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The Nightmare Before Christmas, a review by Danae Cassandra

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Year of Release:  1993
Directed By:  Henry Selick
Starring:  Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Ken Page
Rated:  PG

Overview:
Now digitally restored and remastered with state-of-the-art technology, The Nightmare Before ChristmasThe Nightmare Before ChristmasMy Thoughts:
I love this film.  I know there are two camps of folks - one that see this as a Christmas film, others that see it as a Halloween film.  I'm very definitely in the Halloween camp.  This is a stunning masterpiece of creepy gothic imagery and magnificent stop-motion animation.  Everything fits together perfectly.  Yes, it's loved by lots of Hot-Topic-worshiping wanna-be goths, but we'll forgive it that.  I gave it a 4.5 back in 2009, but I'm upgrading it this year.  I swear this film gets better every time I see it - a not-to-be-missed classic of the season.  

May I also say, in this election season, I love Halloweentown's two-faced mayor.

Bechdel Test:  Fail

Overall:  5/5

(From Danae's 2012 Horror on October 29th, 2012)

My Babysitter's a Vampire, a review by addicted2dvd

My Babysitter's a Vampire: The First Season: Disc 3 (2011/United States) IMDb |Trailer |Wikipedia | Warner Home Video (United States) Director: Bruce McDonald Writing: Tim Burns Length: 80 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Matthew Knight as Ethan Morgan
Vanessa Morgan as Sarah
Atticus Mitchell as Benny Weir
Cameron Kennedy as Rory

Plot:
Since Ethan's parents don't trust him to babysit his little sister alone, they hire teenager Sarah to help out. Unfortunately, Ethan and his best friend Benny find out that Sarah is actually a vampire. Sarah asks the boys to help defeat her evil ex-boyfriend and save the town of Whitechapel.

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes

This is the TV Movie that started the series. Going into this show I really didn't know what to expect. I mean I really like pretty much anything to do with Vampires... but at the same time it is a Disney Channel show. And they can be geared towards a much younger crowd.... if not the entire family. Though I must say that over-all I enjoyed the movie. Sure it is geared towards a younger crowd. Mainly pre-teens and lower teen years. But I was still able to enjoy it. And they did the vampire deaths pretty good.



(From Horror/Halloween Marathon 2015 on October 5th, 2015)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

16. Shells
Original Air Date: 3/3/2004
As Illyria, the ancient god now occupying Fred's body, gets used to her new world, Wesley uncovers Gunn's part in approving the customs document for the sarcophagus.

Guest Stars:
Jonathan M. Woodward
Marc Vann
Jennifer Griffin

My Thoughts:
While not bad... I still haven't been able to get into the Illyria storyline... and this episode is pretty much all that.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 24th, 2010)