‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Officially Returns With a New Release [Exclusive]

Published Aug 7, 2026, 11:30 AM EDT

Ryan O’Rourke is a Senior News Writer at Collider with a specific interest in all things adult animation, video game adaptations, and the work of Mike Flanagan. He is also an experienced baseball writer with over six years of articles between multiple outlets, most notably FanSided’s CubbiesCrib. Whether it’s taking in a baseball game, a new season of Futurama or Castlevania: Nocturne, or playing the latest From Software title, he is always finding ways to show his fandom. When it comes to gaming and anything that takes inspiration from it, he is deeply opinionated on what’s going on. Outside of entertainment, he’s a graduate of Eureka College with a Bachelor’s in Communication where he honed his craft as a writer. Between The IV Leader at Illinois Valley Community College and The Pegasus at Eureka, he spent the majority of his college career publishing articles on everything from politics to campus happenings and, of course, entertainment for the student body. Those principles he learned covering the 2020 election, Palestine, and so much more are brought here to Collider, where he has gleefully written on everything from the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes to Nathan Lane baby-birding sewer boys.

Loungefly is in for a busy month to close out the summer. D23 begins next week, and the go-to source for pop culture accessories will be there to supply all manner of Disney merchandise, from new Beauty and the Beast bags to mini backpacks based on Winnie-the-Pooh and The Fox and the Hound. Even with so much going on and the final full month of summer having just begun, though, the company is already thinking about the spooky season. After all, if there can be such a thing as celebrating Christmas in July, then why not celebrate The Nightmare Before Christmas in August?

Collider can exclusively share a peek at Loungefly’s new collection based on the eerie and festive Tim Burton-produced classic, which will look to build on the brand’s already extensive line of items straight from Halloween Town. Leading off the collection is not the Pumpkin King, but his archnemesis Oogie Boogie, with a creepy crawly mini backpack that, like the villain itself, is a bag of bugs. It’s designed with Oogie’s creepy smile plastered on the front flap of the faux leather exterior while little worms, spiders, and other bugs appear to crawl out of the pouches. A mix of applique, embroidered, and printed details are all over the backpack, but the real trick is inside, where the colorful pattern on the inner lining is made up of bugs and bats aplenty. Standing at 25 cm wide, 23 cm tall, and 11 cm deep and even glowing in the dark, the mini backpack will be available for $90.

Like the movie, though, Jack Skellington comes out on top with a trio of bags honoring the Pumpkin King, his sense of style, and his beloved Sally. First up is a mini backpack that sees the creepy couple looking cute together under the night sky, as Jack’s dog Zero flies overhead. It features a sleek polyurethane exterior adorned with all manner of stars and celestial bodies against an off-white, black, and dark blue backdrop to make them pop. A new matching tote bag, meanwhile, has Jack and Sally joyfully holding hands with bats above them and the night sky again lining the sides. This bag is unique, as it can shift between a backpack and a tote, depending on the need. Rounding out the collection is a simple black Jack Skellington crossbody bag made of pebble polyurethane, but adorned with a bit of metal hardware shaped like Jack’s bat bowtie. The backpack and tote will both go for $90, while the crossbody comes in a bit cheaper at $75.

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