The Nightmare Before Christmas director just definitively confirmed it's a Halloween movie

The Nightmare Before Christmas
(Image credit: Facebook.com/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas)

For as long as people have enjoyed watching The Nightmare Before Christmas — 22 years, to be exact — they've enjoyed spirited debates about whether it's a Halloween or Christmas movie at its core.

One brave young fan of the Tim Burton classic posed this question to director Henry Selick himself during a Telluride Horror Show Q&A, the film website Birth Movies Death reports.

The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

Join more than 350,000 subscribers and keep yourself informed with a selection of The Week’s most interesting, enlightening and entertaining stories - plus daily puzzles.

Join more than 350,000 subscribers and keep yourself informed with a selection of The Week’s most interesting, enlightening and entertaining stories - plus daily puzzles.

Sign up
Latest Videos FromThe Week
Explore More
Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.

Explore your latest briefing

Explore your latest briefing