This Is Halloween

The Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993

[SHADOWS]
Boys and girls of every age
Wouldn't you like to see ___________________ strange?
Come with us and you will see
This, our town of ______________________

[GHOSTS]
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
________________________ scream in the dead of night

This is Halloween, ________________________ make a scene

____________________ till the neighbors gonna die of fright
It's our town, ___________________ scream
In this town of Halloween

[CREATURE UNDER THE BED]

I am the one hiding under your ____________________
Teeth ground sharp and ______________ glowing red

[MONSTER UNDER THE STAIRS]

I am the one hiding ___________________ yours stairs
Fingers like snakes and _________________ in my hair

[EVERYONE]
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

[VAMPIRES]
In this town we call home
___________________________ hail to the pumpkin song.

[MAYOR]
In this town, don't we love it now?
Everybody's waiting for the next _________________

[EVERYONE]
Round that corner, man hiding in the _______________________ can
______________________'s waiting now to pounce, and how you'll...
[HARLEQUIN DEMON, WEREWOLF & MELTING MAN]
Scream! This is Halloween
Red 'n' black, slimy green

[WEREWOLF]
Aren't you scared?

[WITCHES]
Well, that's just fine
Say it _______________________, say it twice
Take a chance and roll the dice
Ride with the ______________________ in the dead of night

[TREE]
____________________ scream, everybody scream

[SKELETONS]
In our _________________ of Halloween!

[CLOWN]
I am the clown with the tear-away ___________________
Here in a flash and gone without a trace

[MONSTER]
I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?"

[WIND]
I am the wind blowing through your hair

[OOGIE BOOGIE SHADOW]

I am the _____________ on the moon at night
Filling your _______________ to the brim with fright

[EVERYONE]
This is Halloween, this is Halloween Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

[CHILDREN]
Tender lumplings everywhere
_________________'s no fun without a good scare
[PARENTS]
That's our __________________, but we're not mean
In our town of Halloween

[EVERYONE]
In this town

[MAYOR]
Don't we love it now?
Everybody's waiting for the next _________________

[EVERYONE]
Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back
And scream like a banshee
Make you jump out of your skin
This is Halloween, ____________________ scream

[TREE AND SKELETONS]

Won't ya please make way for a very special guy?

[EVERYONE]
Our man Jack is King of the Pumpkin patch

___________________ hail to the Pumpkin King now!

This is Halloween, this is Halloween Halloween! Halloween!

Halloween! Halloween!

[CHILDREN]
In this town we call home
_____________________ hail to the pumpkin song

[EVERYONE]
La, la, la, (Halloween! Halloween!) X3
La-la-la, la-la-la, hey!
1. Fill in the gaps with the missing words.

2. What do the words in bold mean?

3. Answer the following questions:

• Who are the characters singing the song? What are they singing about?

• Who is the scariest character in your opinion?

• How many different animal species can you see in the video? What are they?

• Have you ever seen The Nightmare Before Christmas? Would you like to
watch the whole film?

• Do you like watching horror films? Why/Why no