Halloween isn't just about horror movies, and being scared. It's also about dressing up in costumes and trick or treating and kids having funs and eating so much candy you vomit chocolate all over the bathroom floor. Sure, it's fun for adults, but it's also fun for kids, and just like Christmas, it means something different for everybody.
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) is about the king of Halloweentown, Jack Skellington, feeling a little morose after his favorite holiday ends, as anyone would. Jack is out walking when he accidentally wanders into Christmas ville (or whatever it's called) and sees all the fun stuff going on in preparation for Christmas. Jack is so excited! Jack decides he's going to bring Christmas back to Halloweentown, and he does, only... nobody gets it. Not even Jack, really.
Chris Sarandon (yes, the same guy who played Jerry Dandridge in Fright Night!) plays the voice of Jack Skellington (but not the singing voice, that was Danny Elfman) and Catherine O'Hara (who Beetlejuice fans will recognize as Delia) plays Sally, a stitched-together girl who tries to stop Jack from ruining Xmas. The whole thing is like a claymation version of a cartoon, and every other scene is a singing number. Definitely not my kind of movie, and certainly not horror, but it's still a Halloween favorite this time of year. I have never seen it, I wanted to shut it off multiple times, and I certainly wouldn't watch it again. Think Hocus Pocus, but instead of just a couple rock'n'roll singing numbers, the whole movie is a rhyming musical. I caught this on Freeform, if anyone wants to see it for themselves. Just totally not my kind of horror movie, but much like toffee or caramel candy bars are not for everyone, I assume this movie sparks a lot of fond memories for kids who grew up with it. Not gonna deny anyone their choice of comfort food this time of year.
And in other news, speaking of denying people their comforts, we should all thank AppleTV+ for stealing the Peanuts holiday specials away from people who might watch them on regular TV this year, and puttiing them behind a paywall. Jesus fucking Christ, guys. 2020 isn't bad enough, you have to buy the exclusive rights to something I have watched on TV every holiday season for the last 50 years and make it so I won't ever see it again? And not just me, but everyone who doesn't have access to AppleTV+? Nice. Real nice. Good thinkiing, assholes. No, please, why don't you just fucking copyright pizza while you're at it? I get you're trying to sell your ridiculously stupid service, but this is not the right fucking way. I hope this blows up in your goddamned faces. Dickheads.
That's all for tonight. I'm going to go kill some zombies in a computer game or something.
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