31 Days to Halloween- 1988 Beetlejuice

Over the next 100 days, I will present one movie of significances in horror, suspense or thrillers for each year from 1919 to 2018. The next film presented here is the 1988 horror comedy "Beetlejuice" starring Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis and directed by Tim Burton.

Beetlejuice (1988)

Dir- Tim Burton

What if your house was infested by pesky humans who seem to reside in your rightful home. Of course, you call a human exorcist. Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin play a newly dead couple that wishes to rid their home of a new family who finds their attempts at scaring people funny and cute. Michael Keaton is the comical ghost with the most who answers their call and does more than what he is asked. Tim Burton uses his incredible imagination and Danny Elfman's music genius to create a funny and sometimes frightening movie that packs a little more fright than Ghostbusters but still does not fall entirely into all-out slapstick. A great play on the haunted house that delivers on both the fright and laughs. Winona Ryder shines as the semi-suicidal Lydia, the gothy daughter of the current occupants and friend to the ghostly couple.