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Beetle Juice

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Beetle Juice

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Horror comedy starring Michael Keaton, Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin. After Barbara and Adam Maitland are killed in a car crash, they find themselves trapped as ghosts in their beautiful home. When their peace is shattered by the arrival of a disagreeable yuppie family, the Maitlands enlist the help of a spiritual "bio-exorcist" known as Betelgeuse.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Alan Jones

This refreshingly flaky fantasy from director Tim Burton is a landmark supernatural comedy that ingeniously showcases monstrously zany special effects, demonic one-liners and offbeat performances. Michael Keaton (who would reunite with Burton the following year for Batman) is amazing as an irritatingly unstable freelance exorcist. He's called in to help recently deceased Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin rid their new home of human pests, led by Catherine O'Hara's fantastically pretentious artist whose ugly creations come to life in a particularly memorable scene. Winona Ryder also impresses in an early role as the goth stepdaughter with an affinity for the dead. Burton's marvellously imaginative view of the afterlife as a ghoulish extension of mundane earthbound problems is a visionary masterstroke crammed with wit and invention.

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7.4/10

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Cast

rolenameBetelgeuseMichael KeatonBarbara MaitlandGeena DavisAdam MaitlandAlec BaldwinDelia DeetzCatherine O'HaraLydia DeetzWinona RyderCharles DeetzJeffrey JonesMaxie DeanRobert GouletJunoSylvia SidneyOthoGlenn ShadixBernardDick CavettJane ButterfieldAnnie McEnroeReceptionistPatrice MartinezJanitorSimmy BowErnieMaurice PageOld BillHugo StangerLittle JaneRachel MittelmanGraceSusan KellermannBerylAdelle LutzSarah DeanMarie CheathamPreacherTony Cox

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rolenameDirectorTim Burton

Details

Theatrical distributor

Warner Bros

Released on

2018-10-26

Languages

English

Guidance

Swearing, sexual references

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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