THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

GENRE:  Fantasy/ Family/ Animation
MADE:  1993
CAST:  Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara
DIRECTOR:  Henry Selick
WRITER:  Tim Burton, Michael McDowell, Caroline Thompson

PLOT:  Jack Skellington is the king of Halloween from Halloweentown, but when he accidentally stumbles upon Christmas Town he becomes infatuated with Christmas though he doesn't quite understand what it's all about.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Coraline, James And The Giant Peach, Corpse Bride

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CORALINE

GENRE:  Animation/ Adventure/ Family
MADE:  2009
CAST:  Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman
DIRECTOR:  Henry Selick
WRITER:  Henry Selick, Neil Gaiman

PLOT:  Coraline and her parents have just moved and as Coraline ventures out to look around her new home and town she comes upon a new world that mimics her own.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Nine, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas

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JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH

GENRE:  Animation/ Adventure/ Family
MADE:  1996
CAST:  Paul Terry, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite
DIRECTOR:  Henry Selick
WRITER:  Roald Dahl, Karey Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Roberts, Steve Bloom

PLOT:  Little orphan James escapes his evil sinister aunts by riding away in a giant peach and befriends insects and bugs that help him to fly the giant peach to New York City.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Alice In Wonderland, Coraline, The Nightmare Before Christmas

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