Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse (pronounced Beetlejuice).He steals a number ticket from a witch doctor who shrinks his head in return. Beetlejuice is stuck in the after-life waiting room. The Maitlands intervene before the ceremony is completed, with Barbara riding a sandworm through the house to devour Beetlejuice.įinally, the Deetzes and Maitlands agree to live in harmony within the house. He saves the Maitlands and disposes of Maxie, his wife, and Otho, then prepares a wedding before a ghastly minister. Horrified, Lydia summons Beetlejuice for help but he will only help her on the condition that she marries him, enabling him to freely cause chaos in the mortal world.
Using the Handbook for the Recently Deceased, Otho conducts what he thinks is a séance and summons Adam and Barbara, using their wedding clothes, but they begin to age and decay as Otho had unwittingly performed an exorcism instead. The small town's charm and the supernatural events inspire Charles to pitch his boss Maxie Dean on transforming the town into a tourist hot spot, but Maxie wants proof of the ghosts. However, Beetlejuice quickly offends the Maitlands with his crude and morbid demeanor: they reconsider hiring him, though too late to stop him from wreaking havoc on the Deetzes. Against Juno's advice, the Maitlands contact the miscreant Beetlejuice, Juno's former assistant and a now freelance "bio-exorcist", to scare away the Deetzes. If they want the Deetzes out of the house, it is up to the Maitlands to scare them away.Īlthough Adam and Barbara remain invisible to Charles and Delia, Lydia can see the ghost couple and befriends them. The Maitlands' caseworker Juno informs them they must remain in the house for the next 125 years on the pain of a dire fate. Under the guidance of interior designer Otho, the family transforms the house into a pastel-toned work of postmodern art.Ĭonsulting the Handbook, the Maitlands travel to an otherworldly waiting room populated by other distressed souls where they discover the afterlife is structured according to a complex bureaucracy involving vouchers and caseworkers. Charles Deetz is a former real estate developer his second wife Delia is a self-proclaimed sculptor and his teenage goth daughter Lydia, from his first marriage, is an aspiring photographer. The house is sold, and the new owners, the Deetz family, arrive from New York City.
The encounter lasts only a few seconds for him, but after being rescued by Barbara, she claims that he was gone for two hours. When Adam attempts to leave the house, he ends up in a strange and otherworldly desert-like landscape populated by enormous sandworms. They begin to suspect they did not survive the car accident. After returning home, she and Adam notice they now lack reflections and find a Handbook for the Recently Deceased. As they are driving home from a trip to town, Barbara swerves to avoid a dog, and the car plunges into the river. In Winter River, Connecticut, Barbara and Adam Maitland decide to spend their vacation decorating their idyllic country home. The film's success spawned an animated television series, video games, and a 2018 stage musical.Ī sequel was officially announced on with a theatrical release date set for September 6, 2024. It won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and three Saturn Awards: Best Horror Film, Best Makeup, and Best Supporting Actress for Sylvia Sidney. The plot revolves around a recently deceased couple who, as ghosts haunting their former home, contact Beetlejuice, an obnoxious and devious " bio- exorcist" from the Netherworld, to scare away the house's new inhabitants.īeetlejuice was a critical and commercial success, grossing US$74.7 million from a budget of US$15 million.
Beetlejuice is a 1988 American fantasy horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton, written by Michael McDowell, Warren Skaaren, and Larry Wilson, produced by The Geffen Company, distributed by Warner Bros., and starring Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder, and Michael Keaton as the titular character.
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