Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.What mad, hallucinatory mind could ever concoct The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Well, Tim Burton’s of course…which makes all the sense in the world. Whether crafting a classic like Sleepy Hollow or a dud such as Planet of the Apes, the director always features a distinctive visual style, and a macabre sense of humor.Eye-popping visuals and dark humor obviously inspired The Nightmare Before Christmas, and while Burton deserves props for writing the story and producing the movie, for our money, director Henry Selick (Coraline, James and the Giant Peach) and art director Deane Taylor deserve the lion’s share of.