• Director(s)

    Henry Selick

  • Production Year

    1993

  • Release date

    17/11/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Animation

  • Approx. running minutes

    77m

  • Cast

    Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara

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The Nightmare Before Christmas

mild scary scenes

The pumpkin king of Hallowe'en Town discovers Christmas Town and attempts to bring Christmas to his Hallowe'en-themed world. Some mild and comic scary scenes may be too intense for very young children.

The pumpkin king of Hallowe'en Town discovers Christmas Town and attempts to bring Christmas to his Hallowe'en-themed world. Some mild and comic scary scenes may be too intense for very young children.

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threat and horror

language

sex

injury detail

violence

discrimination

rude humour

drugs

  • Director(s)

    Henry Selick

  • Production Year

    1993

  • Release date

    17/11/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Animation

  • Approx. running minutes

    77m

  • Cast

    Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara

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mild scary scenes
Classified Date:
25/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Park Circus Limited
threat and horror
There are some mildly scary characters, such as skeletons, witches and talking pumpkins, although these will be familiar to children from Hallowe'en celebrations. Any horror is balanced by elements of humour and by the characters singing and dancing. In one scene Santa is kidnapped and tied up but no harm comes to him.
language
Language is very mild and limited to a few uses of 'God'.
sex
There are some very mild sex references, including a character comically showing her leg to a villain in order to distract him.
injury detail
Animated characters occasionally injure themselves, such as a scarecrow who catches fire and has to put the flames out by jumping into a well, and a doll character who has to sew back her arms and legs after an accident. However, there is no realistic injury detail. One character is able to flip his head open and remove his brain, although this is not realistic and played for laughs.
mild scary scenes
Classified Date:
25/10/2023
Version:
3D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Park Circus Limited
threat and horror
There are some mildly scary characters, such as skeletons, witches and talking pumpkins, although these will be familiar to children from Hallowe'en celebrations. Any horror is balanced by elements of humour and by the characters singing and dancing. In one scene Santa is kidnapped and tied up but no harm comes to him.
language
Language is very mild and limited to a few uses of 'God'.
sex
There are some very mild sex references, including a character comically showing her leg to a villain in order to distract him.
injury detail
Animated characters occasionally injure themselves, such as a scarecrow who catches fire and has to put the flames out by jumping into a well, and a doll character who has to sew back her arms and legs after an accident. However, there is no realistic injury detail. One character is able to flip his head open and remove his brain, although this is not realistic and played for laughs.
Contains mild comic horror
Classified Date:
17/10/2007
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Buena Vista International UK
Contains mild comic horror
Classified Date:
24/10/2006
Version:
3D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Buena Vista International UK
Paperwork Remarks:
3D
Classified Date:
18/03/1994
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Buena Vista International UK
Contains scary scenes
Classified Date:
05/09/2011
Version:
3D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Paperwork Remarks:
3D
threat and horror
There are some mildly scary characters, such as skeletons, witches and talking pumpkins, although these will be familiar to children from Hallowe'en celebrations. Any horror is balanced by elements of humour and by the characters singing and dancing. In one scene Santa is kidnapped and tied up but no harm comes to him.
language
Language is very mild and limited to a few uses of 'God'.
sex
There are some very mild sex references, including a character comically showing her leg to a villain in order to distract him.
injury detail
Animated characters occasionally injure themselves, such as a scarecrow who catches fire and has to put the flames out by jumping into a well, and a doll character who has to sew back her arms and legs after an accident. However, there is no realistic injury detail. One character is able to flip his head open and remove his brain, although this is not realistic and played for laughs.
Contains mild horror
Classified Date:
09/12/1998
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
threat and horror
There are occasional scenes of mild horror in which skeletons, vampires, witches and various other Gothic and fantasy creatures attempt to scare characters, including children. In one sequence Santa Claus is kidnapped and later mocked by a ghost-like being. However, these scenes of horror and threat often contain comic elements and are relatively brief.
Classified Date:
15/11/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Classified Date:
06/10/1995
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Buena Vista Home Video
Classified Date:
01/02/2008
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Paperwork Remarks:
TNBC-IHV07-MULTR1
Classified Date:
19/03/2007
Version:
3D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Buena Vista International UK
Paperwork Remarks:
3D
Classified Date:
16/08/2006
Version:
3D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Buena Vista International UK
Paperwork Remarks:
3D
Classified Date:
24/09/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Classified Date:
29/09/1995
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Buena Vista Home Video
Classified Date:
02/03/1995
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Buena Vista Home Video
Classified Date:
22/08/1994
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Buena Vista International UK
Classified Date:
29/03/1994
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Buena Vista International UK
Classified Date:
11/07/2008
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material Audio commentary
  • Classified date

    25/10/2023

  • Language

    English