"Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice"
A young couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) are driving
back from town one day when they crash their car and die. It takes them a while
to realise though as they end up back in their house but with a new family,
father (Jeffrey Jones), Step-mum (Catherine O’Hara) and Goth Daughter (Winona
Ryder) moving in. As they become aware of their death they try to haunt the
family in order to get them to leave but despite turning to the ‘Handbook for
the Recently Deceased’ for help, they are unable to be seen. Instead they turn
to a bio-exorcist called Betelgeuse, a crazed, perverted and unstable dead man
who agrees to help scare the family off.
Unbelievably I’d never seen this film before having confused
it in my head with Candyman, a film I
saw aged about seven which caused nightmares for months. I’m so glad I’ve
finally watched this bizarre comedy/horror. The film contains everything that
the best Tim Burton films do; odd characters and locations, unusual and
distinctive sets and darkly comic plotlines.
