Santa Claus in film Another recent devious mall Santa was played by Billy Bob Thornton in "Bad Santa" (2003), a film which gained normally family-friendly Disney "bad press". Tim Burton's stop-action animated musical film, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993), depicts Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, wanting to become Santa Claus after an accidental visit to Christmas Town. After the mostly well-meaning but clueless Halloween citizens capture Santa, they try to take over Christmas with disastrous results; the real Santa is almost killed by the Oogie Boogie Man. Santa is voiced here by Ed Ivory, and in the video game spin-offs, Corey
The Skellington Chronicles The Skellington Chronicles The Skellington Chronicles is the tenth solo album by Julian Cope, released in June 1993 on Cope's own Ma-Gog label. It contains the previously released 1989 album "Skellington" and its sequel "Skellington 2: He's Back ... and this time it's personal", released here for the first time. "Skellington 2" was, like its predecessor, recorded in just two days on April 21-22, 1993. "The Skellington Chronicles" was re-released as "Ye Skellington Chronicles" in 1999 with one song removed from the track listing and two bonus tracks. Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Skellington 1 Skellington 2 Technical