Casper's Haunted Christmas is a 2000 animated Christmas supernatural black comedy film produced by The Harvey Entertainment Company and Mainframe Entertainment, based on the character Casper the Friendly Ghost, and was released in the United States by Universal Studios Home Video on October 31, 2000.
[1] Unlike either its theatrical or two direct-to-video predecessors, which combined live-action and CGI, the film was fully made in computer animation.
With Casper and Spooky unlikely to scare someone after a series of failed attempts the Trio decide to plot a scaring spree stealing every Christmas present in Kriss, in a reference to How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and taking them to the Jollimores' house where they plan to lure the townspeople then set off scary booby traps to go out with a bang before being banished to the Dark.
A soundtrack featuring original country-styled covers of classic christmas songs that also feature in the film, such as Winter Wonderland, Deck the Halls, and Jingle Bell Rock, performed by country artists Ricky Van Shelton and Randy Travis, among other pre-existing Christmas country covers, was made to accompany the film's release, under Koch Records.
[2][3] Additionally, the original Casper the Friendly Ghost theme can be heard in the opening sequence of the film performed by Travis,[4] and is also included in the soundtrack.