The Celery Stalks At Midnight

 

Watch Tim Burton's earliest animated short film "Stalk of the Celery Monster"

 

Cracked, Baby!

The Cracked Magazine Twitter account posts classics sometimes, like this one by Lou Silverstone and Gary Fields:

 

It begins...

That Shrek/ Nightmare Before Christmas crossover you've always wanted to see

Just in time for Christmas* here's the best part of Zero's Journey:

*41 days

It's the most wonderful time of the year

Spotted at Target

The Tim Burton aesthetic, explained.

Run DMC vs Jack Skellington

Attention K-Mart Shoppers

Check out the Jack Skellington on the top of Beetlejuice's hat:

Oh, Burton.

Night at the Museum

In case you missed it- Davelandblog features something near and dear to my heart:

 Rolly Crump's Museum of the Weird!

In some alternate universe this museum is located right by the que for the Nightmare Before Christmas ride, and Green Day is opening for my band, Youthful Ward Dick Grayson.

King of the Pumpkin Patch

Ever wonder what it would look like if The Crow and the alien from Close Encounters were a couple?

Disney Annual Passholders have the answer.

This is Halloween

Nightmare Before Christmas Vinylmation

The accordion player's name is Jimmy.

I hate you, Topless Robot. I could have lived my entire life without knowing there was a Nightmare Before Christmas Collectible Card Game.

Put away the eyeliner, Robert

Goth is dead.

Burn down Hot Topic

Remember back in the 90's, when it seemed like Disney had no idea what to do with The Nightmare Before Christmas? The only Nightmare tie-ins you could find were the soundtrack CD, a couple of books, and the Burger King watches. Rather than working against the property, though, the lack of merch was kind of cool; the lack of cheesy tie-ins made the movie felt more 'special' than all the other cartoon garbage out there. Nightmare was a movie for us, maaan!

Unfortunately, nothing gold can stay. The kids who were 6 or 7 in 1994 grew up and became teenagers... Broody, gothic, smeary eyeliner, emo teenagers with loads of disposable income. Just like that, the merchandising floodgates opened.

The following images are the result of a Google Image Search for "Nightmare Before Christmas Merchandise."












Believe me, there's a ton of Nightmare s**t out there; this is just scratching the surface. I tried collecting Nightmare stuff for a while, but it's just. too. much.
Don't believe me? Try it yourself!

What! Is! This!

Continuing our series of Freaky-Ass Japanese Toys, here's Mickey Skellington!

Freshness Magazine reports that Japan's Medicom Toy Company is producing this Mickey Mouse/ Jack Skellington mashup. Available for purchase April 2010. Mark your calendars, black-clad teenagers!

C'mon, Burton

From Jill Thompson's (bafflingly, inexplicably, preposterously) rejected Nightmare Before Christmas comic. Apparently, Burton didn't want to license a Nightmare comic, but then they turned around and made the manga anyway. Stupid.

via Robot 6

What's this? What's this?

Every year Disneyland gives the Haunted Mansion a Nightmare Before Christmas makeover, putting Nightmare characters on top of the existing gags. I've never seen it, but this Youtube video gives me a pretty good idea of what it's about:




It makes you wonder- why hasn't Disney made a Nightmare ride a permanent part of the park?

Designer and Imagineer Christopher Merrit came up with a cool-looking concept for such a ride, (his designs are available to view here) and I can't see a damn thing wrong with his idea. The website The Neverland Files doesn't seem to know why it wasn't picked up either. C'mon, Disney, make it happen! Scores of black-clad teenagers are crying out (literally crying!) for this nightmare to become reality.