Beetlejuice (1996)

One of Burton's many finest moments.

Beautifully directed.
Burton's trademark weirdness around every corner.
Perfectly cast. Winona Rider, percect. (I hope she didn't steal too many things off the set.) Geena Davis, cute and funny.
Alec Baldwin, back when he was a total hottie.
Awesome,dark,brilliant.
Another Burton masterpiece and a must see. June 13, 2008

"It Keeps Getting Funnier Everytime I See It!"

"It keeps getting funnier every time I see it," says Beetlejuice, the mischievous ''bioexercist'' of the title who is superbly played by Michael Keaton. And this quote pretty much sums up how I feel about the movie, especially the famous dinner party scene. The premise of the movie is great, the score is memorable, and the acting from the entire cast is just about perfect. I highly recommend this film, which is often tagged as a ''Halloween movie,'' but can really be enjoyed at ANY time of the year. June 3, 2008

Heads off, I mean up, Beetlejuice fans! New DVDs due out in September, details here

Beetlejuice is coming back to DVD in a newly remastered 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, in both standard definition and Blu-ray, on September 16th, 2008. The extras announced so far are very limited: three episodes of the Saturday morning Beetlejuice cartoon series ("Skeletons in the Closet," "Spooky Boo-tique," "A-Ha!"), and for the Blu-ray version an exclusive CD soundtrack sampler. Possibly more features will be announced later, but don't count on it. The new Blu-ray will be 1080p video, but the specs for the sound haven't been announced.

Beetlejuice is a very Tim Burtonesque Tim Burton movie, establishing his fascination with the macabre and, especially in this case, the funny, campy side of death and horror. It's the story of a newly dead couple (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin) who are essentially stuck as ghosts in their house, and don't like its new owners (parents Jeffrey Jones and Catherine O'Hara and daughter Winona Ryder). They enlist the help of a more experienced, half-crazy but very insistent ghost, Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), in an effort to scare the new owners away by haunting them. Beetlejuice turns out to have his own agenda, and alliances shift as the story winds through learning to be dead, afterlife bureaucracy, wild chases through small spaces, Calypso dancing at dinner to Harry Belafonte's "Banana Boat Song" ("Day-O"), a very goth wedding ceremony, and supernatural comeuppance.

The cast, for the most part, is perfectly suited to the wacky material, the sets and make-up and other effects very imaginative, the story engaging. Great fun.

If you don't have the old, not-so-great DVD, the new release might be worth waiting for. Amazon has a page to pre-order the new standard DVD here. The Blu-ray version has a pre-order page here. May 26, 2008

I remember this movie!

This movie was funny and deep(ish)
i might even go hook my old vcr to watch it March 30, 2008

cute movie

I love this movie. It brings back memories when I first watched it. My kids like it too. They think its funny when he eats beetles lol. December 20, 2007

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