The Fight Club director was keen to avoid the "clean Hollywood" approach to the family favourites.
Celebrating New Year's Eve at home this year? These films will make the perfect accompaniment to your plans.
Including the inanimate object used as a stand-in for Macaulay Culkin and the misconceptions about that spider scene.
The much-loved festive special sounds like it was as much fun for the cast to make as it is for us to rewatch every December.