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BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE – Danny Elfman
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
It has taken more than 35 years for it to happen, but director Tim Burton has finally made a sequel to his classic comedy-horror film Beetlejuice. It seems that Burton, and his star Michael Keaton, are keen to recapture the feeling of their 1980s heyday by returning to the projects that made them famous – Keaton himself has already returned to play Batman in The Flash in 2023 – but unfortunately Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, despite some fun moments, is wholly inferior to the original across the board. The film sees Keaton returning with two of his co-stars from the first film, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara, alongside franchise newcomers Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Arthur Conti, Willem Dafoe, and Monica Bellucci, the latter of whom is director Burton’s current paramour. Read more…
BEETLEJUICE – Danny Elfman
THROWBACK THIRTY
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
Beetlejuice is an irreverent supernatural comedy, one of the best of the 1980s, and is the film which introduced the world to one of the most iconic characters of the period – the ghoulish, disgusting, undead horror-for-hire played by Michael Keaton at his most madcap. The film is set in an idyllic New England town, where blissful newlyweds Adam and Barbara Maitland are renovating their dream home; unfortunately, they are killed in a car crash on their way back from the hardware store, and become ghosts, stuck haunting their home for 125 years. Some time later the home is sold to a new family, the Deetzes, comprising the insufferable and talentless artist Delia, her henpecked developer husband Charles, and his goth daughter Lydia; immediately, Delia begins ripping out the country charm of the house, replacing it with garish modern art. Desperate to save their home, the Maitlands travel to the afterlife – a dreary netherworld set up like the universe’s worst DMV office – where they are advised that they can scare out the Deetzes if they so desire. To accomplish this, the Maitlands find and hire a ‘bio-exorcist’ named Betelgeuse, who can be summoned by saying his name three times – but the perverted, irreverent ghost quickly causes more chaos then he cures. Not only that, but it quickly becomes apparent that the introverted and sensitive Lydia can actually see the ghosts… Read more…
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