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
Jack Skellington other characters appear throughout the ride wearing Christmas attire. Additionally, Jack hosts the "Halloween Screams" fireworks show and the Frightfully Fun Parade. Chris Sarandon provided the voice for the character in each instance. Jack Skellington has been made into a Bendies figure, as well as a Funko Pop Vinyl figurine that also had a Day of the Dead variant. He appeared in the "Kingdom Hearts" action figure collections, and was also released in Japan's REVOLTECH Sci-fi line in 2010, along with the Japanese monsters, Gamera and Gyaos. In 2016 a life-size Jack Skellington animatronic prop was released. The prop was