Halloween is right around the corner! (Or here already, if you live in my household.) To celebrate the season, Disney is re-releasing the beloved holiday movie The Nightmare Before Christmas this October for your viewing pleasure.
This announcement of course brings up the question on whether the iconic stop-animation film from Tim Burton and director Henry Selick is a Halloween or Christmas movie. Before you break up into small groups to discuss, however, here are details on when you can rewatch the beloved 1993 feature.
According to Walt Disney Studios, Jack Skellington, Zero, Santy Claus and the rest of the gang will be returning to theaters on October 11, 2024. How long it will remain in cinemas remains unclear, though odds are good it will run through at least that weekend.
The Nightmare Before Christmas isn’t the only spooky Disney classic returning to the big screen next month either. The company also announced that 1993’s Hocus Pocus, which stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy as three resurrected witches, will also be in theaters on October 18, 2024. Note that this is the first film in the franchise, not the less-embraced Hocus Pocus 2 or the previously announced Hocus Pocus 3.
It will be nice to see these two films on the big screen once more especially when one wants to get in the mood for spooky season! (Or, depending on what camp you’re in with The Nightmare Before Christmas, getting ready for that other year-end holiday.)
