Beetlejuice

(Beetlejuice)

Basics

A film directed by Tim Burton
1988 | 92 minutes | Colour | Dolby | 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

In   the   surreal,   wonderfully   cartoon-like   comedy   Beetlejuice,  a childless couple, Barbara and Adam, move to the country  only  to  be
killed  in  a  car  accident  while  passing over a quaint covered bridge.
Their ghosts  return  to  their  beloved  Victorian  home,  and  find  the
'Handbook  For  The  Recently  Deceased',  which  not  only lets them
know they're dead, but comes in handy when they learn that they can
continue to live in their house, even though a new  family  --  from  the
land  of  the living -- is moving in. The new owners, fresh from the city,
are quite a strange group themselves, and  include  the  overpowering
hipster  mom  Delia,  her  pompous  SoHo  interior designer Otho, her
meek husband Charles, and  their  morose  teenage  daughter  Lydia,
who  befriends  the  ghostly couple. Though the threesome attempt to
scare Delia from   ruining   the   house   with   redecoration   and   her
unpleasant  personality,  their  attempts fail. As a last resort, they call
upon the services   of    the    demented,    terrifying,    but    hilarious 'bioexorcist', Beetlejuice.

Main Cast

Alec Baldwin
Geena Davis
Annie McEnroe
Maurice Page
Hugo Stanger
Michael Keaton
Rachel Mittelman
Catherine O'Hara
J. Jay Saunders
Mark Ettlinger
Jeffrey Jones
Winona Ryder
Glenn Shadix
Patrice Martinez
Cynthia Daly
Adam Maitland
Barbara Maitland
Jane Butterfield
Ernie
Old Bill
Betelgeuse
Little Jane Butterfield
Delia Deetz
Moving Man #1
Moving Man #2
Charles Deetz
Lydia Deetz
Otho
Receptionist
3-Fingered Typist

Production Companies

The Geffen Company

Distributors

Warner Bros. (USA)

Release Dates

🇺🇸 March 30, 1988
🇬🇧 August 19, 1988

Also Known As

The Maitlands (us)

Box-Office

Budget
$15,000,000