Beetlejuice LaserDisc Intro

[@kimlockman9390]

0:56 always gives me goosebumps.

[@Luisofbrazil]

That's the moment when you realize you're stepping into a mysterious and ghoulish world, and there is no turning back now...

[@meh6953]

Same here! Love that intro, you can tell heart and soul was poured into this masterpiece. Miss the good ol' days

[@PrimetimeD]

Same!

[@kp4692]

Same

[@blackmetalberry5731]

Same here. Because i was raised watching it

[@Rapapictures]

One of the best intros in film history

[@muumuugirl]

i'm glad this intro is in the sequel

[@superplaysminecraft3923]

Agreed

[@York22]

It’s too iconic not to have been

[@squiremuldoon5462]

This is a perfect example of how a great score moves an entire scene where not much is really happening, its the best sound effect because the crazy music is setting the tone in your mind for all the craziness to come.

[@treseancann1261]

Do you know any movies other than Beetlejuice that can nail that ?

[@corey-bird3489]

@@treseancann1261 Psycho and Miss Peregrine are close contenders.

[@jayzev5672]

Wow!

[@fromthehaven94]

@@treseancann1261 Total Recall, the original directed by Paul Verhoeven (sp?)

[@nathanb9371]

@@treseancann1261Batman 1989.

[@jelly5289]

“Day light come and we wanna go homeeeeeeeeee” is so nuts, one of the best opening scenes, I swear I always come back to this

[@davsny5]

I know.

[@sirentrap5621]

is that what they said? Day light come and we wanna go home? i thought it was a song in a different language

[@jelly5289]

@@sirentrap5621 yeah! Here’s the Original song, the Score/the opening theme takes from this! it’s very iconic and very important! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooukc6ugbJZrq6M

[@eldritchmorgasm4018]

I didn't understand all of it, but I did understand them "farting" 😅

[@blackflagsnroses6013]

@@sirentrap5621it’s the Day-O Harry Belonfonte song they sing at the dinner table

[@Mtbker456]

Best opening to a movie period....

[@f19ure]

Deadpan this and the opening to HBO's Cryptkeeper series. Unsurprisingly, both of which are composed by Danny Elfman.

[@lunabluevinemassacre6182]

Werd

[@cineomaniac3388]

Yup this one and Forrest gump

[@brandendrummond4249]

& Top Gun

[@dinahkyle3196]

Lion King and Hunchback of Notre Dame

[@MrKajithecat]

My favorite Burton film ever. Original, funny and wildly weird. Also this score is top-notch.

[@tnawcwvictoria]

Mine, too, I personally like Michael Keaton better on here than his role as Batman They had THE Perfect Cast Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, Dick Cavett and a very young Winona Ryder Beetlejuice from the Director of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure & Batman

[@deckofcards87]

My favorite Burton film, too. Actually it's a tie between Beetlejuice and Ed Wood.

[@balkee42]

Fav burton film as well. Glad they arent doing a sequel. They need to leav this one alone

[@autocyclepc2001]

MrKajithecat did somebody say top notch 😏

[@firebros1695]

My favorite Burton film too. I miss the 90s Burton so much

[@maximillianrockefeller8375]

Totally agree. Ever since i first saw this movie ive LOVED this opening. I still find myself humming it randomly.

[@ICEMAN99TURBO]

Lol yep!

[@jessicapinkman-hd4bw]

agree with what?

[@deathmagnetic12085]

1:15 has such a creepy, eerie vibe. I love it!!

[@MartyMcFly88]

So happy hearing this in the opening of the sequel

[@alexmullin961]

Whoever made the decision to play “DAY-O” in a very twisted way before the film even started….. GENIUS. REALLY gives you an indication of what’s to come.

[@mysteryplayer11thelordofde31]

Danny Elfman is the one who sang it

[@treseancann1261]

RIP Harry Belafonte.

[@TheLegendaryMovieCritic]

I love that they recreated this intro again for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with an updated theme!

[@shainas6149]

I was so happy they went with the original intro but was lowkey disappointed the theme song was re-recorded - I thought the original theme had way more bite

[@TheLegendaryMovieCritic]

@@shainas6149 I didn’t mind the new theme! Danny Elfman did a great job modernizing the Beetlejuice theme for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice for a new generation since it matched the new intro being so much darker than the original!

[@fastspeedeye]

I Was Smiling During The Whole Intro When I Saw The 2nd Movie I Really Liked It.

[@oregonhighroller5178]

One of the greatest film themes ever

[@ThisisBrownfield]

You can tell the moment the decor turn into a model, and this is brilliant.

[@pikasalsachu]

Can't wait to hear the theme again in the theater

[@daniellekelly7296]

Catherine O’Hara....probably one of the most underrated actresses EVER!

[@grisamaro9036]

Such a babe!

[@deathmagnetic12085]

@@grisamaro9036 KEVIN!!!

[@grisamaro9036]

@@deathmagnetic12085 😂😂😂

[@deathmagnetic12085]

@@grisamaro9036 or..... Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch (Daylight come and me wanna go home) Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch (Daylight come and me wanna go home)

[@commonsense2680]

Is there no szechhhwan up here!

[@sappyshamp3751]

We need more horror comedies like beetlejuice nowadays tbh.

[@reneastle8447]

We can still make it happen if we write more horror comedies like Beetlejuice. Be original, creative, imaginative, and create horror comedies in your own ways.

[@SamuelBlack84]

I'd love to see a black comedy horror about a necrophiliac who falls in love with a rotting and annoying girl zombie

[@N_D93]

Hearing the music of Danny Elfman in the second movie. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.... Gave me goosebumps.. I felt so nostalgic almost had tears in my eyes...36 years later and u still know its Betlegeuse... Great work!

[@slimitations]

Literally CANNOT wait to hear what Danny elfman cooks up for the new movie

[@vspearss]

SAMMEE

[@Cheshire_Chan]

it was amazing!

[@allys744]

I love how the music starts at the production company logo, slowly builds up and then gets into the fun parts when the cast names come up and we see the closeups of the model/small town

[@Nostalgio]

Who’s here after the teaser for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice dropped?? ✋🏼

[@GRNKRBY]

Me just to prove that a slowed down line of the Banana Boat song was in the original. 😅

[@balkee42]

Probably my most fav movie theme/score ever. Cant imagine how thrilled Burton was when Elfman brought this piece for him to hear for the first time.

[@nathanielthomas2502]

I was 6 years old when I 1st saw this. This was in the day when you can a single ticket for 2 movies so we sat through this film like oh man can't wait for Batman but ended up loving this film & of course loved it even more as I got older & understood more.So I had the pleasure of seeing back-to-back great Tim Burton Michael Keaton & Danny Elfman movies incredible

[@jayzev5672]

Wow! Nathaniel Thomas

[@77jcarva]

Love how they present the scale model combined with the real town in this intro...

[@axebomber2108]

I'm always confused about when it turns from a real town into a model. We never see the sky(or the attic), and even before the first cut, something looks off about the town.

[@varianschirmer9375]

​​@axebomber2108 Nothing was moving in the shot.... A car, a person, something to sell its the real town before the cut to the model...

[@epicfroggaming-m3k]

Dang, when i went to the big screen to watch beetlejuice beetlejuice, i felt goosebumps when the main titles started to play. that gave me memories of when i was a child and i loved (and still love) the original film. Great times!!!!

[@mattbernabe]

This movie was released the same year I was born. Been watching it for as long as I can remember. I'm already 32 years old, and it's still one of my top all-time favorites. Love it.

[@robertmiddleton2679]

If this intro isn’t this in the cinema, I’m leaving!!!!!

[@BayBridge510]

Spoiler alert!! Let's just say you won't be disappointed.😊

[@tristanlaferriere5194]

That deep sound at 1:01 just sets the whole tone for the movie, this deeply unsettling but at the same time aesthetically pleasing effect that sort of makes us dive into the world of the story. I feel the tone of this movie including the idyllic setting of Winter River and soundtrack are completely unmatched. This movie has a quality to it that no others feel like and its hard to describe. But its real nostalgia.

[@CJODell12]

Beetlejuice opened on March 30, 1988 and had the biggest Easter opening weekend gross at the time; $8,030,897 from 1,000 theaters. It spent a total of 4 weeks at #1, and a total of 11 weeks in the Top 10, and would gross a total of $73,839,613 in the United States, making it the 10th highest grossing film of 1988 domestically.

[@aaronanderson499]

I love introducing 80’s classics to my 11 year old son over these years. This one he gave a 10 out of 10 and I couldn’t agree more!

[@bbandthesv]

Day-o, we say day-o Daylight come and me wanna go home

[@SeaxresUne]

I've noticed this with scary movies in more recent years: taking something like a nursery rhyme, a lullaby or other children's song and slowing it down for a creepy effect to set the tone. Beetlejuice takes a song by Harry Belafonte and slows it down to where "wanna go hoooome" sounds so eerie and foreboding!

[@axebomber2108]

I think it probably became common in movies from the 80s, maybe even earlier. Poltergeist, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween II.

[@wratched]

@@axebomber2108 Rosemary's Baby did it.

[@batofdestiny]

I'm 27 years old, and I just watched this movie for the first time, the other day! The musical score does a lot for this movie.

[@kenshiro7853]

Love this!! I'm lucky enough to have met Tim Burton... what a brilliant guy

[@bbSouthstreet]

Ken Shiro that’s so cool! Where did you meet him? He’s one of my heroes.

[@sayyestofairness4266]

You're not alone. I actually saw him in a limo at the Hotel Roosevelt in LA when I was 13 (fresh off directing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).

[@jmuduke99]

Met him and his wife at work

[@solezeta1314]

Where did you meet him?! Tell me!

[@York22]

One of the all time greatest film intros.

[@Patrick19833]

I hope they play this theme in the second movie as well!

[@missmayajessica]

I STILL get chills! Danny & Tim were the best collab!❤❤❤

[@TimMosleycar3hur]

1:14 - Not sure how it was in whatever theater you were in, but the one I was in was packed, and when this came on the screen, there were loud cheers everywhere!! Awesome moment.

[@blackforehead]

If this debuted on the screens today, I’m sure the world would be astounded by what they witnessed 💯💯💯

[@SamuelBlack84]

I wonder if the sequel will have the same effect?

[@Sebastiantjegamer]

This soundtrack for a intro is the goat

[@tommyt1971]

One of Danny Elfman’s best compositions.

[@RobWarrior27]

I would say easily one of his top 3!

[@TheEmoInkling1884]

That music and the ominous "daylight come and me want go home" gives me chills dude🤘😈🎃🤘

[@waide9183]

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice comes out in a few days. Who else came here just to watch this?

[@MartyMcFly88]

I loved the sequel! I love that the intro was exactly the same

[@yunoBT]

0:56 imagine hear that in theaters

[@kindofabigdeal7284]

I wish I could have!!! But I saw Batman in theatres that following year and that made up for it. I was 5

[@logancook2622]

This aged well haha

[@Zilkenian_Davenport]

I just watched the new Beetlejuice movie yesterday in the theatre, and my mother came to watch it with me. Mind you, my mother wasn't a fan of this film because she always saw Tim Burton's films as too dark. Well fellas, I can proudly say we have a new Beetlejuice fan! My mother wants to see the first movie as well now.

[@solezeta1314]

If Danny Elfman's making this music, he did a hell of a job!

[@eldritchmorgasm4018]

Yeah, "Batman Returns, Nightbreed & Sleepy Hollow" are probably his best work

[@krazyhartin]

Wow, pretty interesting quality coming from a LaserDisc. I've never encountered one before. The audio quality is impressive, very clean output! :)

[@NCTStudio]

And thus begins a legend…

[@jmuduke99]

Danny Elfman is an f'ing genius

[@Z3AL316]

The sequel needs to have an intro like this!

[@logancook2622]

This aged well haha they did it in the sequel

[@gregruelas7830]

OHHH LORD the percussion!!!! Oh it feeeeeel so goooood!!

[@RedRanger2001]

Fact: This movie was filmed in 4:3. It was matted into 1.85:1 for the theatrical release, DVD release (the 1997 copy still has the 4:3 aspect ratio on side B of the DVD), Blu-Ray, and so forth...

[@RedRanger2001]

Well, I got Beetlejuice 20th Anniversary DVD. I compared the aspect ratio of the DVD that I got to the aspect ratio of the laserdisc shown on this video...

[@RedRanger2001]

I don't have a laserdisc player. I was talking about the laserdisc version shown on this KZbin video. The laserdisc version shown on this KZbin video is the original version from 1988, in which it's the uncropped one.

[@vickishaw6053]

No one really cares 😂😂

[@andykishore]

At least this Laserdisc release has the original aspect ratio.

[@murdlok]

A lot of 35mm films from that era were shot in 4:3 using mattes for theatrical release and removing them for broadcast and home media. It was common since it didn't require sacrificing image information like anamorphicly shot films do. Downisde of this is that sometimes you can see crew members or film equipment in the shot since the director is only looking at the cropped compositions on set via monitors.

[@kp4692]

1:13 dang I got chills. I just saw it for the first time 4 days ago. I listened to the musical and knew I had to see the film.

[@caty6242]

I feel in love with this song as a little kid, I think it really influenced my music style. I'll always be greatful fir this film.

[@soylentteal]

Along with the marvelously maniacal music, I always loved the visual trick they play when they switch from the actual scenery to the model at 2:36. Too bad Elfman's sung "Day-O!" at the beginning didn't make it onto the soundtrack release. I always miss it when I play it.

[@Masterr59]

Seriously! I love that beginning so much 😓

[@guileniam]

1:57 looks like model too though. I actually can't tell where the model starts and the live action shot ends

[@Shako_Lamb]

​@@guileniam The transition is at 2:50 behind the titles! I was just in the IRL village (East Corinth, Vermont) yesterday and the road keeps going southbound along an open field there.

[@varianschirmer9375]

​@guileniam It might have been more deceptive... but the initial descent into the community.... There's no movement. Car, pedestrian, dog... Nothing to get you thinking it's a live shot before switching to the model in the Maitland attic.

[@ColeWalker]

@soylentteal The version with the Day O is included on the Burton/Elfman Music Box CD

[@GentlemanGaGa29]

Last October was the 35th anniversary of Beetlejuice. Saw it at Dolby Cinema, one the loudest movies I had ever seen! Goosebumps at the opening credits!

[@brandonhosman4697]

0:43 That’s the part I was looking for, it used to scare me as a kid

[@lukiedriscfilms]

lol yeah it did

[@UnderTheTableGremlin]

I think that first little bit is Danny Elfman singing, if I’m not mistaken

[@Masterr59]

@@UnderTheTableGremlin Yes! And that's why I especially was looking for this version! He is my favorite singer.

[@TheConorsmithusa]

huh ?! lmao you're weird finding that scary

[@maotsetungthot9144]

1:19 that Piano has gone JAWS mode

[@seanbannon7939]

This intro pulls you right in to the film. And they knew It would

[@campbellz_soup6071]

0:56 best part of the opening 💕🥰

[@maximec808]

Best movie intro ever, have goosebumps every time

[@coleseaboyfan2002]

I Watched Of This Movie on Freeform Last Month Along With Casper And Toy Story of Terror

[@willferrellnumberone201]

Love the creepy Day-O at the opening.

[@Masterr59]

It's Danny Elfman! The composer, but also my favorite singer :)

[@kelseyhaight1698]

It’s very haunting so is the rendition I heard in the trailer of the upcoming sequel

[@commonsense2680]

There are so many great small things to remember about this movie, I never stopped loving it! Music, scenes, acting dialogue and humor that I think it is my favorite Tim Burton film ever!

[@patton303]

Crazy how that Laser Disc intro just brought back a flood of childhood memories. My dad had it right. Digital video and audio when everything else was analog garbage.

[@JunkerDC]

wow I wish the new movie sounded this good it came on at the movies and it was so low it sounded like a old tv the other day this one is loud and jaming

[@themobsterofnerds6693]

My reaction when I hear Danny's Elfman's score seeing the title *"BEETLEJUICE"* ... I smile. *grins devilishly* 😈

[@ZombieNation27]

1st movie I ever saw in theaters!!! One of my fondest memory’s!

[@SamuelBlack84]

I hope the sequel retains the pitch-black gallows humour of the original

[@Selongi]

I’m shocked 2:32 onwards hasn’t got much attention it’s the BEST BIT especially 2:41

[@ricardocantoral7672]

R.I.P. Sylvia Sidney. She was one of the greatest actresses who ever lived. Those eyes !

[@connornorley5079]

Hands down one of the best, gives me goosebumps every time.

[@lucasaccardo360]

goosebumps - that's how you score a movie.

[@voteZDLR]

I remember when I was like 6 or 7 years old and the thing that happens at like 0:30 I always used to love, I mainly remember seeing it from the VHS of Burton's original Batman film though. My how home entertainment has changed since then :D

[@OrganaCokeNail]

You can't watch a Warner Brothers movie without your Warner Brothers baseball cap!

[@ITSAHARDNUGLIFE]

Yup yup, it was on Ace Ventura VHS too

[@njlillycline]

I’m sure everyone who had the privilege to see this in theaters knew that they were in for a treat when the music started

[@Emma-mk8jv]

Its like you can't decide whether its crazy, funny, happy or scary. Which is exactly all the things this film is

[@davidmolo6158]

Uff hacia años que no veia esa intro de Warner Bros Video,ya ni me acordaba,en cuanto a la peli,de las mejores de Tim Burton!!!

[@TANKTREAD]

Nice, its got Elfman doing the "Day-O" in the beginning of the song, which they included in the Elfman/Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box set.

[@devanmoran]

Just like beetlejuice 2 except it was at night goosebumps

[@sofiaromero2140]

Danny Elfman is a gift!!!!!!!!! 💜💜💜💜

[@primaryendo]

Sounds great.

[@benbergin538]

I hope they do a similar intro for the sequel

[@MartyMcFly88]

They did it exactly the same it was awesome

[@boopsbucket]

Despite having grown up on this film, and having been taken to Oingo Boingo shows by my Dad as a small kid...... I ALWAYS forget Danny singing the "Day-O" intro. This LaserDisc intro is especially rad. First time I saw 2001: A Space Odyssey, it was on a LaserDisc player + disc my Dad rented out from this tiny independent video rental less than a mile from our house in Hollywood. I feel like there was something really, really special about the audio when played through the right AV system and surround-sound home speakers. Primitive as they were when I was but a young bab in the early 90s. RIP LaserDisc potential lol. Thank you so much for this upload!!! There's a gal appreciating it deeply at 4AM, nine years after you uploaded it.

[@2a4me96]

Hoping the intro for the sequel is a tip of the hat to the original

[@moogtree]

1:14.... GOOSEBUMPS

[@lulugu3]

Anybody else remember this theme being used for trailers of the Casper movie in the late 90s?

[@watertommyz]

Paranorman used it too!!

[@dnasty312]

*Falling Down* used the opening

[@dinahkyle3196]

Horton Hears a Who My Favorite Martian The Muppet Christmas Carol Monster House

[@benmunn7593]

I don't know about you guys but, I hope for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice they play out the intro similar to this movie, much like Top Gun: Maverick doing a similar intro to the first Top Gun movie, but with the Deetz's getting out of the house for Charles Deetz's funeral

[@MartyMcFly88]

They did

[@benmunn7593]

Dude, I haven't seen the movie yet. I was making a guess, @@MartyMcFly88

[@fermenal]

i love this i cant wait to wait this year sequel

[@liciablackmon3607]

This song is so good it's cooking!!!

[@robbieanderson2032]

Spoiler alert : Beetlejuice Beetlejuice opening were like this but they was on night

[@BlitzAMV]

I was actually looking for this comment, I'm gonna see it next week and I was hoping they kept the same music fr the intro

[@VirtualMilk]

I didn’t realize Lydia was played by Winona Rider who plays Joyce from Stranger Things

[@aquariusseven1651]

Forget how many times i restarted this clip, best intro ever💯

[@Leotheviolist]

I so excited the rebuilt the house for the next movie!😃

[@Maximus4587]

_Day-o, me say day-o..._ *_Daylight come and me wanna go..._*

[@axebomber2108]

The Geffen sphere is scary, like the killer spheres from Phantasm. David Geffen: You think that when you die you go to heaven? You come to US!

[@serge263]

I grew up on the cartoon and movie for a number of years. This movie was literally the definition of my childhood. I can still do the Beetlejuice laugh myself. This movie has a really special place in my heart.

[@slimitations]

I love Danny’s voice

[@henriquealvesdeazevedo4679]

I just LOVE this intro!!!

[@niceyredzy2763]

It’s so weird how this movie combines horror and comedy at the same time! The scene where they do the exorcism really scared me… it was so creepy seeing them decay… I hope the 2nd movie is good!

[@Shatner2410]

I can't wait for the sequel, next year in September. 😅