Beetlejuice One Of The Best Horor/Comedy Classic Movies - By: steamtown

This classic old horror movie [1988] was directed by Tim
Burton and produced by Warner Brothers [Wes Craven was set
to direct the film at one time, when it was still more of a
horror film. When things fell apart he went on to write
_Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, etc]

Thanks to the carelessness of a fluffly little dog,
newlyweds Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin are killed in a freak
auto accident.

Upon arriving in the outer gates of Heaven, the couple finds
that, thanks to a century's worth of bureaucratic red tape,
they're on a very long waiting list. Before they can earn
their wings, Davis and Baldwin must occupy their old house
as ghosts for the next 50 years. Alas, the house is now
owned by unlovable yuppies, Catherine O'Hara and Jeffrey
Jones.

Horrified at the prospect of sharing space with these
"plastic" humans, Davis and Baldwin do their best to scare
O'Hara and Jones away, but their house-haunting skills are
pathetic at best. In desperation, the ghostly couple engage
the services of a veteran bio-exorcist, a yellow-haired,
snaggle-toothed, profane, spirit named Beetlejuice (Played
by Michael Keaton). But beetlejuice has an evil agenda
behind his plot to help these young newlyweds. He cannot be
trusted-especially when he falls in love with O'Hara and
Jones' gloomy, black-clad teen aged daughter played by
Winola Ryder. [Who happens to be the goddaughter of LSD
guru Timothy Leary. This happened to be her breakthrough
role!] One of the most tantalizing scenes comes when their
is a dinner party and Bettlejuice comes up with some
unusual antics to scare the hell out of everyone.This made
the calypso music even more popular.

The first time that I viewed it, I laughed so hard that I
felt some kind of kinship with the director. Imagine
combining comedy, horror and just pure craziness into one
film and making it work so well.

Over 19 years after its release, Tim Burton's Beetlejuice
remains a revered comedy classic and an important film in
the career of a young filmmaker who was only beginning to
wow us with his distinct way of looking at life and making
films.

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