cart flew over the Halloween city, the snowflakes flying in the dark night sky connected the two towns and two festive atmospheres.
I also imitate what Santa Claus said to Jack, and said to the friends who saw here that he was late: "Happy Halloween!"
And early "Merry Christmas"!
*Author of this article: Wen C
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