Horrified, Lydia summons Betelgeuse 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 fade and decay, as Otho had unwittingly performed what was actually 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, Betelgeuse 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. At first, they are unaware his name is pronounced "Beetlejuice", which is why they have such difficulty pronouncing it and thereby summoning him. Against Juno's advice, the Maitlands contact the miscreant Betelgeuse, 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 them 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 one hundred and twenty five years, on pain of a dire fate. Under the guidance of interior designer Otho, the family transforms the house into a pastel-toned work of modern 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. 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 the book 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 is in the works with Keaton and Ryder reprising their roles. 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 ( Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) who, as ghosts haunting their former home, contact Betelgeuse (pronounced and occasionally spelled Beetlejuice in the film and portrayed by Michael Keaton), an obnoxious and devious " bio- exorcist" from the Netherworld, to scare away the house's new inhabitants ( Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones, and Winona Ryder).īeetlejuice was a critical and commercial success, grossing US$74.2 million from a budget of US$15 million. Beetlejuice is a 1988 American fantasy comedy film directed by Tim Burton, produced by The Geffen Company, and distributed by Warner Bros.
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