Leave it to the cuteness of a little girl to uncover the hard truths about A Nightmare Before Christmas. While fielding questions at a post-screening event at Colorado’s Telluride Horror Show film festival this past weekend, director Henry Selick found himself faced with perhaps the question most widely discussed since the film’s release: Is the Tim Burton–conceived stop-motion musical meant to be a Christmas or Halloween movie? Or even a hybrid of both? “It’s a Halloween movie,†Selick replied to the girl, according to Birth Movies Death, putting all the other theories to bed.
Rejoice! “This Is Halloweenâ€Â and “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah†can now live harmoniously on your seasonal playlist.