Beetlejuice (1988)
Storyline
Thanks to an untimely demise via drowning, a young couple end up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of scaring away the insufferable new owners, who want to make drastic changes. In desperation, the undead newlyweds turn to an expert frightmeister, but he's got a diabolical agenda of his own.
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Cast
Dick Cavett, Alec Baldwin, Jack Angel, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Duane Davis, Tony Cox, Maree Cheatham, Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones, Susan Kellermann, Robert Goulet, Geena Davis, Carmen Filpi, Glenn Shadix, Harry Belafonte, Charles Schneider, Cindy Daly, Adelle Lutz, Annie McEnroe, Simmy Bow, Patrice Martinez, Sylvia Sidney, Rachel Mittelman, Hugo Stanger, Maurice Page, J. Jay Saunders, Mark Ettlinger, Christine Bridges
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Reviews
100
Hilarious…The joy of Beetlejuice is its completely bizarre -- but perfectly realized -- view of the world, a la Gary Larson's "The Far Side," or "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." [1 Apr 1988]
100
Los Angeles Times
By the time this irresistible treat is over, it has created some of the funniest moments and most inspired visual humor and design we may expect to experience at the movies all year. [30 Mar 1988]
90
Time
Beetlejuice means something good: that imaginative artists can bring a fading genre back from the dead. [11 Apr 1988]
88
USA Today
So original that it'll be years before a major filmmaker attempts another one. We're talking black-belt cult-movie status here. [30 Mar 1988]
80
Variety
Beetlejuice springs to life when the raucous and repulsive Betelgeuse (Keaton) rises from his moribund state to wreak havoc on fellow spooks and mortal enemies.
