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The Nightmare Before Christmas is a beautiful patchwork of influences from dozens of movies across a half-century or more. It draws from silent films from the 1920s all the way to horror films from the 1980s. In the words of Oogie Boogie, “I’m going to do the best I can” to break down the origins of some of the movie’s stranger monsters (and keep that quote from Oogie Boogie in mind, it’s actually important to knowing where he came from). I’m not going to lie, some of these are speculation on my part, but others are completely inspired by one specific thing.
