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Beetlejuice

1988 1h 32m
Fantasy Comedy
MOVIEVIBE Rating
7.4/10
8,672 reviews
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Beetlejuice

A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.

"In this house... if you've seen one ghost... you haven't seen them all."

Top Billed Cast

Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin
Adam
Geena Davis
Geena Davis
Barbara
Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder
Lydia
Catherine O'Hara
Catherine O'Hara
Delia
Jeffrey Jones
Jeffrey Jones
Charles
Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton
Betelgeuse
Glenn Shadix
Glenn Shadix
Otho
Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney
Juno

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

W Wuchak Verified TMDB Critic
2018-03-12

Inventive and Fun take on the Afterlife.

RELEASED IN 1988 and directed by Tim Burton, “Beetlejuice” chronicles the story of a couple (Alec Baldwin & Geena Davis) who accidently perish after moving to a quaint Connecticut town. They find themselves sentenced to “haunting” their former house where they try to scare the new wannabe swank couple out (Jeffrey Jones & Catherine O'Hara), but they find that their Goth daughter is more curious than scared (Winona Ryder). Michael Keaton plays the eponymous madcap “bio-exorcist” while Glenn Shadix is on hand as the new couple’s interior ...

J JPV852 Verified TMDB Critic
2020-09-06

Thin on story but the practical effects are good and Michael Keaton is a lot of fun even if he doesn't fully arrive on screen until the 40-minute mark. My feelings more or less remained the same from the last time I saw, probably 10+ years ago. I probably don't place this in as high regard compared to others, but still was entertained. **3.5/5**...

J James Verified TMDB Critic
2023-10-14

This is so insane… I love it!...

J James Verified TMDB Critic
2023-10-20

This is so bad… I goddamn love it....

K kevin2019 Verified TMDB Critic
2024-05-30

"Beetlejuice" will undoubtedly be difficult to surpass certainly in terms of pure visual imagination which incorporates some sets skewered at desperately crazy angles and outrageously cluttered administrative areas and waiting rooms where you can literally sit in monotonous silence for months at a time while listening to muzak. Tim Burton excels marvellously behind the cameras to deliver what is probably one of the most quirky films to come along in recent decades. His unique visuals strive to achieve an almost Georges Melies quality to them as Burton places all manner of incredible visual mar...