Beetlejuice


Beetlejuice is a 1988 American comedy fantasy film directed by Tim Burton, produced by The Geffen Film Company and distributed by Warner Bros. The plot revolves around a recently deceased young couple Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis who become ghosts haunting their former home, and an obnoxious, devious ghost named Betelgeuse pronounced Beetlejuice, portrayed by Michael Keaton from the Netherworld who tries to scare away the new inhabitants Catherine OHara, Jeffrey Jones, and Winona Ryder permanently.

Barbara and Adam Maitland decide to spend their vacation decorating their idyllic Connecticut country home. As the two are driving home from a trip to town, Barbara swerves to avoid a dog and the car plunges into a river. After they return home, she and Adam notice that they now lack reflections and they discover a Handbook for the Recently Deceased. They then begin to suspect that they did not survive the car accident Adam attempts to leave the house but finds himself in a strange, otherworldly landscape covered in sand and populated by enormous sandworms.The house is sold and their new owners, the Deetz family, arrive from New York City. Charles Deetz is a former real estate developer his second wife Delia is a selfproclaimed sculptor and his goth daughter Lydia, from his first marriage, is an aspiring photographer. Under the guidance of interior designer Otho, the Deetzes transform the house into tasteless pasteltoned modern art. Consulting the Handbook, the Maitlands travel to an otherworldly waiting room populated by other distressed souls, where they discover that the afterlife is structured according to a complex bureaucracy involving vouchers and caseworkers. The Maitlands own caseworker, Juno, informs them that they must remain in the house for 125 years. If they want the Deetzes out of the house, it is up to them to scare them away. Barbara and Adams attempts at scaring the family prove ineffective. ........

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