Best Holiday Film Sweet Seventeen: Gremlins (6) vs The Nightmare Before Christmas (11)

[Chris]

Gremlins
Release Date: June 8, 1984
Directed by: Joe Dante
Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, Frances Lee McCain
Plot: A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.



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The Nightmare Before Christmas
Release date: October 13, 1993 (limited), October 29, 1993 (United States)
Directed by: Tim Burton
Starring: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Paul Reubens, Ken Page, Ed Ivory
Plot: Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
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[Marty McFourth]

Tough going for Gremlins, Nightmare is just overall the better movie.

 

[Chris]

Yeah easily Nightmare for me and that's just tough luck for Gremlins lol

 

[CakeWalker]

Sweet Christmas...

 

[Deezy]

Nightmare had a weird message....don't try nothing new and stay in your lane.

Gremlins had a better message of not going into a chimney in a Santa suit.....very practical.

 

[Jimmy King]

Gremlins for me, easily.

I like Nightmare but I’m not as crazy about it like others are.

 

[Keith]

When I was younger Nightmare was more a staple of the season. It was always good film to watch around midnight on Christmas Eve. But now I get more out of Gremlins as a film. It has everything a family horror Xmas movie should.