Forbidden Zone 1980  R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Richard Elfman
Cast: Herve Villechaize, Susan Tyrrell, Gisele Lindley, Jan Stuart Schwartz, Marie-Pascale Elfman, Virginia Rose, Gene Cunningham, Phil Gordon, Hyman Diamond, Matthew Bright, Danny Elfman, Viva, Joe Spinell, Martin von Haselberg
The Hercules family has moved into a new home in Venice, California. In the basement is a door they are forbidden to open, but daughter Frenchy (Maria-Pascale Elfman) does not heed the warning, opens the door, and steps inside. She has entered the Sixth Dimension where she catches the eye of King Fausto (Herve Villechaize). But, Queen Doris (Susan Tyrrell) becomes jealous and puts Frenchy in a prison cell with the Ex-Queen (Viva). Now, Frenchy's fate rests with her brother Flash (Phil Gordon) and Grampa Hercules (Hyman Diamond) who try to rescue her. When they fail, her friend Squeezit Henderson (Matthew Bright) steps in, but many problems lie ahead. Music by the Mystic Knights Of The Oingo Boingo–whose founder, Richard Elfman, directed this film.
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 The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993  PG, 75 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
aka: Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas
Director: Henry Selick
Cast: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Paul Reubens, Ken Page, Edward Ivory, Susan McBride, Debi Durst, Greg Proops, Kerry Katz, Randy Crenshaw, Sherwood Ball, Carmen Twillie
This is a delightful Tim Burton film that uses stop-action and replacement animation. Halloweentown's hero, Jack Skellington (voice of Chris Sarandon, singing voice of Danny Elfman), takes a walk in the woods and enters a tree that is the doorway to Christmastown. Jack is overwhelmed with the good will he finds and now wants to take over Christmas by kidnapping Santa (voice of Edward Ivory) and do Christmas as only Halloweentown can. They capture Santa, but boogeyman Oogie Boogie (voice of Ken Page) re-captures Santa along with Jack's girlfriend Sally (voice of Catherine O'Hara), which leads to an inevitable confrontation. By story's end, Jack is riding in the sky in a coffin-like sled pulled by skeletal reindeer ready to deliver presents to the world's children.
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| 1. Forbidden Zone (1980)
2. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
aka: Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas
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