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Beetlejuice (1988)

PG  |   |  Comedy, Fantasy  |  30 March 1988 (USA)
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A couple of recently deceased ghosts contract the services of a "bio-exorcist" in order to remove the obnoxious new owners of their house.

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Storyline

Adam and Barbara are a normal couple...who happen to be dead. They have given their precious time to decorate the house and make it their own, but unfortunately a family is moving in, and not quietly. Adam and Barbara try to scare them out, but ends up becoming the main attraction to the money making family. They call upon Beetlejuice to help, but Beetlejuice has more in mind than just helping. Written by simon

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The Name In Laughter From The Hereafter. See more »

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Comedy | Fantasy

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$15,000,000 (estimated)

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$73,326,666 (USA)
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Trivia

Betelgeuse, the title character, doesn't appear until 25 minutes into the film and ultimately appears in less than 20% of the film in its entirety. See more »

Goofs

Otho opens a can of spray-paint and hands it to Delia, who opens it again. See more »

Quotes

Lydia: [while eating Cantonese food] I plan to have a stroke from the amount of MSG that's in this food.
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Creativity at its best
21 April 2005 | by (Middle Earth) – See all my reviews

With ghosts and the dead, one would normally anticipate a horror movie loaded with screams and gory figures. But in Beetlejuice, we see a new dimension humour being experimented with.

Taking into the account that the movie was made in 1988 with limited special effects, Beetlejuice could be simply labelled as "creativity at its best".

Tim Burton is a pure visionary and with this movie you cannot help but appreciate the amount of creativity he has and his ability to translate it to screen.

Acting is top-rate from all fronts. One can't help but admire promising young Winona Ryder - a flower ready to bloom.

It would take a couple of viewings to be appreciate the movie in totality.


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