Beetlejuice was even more INSANE than you remember...

[@lucassantiago697]

The scene where they are dying in their wedding clothes is because Otto thought he was doing a summoning spell but it was actually an exorcism and as it was established earlier when they were looking at the doors on their way to meet their case worker, exorcism is like death to the dead

[@mikaelb.2070]

But why would the book for the dead contain a spell to exorcise them?

[@lucassantiago697]

@@mikaelb.2070 Not to exorcise them, but in case they need to exorcise someone

[@Raindropsinvalencia]

I was kind of surprised that he didn't mention that Lydia seems to ride the line between death and life at the end of the movie, floating and dancing with ghosts after school

[@ObsessiveGeek]

@@RaindropsinvalenciaThere’s a shot of her dad reading a book titled “co-existing with the living” or something along those lines to show they’ve all learned to “live” together.

[@ManderzArl]

@@lucassantiago697 I like to think that the spell is a double edged sword. Look what happened when Otho got a hold of the book. It seems to be implied that the book should be kept away from the living. A book that passes for an ordinary book is not strange and unusual for the living. Especially snoopy ones like Otho. He was looking for the strange and unusual.

[@CyanFairyWren]

The genius of Adam not listening to the older barber next door probably being the reason they died is what gets to me. Had he had a little patience and kindness (or even just pretended to care), they would have probably lived. Missed the dog by a minute or two. Their impatience to get back to isolation- my guess is due to Barbara miscarrying before- and both grieve that loss as well as try again ended in their own demises. And in that death, they found a child they could truly love as if she were their own. They wanted to take care of her, and they did. In turn, she saves them. It's a wonderful dynamic, and I find their found family quite sweet, especially when sharing responsibilities with the other set of parents. All in all, the movie is missing ingredients to show why this all matters, but the musical did manage to fill most of those gaps.

[@strawberrysoulforever8336]

The thing I liked instantly in watching the movie was Adam and Barbara's chemistry. You can tell that they've been together for a while, but they still love each other the way they did when they first got together and try to keep a little romance in their daily lives. And will continue to do so in death.

[@solosynapse]

I dunno, I feel like all that was implied. Show, don't tell, right?

[@Dreamerlighting]

I know 😮my fave movies

[@rickc6028]

Barbara was rushing Adam, so is her fault.

[@AArdW01f]

I actually don't find their reaction to being dead too weird. They realize they are dead but, they are; 1) still conscious 2) still have free will 3) still are with eachother This is a fairly huge relief to several of life's big questions tbh.

[@ahleenah]

And now they don’t have to eat or pay to live anymore!

[@InvasionAnimation]

@@ahleenah You never saw the movie lol

[@MandieCat]

This lol! If I had my spouse id be disappointed at being dead but ultimately alright

[@mumbles4763]

So they realized after life is just a spectator mode?

[@Joao_kakaroto811]

That's a shame, but if you died, take care, my friend. ​@@MandieCat

[@saltygooseundertale7412]

The fact that Alex cut out the part where Lydia is EDITING HER OWN SUICIDE NOTE TO MAKE IT MORE DRAMATIC which is one of the funniest bits in the entire movie is a crime.

[@Heathersproshotedits1989]

Why do winnona’s characters always have to write suicide notes 😫

[@saltygooseundertale7412]

@@Heathersproshotedits1989 I don't know lol I've only seen her in Beetlejuice and stranger things

[@Heathersproshotedits1989]

@@saltygooseundertale7412 watch heathers !!

[@victoria-xe6sq]

@@saltygooseundertale7412pls watch heathers

[@padisleiero]

@@Heathersproshotedits1989i never realized this but yeah😭 very common theme

[@AZ-rl7pg]

I miss when movies used practical effects like this, it adds so much cool charm to it over pure CGI like everything uses now.

[@whyiamafs]

Same here 😢

[@expeditionbuster]

I will say this spoiler-free but the sequel was made mostly with practical effects, stop motion, and models. Yes, there is CG that is well-used to blend everything together, but it is not the highlight. Also, the movie itself? Pretty darn good.

[@JeskidoYT]

Yeah but imagine the costs of labor designing the parts and hiring extras and extra costumes and then the storage units and yadda yadda dooo

[@nightmarefanatic1819]

​@@JeskidoYT This movie actually had a small effects budget which is why it gives off a cheap, B-Movie vibe. They used their limits to create it's visual style

[@expeditionbuster]

@@JeskidoYT I mean, is that any more expensive than paying hundreds of animators for 45-60+ hour work weeks and emotionally crushing deadlines? :D

[@AbdulAbdullah-z8r]

Summarising this movie in one phrase would be something like, “Well that escalated quickly.”

[@LionGrl321]

fr

[@KCgravityfallsfan]

Fr bro 😂😂😂😂😂

[@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852]

That doobie was laced with something.

[@otashu26]

😂💯

[@oceanapearl3503]

Zero to 100 the movie

[@jaday7282]

As someone who grew up with Beetlejuice, I wanted to share a heartwarming story. I used to love this movie growing up. It would show up on TV randomly, and i'd always try to catch it. My grandpa died young but had 5 brothers. One day we went to visit one of them, my great-uncle i guess, and this was on TV. As the grownups talked, they let me watch. And randomly, as i I'm glued to the screen thinking think no one is paying me any attention, my great uncle goes, "What an interesting and fun movie! What's it called?" And then someone makes a comment about how weird it looks and he goes, "No, no! It's full of imagination!" I still remember this moment so warmly

[@IzzyakaSpookyGurlQueenal-lh3dh]

I saw it this summer! and guess what?! TODAY IS BEETLEJUICE 2,AND MY PARENTS 22nd ANNIVERSARY😊

[@LadyDoomsinger]

Yeah - you can say a lot of things about Tim Burton... But the guy sure had a lot of imagination. Not so sure if that's still the case, but he made some pretty wild movies back in the day.

[@blu3622]

I loved this movie as a kid, too! I loved the animated series based on the movie even more!

[@LugreliaCreates]

Oh, that's awesome. ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥I watched it as a kid with my Mom. 😊

[@terrilynn27allen88]

Great memory.

[@AdamG1983]

I still love they had an F bomb in a PG movie. They had it also in "Big", "Caddyshack 2", "Sixteen Candles" and "Spaceballs" The 80s were wild

[@melodi2036]

My Spanish teacher in high school showed us Big and she cried bc she was sure she was gonna lose her job 💀 we assured her we wouldn't tell (a lie obviously) but we did get her to stop crying. And she wasn't even new to teaching 😂 but she insisted this was the only time she didn't watch a movie before bringing it to class, but it said PG so she thought it was safe 😂😂

[@joecollas9942]

They used to show Tits in PG movies

[@TheOnlyRick3]

@@melodi2036did she get fired?😂

[@NJGuy1973]

The MPAA allows one F bomb in a PG movie, and it has to be in a nonsexual context.

[@melodi2036]

@@TheOnlyRick3 no 😂😂 she wanted to turn it off multiple times and we begged her to keep it on bc c'mon, we were high schoolers, we've seen worse. I don't remember what the last straw was that made her start crying - might've been when he lost his virginity

[@DocB_488]

The subtle humor that you pick up after rewatching this movie is incredible. So Many little bits make me die laughing because of just how subtle yet hilarious it is. Like the one he pointed out when the characters actually recognize the light changed and are like “umm what just happened?”

[@lorddjgoliath1809]

The scene with Adam and Barbara back in their wedding clothes is Otho performs what he assumes is a summoning ceremony, but it turns out to be an exorcism. I'm pretty sure Adam and Barbara were about to be sent to the lost souls room were it not for Beetlejuice interrupting the ceremony.

[@graffiti.777]

Bro didn't even mention otho at all in the video

[@lorddjgoliath1809]

@@graffiti.777 Missed opportunity though. Otho is such a character

[@graffiti.777]

@@lorddjgoliath1809 that's what I'm saying. Like he didn't even mention the snake scene!

[@wordsmith6154]

I'd like to point out two things. 1: If you think Lydia's weird here, try listening to the Beetlejuice musical. (Also, the lady who said, "If I knew then what I know now, I wouldn't have had my little accident" has a whole song where that's the focus. If the musical didn't come out, like, 30 years after the movie, I would've though that those lines were just mirroring the show.) Honestly, Beetlejuice was an early favorite for me as a kid (as someone who hates horror, mind you) and looking back, it's a mess of continuity. The musical puts purpose behind a lot of the actions made. Like they clarified that Lydia's "mom" in the movie is actually her eccentric step-mom and she dresses in black because she still mourns her mother and wants a normal family again. She goes to kill herself because all she wants is to be with her mother again. Things that I don't know why they didn't spell out in the movie. 2: Winona Ryder plays a 14 year old in this movie. This same year, "Heaters" came out, where she played a 17-year-old Veronica Sawyer. The shift is surreal tbh.

[@NJGuy1973]

2a. And every teen boy fell in love with Winona Ryder.

[@serenitythesiren5031]

To be fair Heathers came out the year afterward, so not the same year.

[@wordsmith6154]

@@serenitythesiren5031 They were both released in 1988.

[@JW-no8yb]

Actually, Heathers came out the DAY after Beetlejuice did in theatres! She must’ve been busy back then

[@wordsmith6154]

@JW-no8yb That actually explains something. I saw an article title a while back that claimed that part of Winona's contract for "Stranger Things" was that the show would go on hiatus if "Beetlejuice 2" ever became a thing. It must’ve been crazy for her schedule to do both "Beetlejuice" and "Heathers."

[@ECKohns]

Beetlejuice is supposed to be the villain. But he’s the only one who keeps his promises.

[@Bee-ju7nt]

He is the Antagonist.

[@M3rcy4-s4g]

Ooh. Got 'em. 🤣

[@tonyacosta4574]

He more like the hero he saved the day both In the original and the sequel

[@notthegreatestdetective]

you know how there are "dark hero's"? Beetlejuice is kinda like a "light villain" in my eyes, or just something like that, definitely a bad guy but not completely evil

[@Console-Lord]

@@notthegreatestdetectivethat’s a nice analogy.

[@something1600]

You know if he listened to that poor old man outside the store then he probably wouldn't have crashed.

[@osets2117]

That's one of the saddest parts too

[@AlbertScoot]

5:04 One of the plot points of the movie is that the underworld and the living world exist right on top of each other. At this point they are in the underworld even though everything looks like the living world.

[@AlejandroSanchez-bw6wp]

4:30 actually if he was just a little more patient they would still be alive

[@trinaq]

Michael Keaton only had 17.5 minutes of screentime in this 92 minute movie, yet he made them count, gloriously chewing the scenery.

[@maryannclementiii-uw5pk]

He was only in Need for Speed for about 30 seconds, and I remember him more than I remember Jesse Pinkman in that movie. He's just that kind of actor.

[@pokestyn]

The best actors make the most of only little bits of time

[@trisotrousers8447]

Yet it’s called betlejucie

[@englishatheart]

@@trisotrousers8447 Did you have a stroke?

[@osets2117]

Pretty sure most of his lines were ad-libbed as well

[@moviewolverine89]

Parents: "According to the code of the MPAA ratings system, you cannot include an F bomb in a PG rated film-" 80's film culture: "The code is more of what you call 'guidelines' than actual rules."

[@NJGuy1973]

@@moviewolverine89 You can have one F bomb in a PG 13 film, and it has to be in a nonsexual context.

[@darkdeifan]

MPAA suggestions

[@Chevymisty]

PG-13 had only been a thing for 4 years and they were still trying to figure out what was what.

[@Garch-the-Great]

They also had nudity in '80s PG movies. Hell, 1968's Planet of the Apes had 3 naked guys running around for 5 mins, and it was G. Standards have changed.

[@NJGuy1973]

@@Garch-the-Great And Midnight Cowboy got an X rating when it was first released in 1969, then two years later re-released with an R.

[@HisVirusness]

Michael Keaton thought that Beetlejuice having a tie-in toy line was weird. Anytime I saw that, I was like, "Hey! As someone who had most of those toys growing up... yeah, it was kinda weird." Still, it was pretty awesome being a kid in the early 90's.

[@Randomninja47]

Toy line and a 90's cartoon show.

[@ObsessiveGeek]

There wasn’t much that didn’t have tie in toys, even Robocop and Alien which no child should be watching

[@1D991]

Loved Spawn toys/models back then

[@saulcervantes1975]

I remember watching the Beetlejuice cartoon back to back with The Mask.

[@englishatheart]

'90s

[@MrBakku]

7:37 Not just "one of those kids" but the original

[@cherylcoomes6739]

Exactly and the best one

[@loganobrien6731]

I just watched this movie for the first time on Max, and despite Michael Keaton not showing up until halfway through the movie I get why he’s the main guy on the poster, he’s fantastic

[@karencarter18042]

I wish people would drop that Jane is not just a relator but related to Adam and Barbara, it makes the couple with kids line even worse.

[@Bee-ju7nt]

If I remember correctly she is Barbara's sister. I can't remember if we see the realtor card she hands Lydia.

[@anubis7457]

Definitely gave "I'm the little sibling so I'm entitled to what you have" energy

[@ChaosTheoriesLuxe]

I think they were cousins.

[@maryannclementiii-uw5pk]

@@anubis7457 Pretty sure she's older. Besides, Barbara's not really entitled to much of anything these days so

[@watercolourferns]

I think that's the point. All of them except Lydia were kinda toxic in some way. The Mitland's for shutting everyone out, Jane for being such a pushy nosey, insensitive idiot; The Deetz's for being so shallow and greedy; Delia's friend for being arrogant, pompous and willfully ignorant; and of course Betelgeuse... So if Jane is Barbara's sister it's kinda on par with the storyline that she's the way she is and that her being family with Barbara makes it worse...

[@EngineerRiff]

This is one of those more psychological horrors, where you know it isn’t real, but the things it does keeps you up at night for hours…

[@ObsessiveGeek]

No

[@TheOnlyRick3]

Its not scary in my pinion

[@ObsessiveGeek]

@@TheOnlyRick3 it’s not scary whatsoever. It’s spooky with dark comedy

[@sutarikun]

It's fully existential. This came out when I was two and I saw this way too young, and the exorcism STILL freaks me out (specifically when Adam and Barbara are rapidly aging and decaying next to each other).

[@LadyDoomsinger]

Dude. It's a comedy. It's just a Tim Burton movie.

[@DukeSkylocker]

Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton were such great fits for Tim Burton's style that it's crazy that after Edward Scissorhands and Batman Returns, respectively, they never collaborated with Tim Burton until this year's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Then again, seeing how Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter really wore out their welcome playing the same characters again and again in Tim Burton films (last film Burton film I can recall enjoying their performance in was Sweeney Todd) perhaps it was for the better.

[@maryannclementiii-uw5pk]

Sweeney Todd was the definition of a movie where they wore out their welcome. I'm not sure who told either one of them they were fit to do musicals.

[@lotta5889]

sweeney todd was the second to last collab they had w burton 😂

[@Sophie_Pea]

They were in his live action adaptation of Alice in wonderland in I think 2012? Might’ve been 2010, not sure. But that’s the last time I’ve ever seen either of them work with him Unless frankenweenie came out after that, which now that I think about it was something else Winona worked on with Tim Burton. That came out around the 2012 mark as well and she was a lead in it along with Johnny Depp

[@DukeSkylocker]

@Sophie_Pea There was also Dark Shadows. That, Alice in Wonderland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory were the low points in the Depp/Burton/Bonham Carter collaboration. For some reason, I thought Charlie came out after Sweeney Todd, but checking the release dates, it actually came out two years prior. So I guess I should correct my statement to I think Sweeney Todd was the exception during a period when that collaboration had really worn out its welcome.

[@Sophie_Pea]

@@DukeSkylocker omg I forgot about dark shadows😬yeah they’re definitely some of his lower ranking ones for me personally

[@eliza6971]

It's worth pointing out that Tim Burton was really into german expressionist films from back in the 20s when every movie was basically a deranged black and white stage play. It's also why it kinda looks like the music video for Otherside by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

[@abigailwyrwas3507]

4:03 My heart literally hurt after that💔

[@The_Keh27]

sure, nowadays the character of Lydia is a trope, but back then, it was a fairly new thing and likely contributed to the rise of goth/emo culture

[@deniseb.4656]

No not really. Goth was big in the 80s and this movie came out in 88. There was nothing new about it.

[@shiannafoxx]

Um goth culture skyrocketed in the 80s and was already pretty big and established at that time

[@allisonchainz82]

@@shiannafoxx And arguably stared with Nico in the late 60's. Look up Evening of Light music video.

[@mercyfulfate666]

Don't mix goth and emo, they are 2 completely different genres, not even barely similar. Lidia was a goth icon.

[@sparklysoysauce3535]

“ 36 YRS OLD GOING IN RAW “ I DIDINT need to know that 😢 0:21

[@dylanlejeune2329]

Yes, yes you do

[@saltygooseundertale7412]

​@@Moebz818 LMAO

[@HaremArchon]

0:27 PG movies from the 80s were different from now

[@weldonwin]

In the 80's movie ratings actually MEANT something and PG movies weren't afraid to be scary or adult

[@evangeloevoxi]

100% lmao. I'm a millennial and my gen X parents forget that these movies like Indiana Jones and Back to the Future used to be PG when they were released in theatres, but now they're pg-13. I grew up watching all of these classics when I was a kid in the 90s-00s, and I have the mental trauma as proof 🤣😂

[@brockbracken318]

And I’m pretty sure the PG-13 rating didn’t exist yet at that time

[@AwesTex]

@@brockbracken318it did, I think it just took them a while to figure it out. The first PG-13 movie was Red Dawn. It came about because of the violent imagery in Temple of Doom. It’s kinda funny because the main concern at the time was kids being exposed to violence. Over time they became more permissive of violence and less permissive of language and sex.

[@Bloomkyaaa]

Yeah, they were actually interesting and not basic and bland and safe.

[@UnspeakableRose]

The name Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is so telling us “hey there’s gonna be a 3rd movie and no one can stop us” and I love it so much (also Alex try something different and watch a musical. Beeltejuice the musical)

[@dazzlingdexter5060]

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice?

[@rbmac110]

Where can one watch Beetlejuice the musical?

[@Sophie_Pea]

@@rbmac110i think there should be bootlegs on KZbin, look up something like “beetlejuice slime tutorial” (slime tutorial is the “code word” for musicals that are uploaded to KZbin)

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

"Beetlejuice is a Kid's Movie?" Well Yes, but actually No.

[@DonEBrooke32]

17:10 no... just... just NO! Lydia's mom and dad still live in the house. it's just they all decided to share the house. it's like Adam and Barbara are her Aunt and Uncle now or something.

[@trinaq]

That's true, but maybe Alex was just trying to sum up as many details as possible, and forgot to mention Charles and Delia.

[@ruby._.romanoffx7778]

I was rewatching beetlejuice a few weeks ago after a long time of not seeing it (I had seen it before don't worry!) but I kid you not I kinda thought Adam and Barbara had become Lydia's parents at the end of the film 😅

[@SecretRaven]

Isn't that what he said though? That Adam and Barbara stay in the house WITH THE DEETZES?

[@DonEBrooke32]

@@SecretRaven he said that they "adopted" her. but her actual parents are still alive.

[@SecretRaven]

I took it more like he meant they helped Lydia's parents raise her, and she is like a daughter to them.​@@DonEBrooke32

[@Ironvaliant_]

The dinner scene will forever be iconic in cinema

[@kathyharris1627]

It was literally the only scene I remembered from the movie. I had to rewarch the movie before I could see the sequel.

[@trinaq]

Please review "Edward Scissorhands", it was a surreal movie, but a staple of my childhood. Johnny Depp was so haunting as Edward, and it was Vincent Price's last screen role.

[@Oktopus549]

6:11 The song that plays in the background was also a number in the musical. Good to know they kept to the source material here.

[@aimun5255]

I love the grave digging effects in the model SO much, like that was sooo cool. Wish we did that sort of thing in movies now as well.

[@mikaela3390]

I'm really missing 80s movies. They had such character you don't find in today's movies.

[@ghazisakka6673]

I agree and would said 1975 to 1995, Alien, Drunk Master, Freddy, John McClane, Naked Gun, Jaw Shark, Jason, Predator, Rambo, Pin Head, Terminator, The Mask, The Muppets, Ghostbusters, Ace Ventura, Star Wars, Police Academy, TMNT, Jurrasic Park, Chucky, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Garfield, The Shinning, Blade Runners, Ferris Buellers, Home Alone, Fist of the North Star, Dragon Ball Z, Invader Lum, Ducktales, Gundam, Transformers, Dawn of the Dead, Evil Dead, Tron, Slam Dunk, Super Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Blues Brothers, Miami Vice, The Lion King, The A Team,The Smurfs, Rocky, Akira, My Neighbor Totoro, Link, Final Fantasy, Street Fighters, Toxic Avenger, E.T., The Goonies, Breakfast Club, Roger Rabbit, Jack Skeleton, Dragon's Lair, He-Man, She-Ra, The Running Man, Conan the Barbarine, ThunderKats, G.I.Joe, Doremon, Hello Kitty, The Land Before Time, The Little Mermaid, Toy Story, Full House, Friends, Jules & Vincent Vega, Bob Ross Pac-Man, MegaMan, An American Werewolf in London, Nausicaä, Spinal Tap, The Raccoons, Darkwing Duck, Al Bundy, Mad Max, Animaniacs, Dumb and Dumber, The Killer, Theif, Warriors, Kiki's Delivery Service, Lethal Weapon, Beverliy Hills Cop, Bad Boys, Midnight Run, Big Trouble in Little China, Re-Animaror, CaddyShack, Disney Aladdin, Dragon Quest, The Secret of NIMH, The Karate Kid, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Wayne's World, Wings of Desire, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Time Bandits, Field of Dreams, Labyrinth, Heathers, Highlander, Never Ending Story, Excalibur, Dark Crystal, Willow, Santa Sangre, The Groundhog Day, Starman, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Phenomena, Flash Gordon, Clash of the Titans, LadyHawke, Somewhere in Time, Time Bandits, Legend, The Great Mouse Detective, Young Sherlock Holmes, Dragonslayer, Vampire Hunter D, Teen Wolf, Wallace & Gromit, The Last Unicorn, Carebears Gummi Bears and Fly Bears, Videodrome, Brazil, Warth of Khan, The Fly, The Abyss, RopoCop, Repo Man, Day of the Dead, WarGames, Full Metal Jacket, Night of the Creeps, Scanners, From Beyond, BeetleJuice, The Last StarFighter, The Hidden, Captain Planet, 1984, Tiny Toon Adventures, The Simpsons, Ren & Stimp Show, Altered States, Buckaroo Banzai, Weird Science, The Platon, Night of the Comet, A Fish Called Wanda, Clue, Raising Arizona, Better Off Dead, The Return of the Living Dead, Bull Durham, National Lampoon's Vacation, Tampopo, Police Story, Real Genius, Major League, SixTeen Candles, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Fright Night, The Usual Suspects, The Goodfelles, Se7en, The Silence of the Lambs, Forrest Gump, Leon the Professional, 12 Monkeys, BraveHeart, Heat, The Fugitive, 48 Hours, Apollo 13, Army of Darkness, Edward Scissorhands, Three Colors, Total Recall, Tombstone, Hard Target, Hard Boiled, A Better Tomorrow, Bullet in the Head, Bloodsport, KickBoxer, Lionheart, Sudden Death, Death Warrant, Universal Soldier, TimeCop, Cyborg, The City of Lost Childrens, Porco Rosso, Delicatessen, Misery, Apocalypse Now, Dazed and Confused, Brom Stocker's Dracula, The Outsiders, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Peggy Sue Got Married, Rumble Fish, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Taxi Driver, Network, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, The Deer Hunter, Suspiria, Dog Day Afternoon, Carrie, Being There, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Holy Mountain, Sorcerer, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Man Who Would Be King, Love and Death, Annie Hall, Animal House, Deep Red, Eraserhead, Marathon Man, The Jerk, Three Days of the Condor, Halloween, House 1977, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Slap Shot, The Omen, The Tenant, Time After Time, Heaven Can Wait, Wizards, The Twelve Tasks of Asterix, Celine and Julie Go Boating, Phantom of the Paradise, Tressure Island, Logan's Run, The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Brood, Stalker, Death Race 2000, Phantasm, Ferngully, Rollerball, The Stepford Wives, A Boy and His Dog, The Fury 1978, Top Gun, Gremlins , Heathers, Killers Klown From Outer Space, It(Pennywise the Clown, Snake Plissken, The Rocky Horror Show, Agatha Christy films, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Super-Man 1978 and Batman 1989.

[@Lior353]

@@ghazisakka6673im not reading all that

[@ghazisakka6673]

@@Lior353 that is fine. I am not forcing anyone but I believe 80s fans would like to read it and few of 70s and 90s fans too.

[@teruienages962]

Literally untrue. You just need to know where to look today. If you don't think there are "these kinds of characters" in today's movies, then you're not watching the right movies.

[@shiannafoxx]

@@ghazisakka6673 Jesus Christ who's reading all that?

[@MichelleAftonGacha]

Beetlejuice is one of my favourite movies in existence, and my favourite Tim Bourton movie over all, I'm really excited for the sequel and I'm so glad that Alex has finally made a video on it 😊

[@SamanthaLaurier]

14:17 In 1988 $50,000 was the same as $136,000 today. Still not all that much for proving the afterlife.

[@Craftwithme3]

14:54 dear diary 1989

[@youngveach]

14:32 that’s Tim Burton for ya

[@timblaisdell5108]

Movie makers: Timmy, how horrific, scary and horrible do you want the movie to be? Timmy: YES

[@mizzymo64]

I love this move, but I remember when I heard the guy who played Beetlejuice was going to play Batman I couldn't fathom it. Then I watched Michael Keaton be an amazing charismatic Batman and it blew my mind. He's still my favourite Batman.

[@aliasfakename3159]

2:12 Harry Belafonte is quietly playing in the background, explaining why the Maitlands make the dinner guests sing "Day-O" when they possess them later (he's their favorite).

[@robertawalsh2995]

6:23 She's calm because the hard part is over and it wasn't so bad.

[@alexisleona3761]

The " KeViN's MoM fRoM hOmE aLoNe!?!?" was my cousin and I's EXACT reaction😂😂

[@animeartist3892]

15:48 I just ran from the wikipedia, apparently the boss tries to perform a seance but its actually an exorcism. So 👍

[@KristynHeenan-jg1kd]

Watched Beetlejuice 2 in movie theaters hours ago and i can confirm it's been like 30 years and Barbra's car is still rotting at the place it landed in when driving off the bridgey thing :D

[@Bee-ju7nt]

IYKYK behind the scenes

[@Iamnottheplatypus]

So they're like that car that got found by Google maps?

[@LadyDoomsinger]

Honestly, the Beetlejuice Animated Series was even better/crazier. The writers could really go all out without being restrained by practical effects, and the friendship between Lydia and Beetlejuice was actually kind of wholesome - Lydia would help Beetlejuice be a better person, and he'd take her on all kinds of weird adventures in the Netherworld.

[@slluky]

I actually saw the animated series before the movie. So the movie was a bit disappointing, Beetlejuice being the villain and the like.

[@Cauldron6]

I really want them to reboot the cartoon.

[@StevieQ]

Came here to say this...why doesn't anybody ever talk about the cartoon!

[@joinsideke]

I never even saw the full movie as a kid, all I knew was the cartoon for the longest time.

[@Nessa-ir2br]

I loved that show!

[@ZolaRenard_01]

And now Lydia has a daughter of her own. Damn, time sure flies... And yes, all the cast was like, "We are waiting for 35 years for the final piece of the sequel's puzzle to set in, before going for it."

[@christopherlewis4595]

So I'm 44, I grew up on Beetlejuice and live it! don't watch most of the shows or movies you make videos for, yet I love watching your videos anyways because the way you put them together and your humor!

[@Clownboy15]

One thing that is kinda of surprising is the fact we have not one but TWO F-Bombs in this movie and it STILL only got rated PG. One is obvious, when he kicks over the tree. The other is harder to hear. That’s why I was laughing when I heard it in this video! He says to Lydia about calling his name, “F you! Say it,” just before falling over the rails.

[@geardog24]

“Nice f**king model!” Definitely an 80’s PG classic all kids should see.

[@Mrtfarrugia]

*Honk Honk*

[@maryannclementiii-uw5pk]

PG by definition does not mean "movie all kids should see." Stop clutching pearls, Grandma.

[@CodeNameCheese_]

@@maryannclementiii-uw5pkI don’t think they were being sarcastic

[@shiannafoxx]

@@maryannclementiii-uw5pk Ever heard of sarcasm Maryann

[@Ocyla]

And with the whorehouse lol

[@greenfox42]

I loved this movie as a kid because I was a huge fan of the cartoon series on Cartoon Network. The relationship between Lidia and Beetlejuice was much stronger and less toxic in the cartoon version ❤

[@tonybippitykaye]

One thing that left me speechless with this film is that it’s a PG with the f-bomb in it with Betelgeuse literally going “nice fuckin’ model!” How in the hell were they able to get that in?

[@jessicatd7581]

Reminds me of Airplane also getting the PG rating even tho they have onscreen nudity 😂

[@randomusername429]

And Beetlegeuse literally going to a stip-club/brothel type thing that Juno made to distract him. And Juno literally saying the words "whore house" when she explains what she did.

[@joeyclick5234]

I’m pretty sure bc they weren’t as strict plus I don’t think pg-13 was a thing yet

[@randomusername429]

@@joeyclick5234 I googled it and it looks like PG-13 was invented a few years before this movie came out. But since it was so new they probably didn't think to put the label on a lot of movies yet that they should have.

[@aj383]

​@@joeyclick5234pg-13 became a rating in 1984... It took almost another 10 years to really solidify the boundaries.

[@Oshi_1330]

I loved the musical so I watched the movie recently. I only watched it one other time as a kid but I was so sensitive for no reason back then that it freaked me out. Seeing it now it’s literally amazing. I love the stop motion and live action mixed together. I love the musical because it adds more of a story and context to what is happening. For example Lydia’s mom is dead and that’s why she’s fascinated with death. They made her dad kind of the bad guy which kinda sucked because I like the dad in the movies but I think they wanted to stray from making the step mom such a huge villain. They also made Juno a villain and BeetleJuice’s mom

[@trinityprenger4844]

Honestly, the 1980's Beetlejuice looks like a fever dream took physical shape. i wonder how the new adaptation would be like. Will it be even more like fever dream on steroids or be boring with terrible CGI?

[@stressedandunimpressed]

This was extremely timely! Im getting together with my cousin today to rewatch Beetlejuice and then venture out to watch Beetlejuice 2!

[@DanielleBaum]

also never look up what Lydia's dad is like on real life because... oh boy also also this movie is called "let's let Tim Burton do whatever he wants,"

[@Amalie.x7fv]

So of course I looked it up and YIKES what a creep

[@DanielleBaum]

@@Amalie.x7fv yeppers. someone else pointed it out on their video.. maybe cinemasins? and I of course stupidly looked too

[@alliestevens5264]

I was looking for this comment lol

[@writteninthestars02]

see in the sequel I had just assumed he died and that's why they killed Charles off. And then I looked it up and...oof💀

[@maryannclementiii-uw5pk]

On the contrary, I highly recommend looking it up. There's something perversely hilarious about reading a story like that and having Wikipedia be like "also, here's a link in case you don't know what cowboy hats are."

[@tastymonkey]

I was born in 1978. I was a kid when I watched this but never heard of it being a kids movie. Now, the cartoon based on this movie was meant to be for kids. I enjoy the movie a lot.

[@cmmosher8035]

I was born in 79 and watched the cartoon. I was deeply confused by the difference in toNe when I finally watched the movie.

[@tastymonkey]

@@cmmosher8035 I was never confused about it because I also have seen the real Ghostbusters as a kid and understood it was a kids show even though the actual movies were not kids movies.

[@filmcrit]

Same. Same. Agree.

[@Hampton-Hamilton-Piggles-Worth]

I saw this when I was 5. I was glued to the screen. My younger brother and I watched this repeatedly. We had the toys, and everytime played w them, we'd end up watching the movie. It's ingrained in my being! I don't get how people don't like this movie.

[@sail4170]

9:37: this is so fr. My ex was like that “oh too many calories in that burger/carbs in that pasta” then proceed to like smoke 3 cigs b chug beer

[@nicks1451]

The “festival guy” asking for “a few extra cans of whip cream” is such an underrated joke 😂

[@DonEBrooke32]

16:07 they might end up in that "Lost Souls room" that was somewhere in the middle of the movie. no longer the free-roaming ghosts that they've been since the beginning.

[@themisfitowl2595]

"That's the Lost Souls room. A room for ghosts who have been exorcised... poor devils. That's Death for the dead! It's all in the handbook."

[@belmoon01]

as much as i love the movie, i love the musical SO MUCH MORE! the plot flows a lot better, bj & lydia are actually the main characters while still giving adam & barbra their story, and it has heartwarming thematic through lines. and it does an amazing job translating tim burton to stage & song, i HIGHLY recommend you give it a listen if you like the movie!

[@leoranilsson3913]

Where do I find the musical 😭

[@belmoon01]

@@leoranilsson3913 the whole album is on youtube & spotify! unfortunately, i think most of the recordings of the actual show were removed, but listening to the album still gives you most of the story with context clues lol :)

[@ilovekittens9987]

I’m absolutely obsessed with the musical, and have never seen the full movie lol.

[@christianhardtofind6349]

I have a theory that this movie was loosely inspired by an Abbott & Costello movie from 1946 called "Time Of Their Lives." Both involve two ghosts stuck on a property and need the help by the new residents to gain their freedom. Definitely a must-see movie as well!

[@Iamnottheplatypus]

9:22 that smoker sounds so normal

[@BEN_Like_This]

Yeah I’ve seen living smokers that sound like entire gremlins compared to that guy 😭

[@wstine79]

This was a staple of my childhood along with the cartoon.

[@ObsessiveGeek]

The cartoon was just okay though the toys were cool

[@shortbakedvideos7487]

I was obsessed with that show! I asked Alex to watch it and review it

[@shortbakedvideos7487]

@@ObsessiveGeek I never got to have any of the toys I’m so upset! 😭 I was really hoping that they would’ve done a promotion with McDonald’s to come out with some new Beetlejuice toys. 😢

[@WesAntilles]

God the cartoon was an insane acid trip. Used to watch that and The Real Ghostbusters!

[@jebVlogs556]

​@@ObsessiveGeekI'm rewatching the cartoon series 😅

[@bobafettjr85]

I'm so jealous that you got to experience it fresh. For me this is one of those movies I knew before I realized I knew it.

[@Christine_GoBills]

Grew up in the 80's and my cousin and I drew a door with chalk in my grandma's basement and tried summoning Beetlejuice 😂 No fear, just disappointed it didn't work! Ah, the 80's.

[@englishatheart]

'80s. It's an abbreviation, not a possessive.

[@CH-xe8ud]

I'm still not sure I grasp the entire concept of this movie but MAN, I still love every second of it. The outfits, (What's more iconic than the black-and-white pinstripe suit) the lighting, the scenes, this movie is so good. What? Beetlejuice has less than 14 minutes of full-screen time? How? THE STRIPED SUIT ONLY HAS 40 SECONDS?!?!

[@bente8927]

I watched the beetlejuice musical online once it was so chaotic and hillarious i loved it😊

[@Nerdgames-ly5xl]

Fun fact: That desert space thing Adam went to is called Saturn Edit: another fun fact since you didn’t know about it when Adam and Barbra get summoned into their wedding clothes Otho is accidentally starting to do an exorcise them

[@moon83star30]

In the sequel, apparently, it is one of Saturn's moons.

[@Nerdgames-ly5xl]

@@moon83star30 haven’t seen the second one yet but I did see the clip of that and I don’t know why they did Saturns moons but hey they still got sandworms

[@joshfactor1]

well, in all fairness, back then, film rating standards were a bit more lax; in fact, the sequel went up a rating

[@Danversdiary]

Why didn't he listen to the old man🥺💔 He was so excited to just speak to someone, that really broke my heart😞

[@Nurichiri]

I remember being a kid watching the Beetlejuice cartoon (with it being for kids BJ himself is rather sanitized and somehow Lydia's best friend) and afterwards going around the neighborhood with a friend trying to summon the guy out of every lamppost and tree and finally conceding defeat since none of the things were properly striped.

[@theautisticever]

initially watched this when i was like eleven and at the time i thought lydia was wayyy older, like 18/19, i rewatched it recently and holy crap she was a BABY

[@ceezee12]

I know! I was 9 when this first came out and I thought Lydia was so much older too!

[@BrinkOfInfamy]

Woah woah woah, an Alex Meyers video finally showed up on my recommended and it's NOT two years old? HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE

[@ChloeCrismon]

I love how you identified Kevin’s mother 😂

[@Blueshark_tides]

7:04 Why didn’t you make up the bed this Morn- 🥹😂 🤣🤣 Yo Alex never miss with these jokes

[@micahpickering7496]

10:06 this was cut out of every showing on TV thank God

[@links1fan252]

I don’t get it

[@swiftlyaswiftie]

@@links1fan252the girl is some type of pageant contestant and committed suicide (seemingly after winning). Probably not the best thing to put on tv with impressionable children (especially young girls)

[@Oktopus549]

@@links1fan252Suicide she cut her wrists

[@professormetal4411]

​@@Oktopus549 Yeah, but a lot of them committed suicide. Remember Otho's joke about people who commit suicide become civil servants in the afterlife? Janet slit her throat, the flat guy jumped in front of a bus, etc.

[@chanmarr8118]

At 13:50, they’re possessed by the dead couple. Right after, they were happy and thinking that they’d run out the house but it doesn’t scare the living and BJ makes fun of them.

[@lovesammy2x637]

I don’t know how, but you HAVE to do Ever After High!!

[@jebVlogs556]

5:45-5:52 i dont know why but this editing made me *chuckle 🤭* uncontrollably 😅🤣

[@Likwidfox]

I watched this at 7-8yo and the thing I still remember most is when he started digging in the model it was foam and cardboard. Every time for the rest of my life I saw that foam I think of Beetlejuice.

[@Eternaldarkness3166]

I'm always happy for another Alex vid to drop also Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice,

[@SprkyGamer]

Beetlejuice was not made for kids lol it was made for teens and younger adults and adults but the rating system was significantly more lenient back then so kids could technically watch it

[@englishatheart]

It was made for all ages. But us kids weren't pussies back then. 😂 I mean, aninated movies were darker than this movie.

[@WesAntilles]

I loved the original... I was like 3 when it came out and I remember my parents renting it when I was like 5... It became a classic in our house.

[@shortbakedvideos7487]

@@WesAntilles if Beetlejuice was a staple in your household. You a real G 😂✌️

[@LianTheInvisible]

This video has a perfect timing, 'cause I watched the first movie recently (yesterday) too. Although I already have seen it multiple times... 'cause I really like this movie. Also, i'm pretty sure that it was Adam and Barbara who made the people dancing during dinner, Beetlejuice came later with more "horrific" stuff.

[@Shadow-hb1hq]

yeah cause you can hear the day o song playing in the background when their alive

[@CaptainJohn4587]

Dude Alex you should cover twister and it's sequal twisters

[@VMBMoss]

Oh man, you saying "just listen to the old guy", hit me hard, as the old guy, Larry, in my building just passed away last week. I knew him well, and cooked for him occasionally and during the pandemic, would buy "bachelor" groceries for him. When he had eye surgery, my partner or I would give him his drops etc. I arranged home care for him. He was the nicest, but also would sit all day at either the front or back door of the building and basically require a full convo before you could pass. I nicknamed him "Larry Goat Gruff". I'll totally miss him now that he's not there.

[@ajjamsen694]

The lore i have in my head is that the old man, Bill, at 4:18 sent the dog to cause the accident because Adam didnt listen to him. 😆☠️😆

[@WickedWicka]

The real (and sad) irony is, if Adam had just stuck around to listen to the old man, then the accident would've never happened.

[@Bee-ju7nt]

Bills skit is hilarious, it pops up from time to time in the lexicon of movie references my family and I make. 😂 "Boy had hair past his goddamn shoulders, he said 'juat trim it a little' I grabbed those scissors so fast..." 😂

[@Ocyla]

@@Bee-ju7nt the 'just trim it a little' is so perfectly delivered too with old person contempt 😆

[@antoc2478]

10:00 When I was a kid I thought someone killed her by doing something with wires on her wrist but after listening to the song “What I Know Now” from the musical version of Bettlejuice I UNDERSTOOD 😨😶

[@Nightcrawlerchan]

?

[@Rotting_girl2000]

What did it mean??

[@puterialwani8647]

@@Rotting_girl2000she klled herself

[@magules13]

I was born in ‘83 and saw this in the theater. Then I watched it all the time when it came out on video later that year. Loved this movie as a kindergartner.

[@ianagulino6653]

5:23 "No dude but seriously, American Horror Story could never" Tate: *runs out of the house cause the ghost of the kids he unalived haunt him* Yeah I'm...I'm trapped inside this house Violet...I-I really am..👀

[@murrvvmurr]

8:02 That, young man who was born the year I took a more historical than we thought JHS trip to Berlin, that is what we called Goths before the Cure got big. Think Siouxsie (from the Banchees) does victorian widow historybounding.

[@Tabth3778]

Beetlejuice is, and always will be one of my favorite movies. It's so absurd, but it works. And it is impossible to keep a straight face during the dinner scene

[@lordvoldemort5586]

I can honestly say this movie along with the labyrinth and Barbie and the magic of the pagusus are why my love map is so messed up and why i can watch a documentary about a man feeding his victim to her search party while falling asleep. My parents were horribly neglectful and let me watch whatever I felt like, that's how you get a messed up mess of a human like alien.

[@st4r.bubblezz]

I actually lovee this movie by tim burton its such a classic!

[@claratalbot7613]

I grew up with this movie and it has always been a must watch for me every year for Halloween. Fun fact Lydia in this movie helped me when I was a little baby goth still trying to figure myself out & feeling really bad peer pressure to be something I wasn't & have hobbies I just wasn't interested in

[@Yjatb6546]

7:46 maam this is a Wendy’s…

[@KatCat__05]

Oh dear...seeing bettlejuice for the first time...well this'll be a fun ride..