{"id":67690,"date":"2025-04-02T13:41:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T17:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=67690"},"modified":"2025-04-25T13:43:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T17:43:02","slug":"the-nightmare-before-christmas-alternate-ending-that-tim-burton-hated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/the-nightmare-before-christmas-alternate-ending-that-tim-burton-hated\/67690\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nightmare Before Christmas alternate ending that Tim Burton hated"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-68\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[70rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(12)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"ce7ed6e2-b596-4311-9462-4d382695df41\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"462\"><em data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"110\">The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/em>, widely regarded as one of the best spooky kids\u2019 movies, originally had a very different ending\u2014one that Tim Burton strongly opposed. In a special episode of Netflix\u2019s <em data-start=\"279\" data-end=\"312\">The Holiday Movies That Made Us<\/em>, it was revealed that director Henry Selick, while working on the film, pitched a major twist involving the villain that didn\u2019t sit well with Burton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"464\" data-end=\"863\">The 1993 movie, based on a poem by Burton, follows Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town. Tired of his usual holiday routine, Jack discovers Christmas Town and becomes fascinated with its festive cheer, which eventually leads to chaos. The film ends with Jack and Sally saving Santa Claus from Oogie Boogie, who\u2019s ultimately revealed to be a pile of bugs under his sack-like exterior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"1171\">However, Selick once suggested that Oogie should have turned out to be Dr. Finkelstein\u2014Sally\u2019s controlling creator and a quirky inventor. This twist was meant to add a layer of surprise, but Burton reportedly reacted with fury, allegedly screaming and kicking a hole in a Disney wall upon hearing the idea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1173\" data-end=\"1440\">Screenwriter Caroline Thompson also gave Burton some feedback, saying Jack and Sally\u2019s relationship needed a bit more development to make the ending more impactful. Burton didn\u2019t take kindly to that either, reportedly lashing out at an editing machine in frustration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1442\" data-end=\"1718\">Despite the behind-the-scenes chaos, Burton\u2019s refusal to budge paid off. The film remains a beloved classic with a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Thankfully, the Scooby-Doo-style villain reveal never made it into the final cut, preserving the movie\u2019s lasting charm and appeal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nightmare Before Christmas, widely regarded as one of the best spooky kids\u2019 movies, originally had a very different ending\u2014one\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":67691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[2097],"class_list":["post-67690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-the-nightmare-before-christmas"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}