Beetlejuice - Nostalgia Critic

[@ChannelAwesome]

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[@jerricablackcat4303]

Can you review The Land Before Time? It's been a while since Rob wore the dinosaur mask.

[@trinaq]

Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands or Corpse Bride for me!

[@bryanheilman4376]

This is my favorite Tim Burton Movie, or Batman.

[@seanpatrickcain2]

Mars Attacks!

[@jerricablackcat4303]

Um I guess The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands and The Corpse Bride. Also my films studies class watched his old short film Vincent and I really liked it.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I feel like Burton describing Keaton as Beetlejuice as "having lived in every time period but no time period.”, is probably the best way to describe Beetlejuice to someone who's never seen it before and wants to know at least something before they watch the film

[@sebastianemond5313]

So, like the ghoul representation of Titus (1999)? Existing in every time period but also no time period?

[@angelinacamacho8575]

That's almost like how Disney described genie from Aladdin when creating him.

[@therealCrazyJake]

I love how Keaton even came up with Betelgeuse’s look himself, just showing up to set one day fully made up in character with everyone cheering him on. Mossy clothes, moldy face, and looking as though he had “jammed his thumb in a light socket” were all Keaton’s ideas!

[@nemopouncey3827]

the game wasn't so good.

[@blackmagician7645]

I'd tell them to listen to the musical in the background while doing chores or something.😄

[@RenegadesReact]

16:40 boy Doug do we have some news for you!

[@Heavenly828]

Well hello their; saw this from your video wanted to see if you did it lmao

[@darthroden]

Just saw y'all type this out on your video. LOL!

[@CLDJ227]

I'm the same as both comments here 🤣🤣.

[@TaijanDean]

Boy, do we have even BIGGER news for you.

[@Zippy_Zolton]

Hell yeah

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another awesome fact about this film is: When Beetlejuice was screened for a test audience, they responded so positively to the Keaton’s Betelgeuse that Burton’s team went back to create an upbeat epilogue for the character. An earlier draft had Betelgeuse plagued by sandworms in the Maitlands’ model town.

[@animeknight8958]

here's four more facts about the film. 1. It was original meant to be a full-blown horror film with Sammy Davis Jr as Beetlejuice. 2. In the original ending, Lydia stays with Barb and Adam and lives in the model with them. 3. When Adam left the house and found himself on Saturn, the original idea was that it was a dark room with giant gears. 4. After Adam and Barb hide themselves outside the window, it was supposed to show them in Saturn and nearly attacked by the sandworm.

[@TheQuota2001]

Yo bro cool username You had that Dreamworld Coke yet?

[@sarahsims6164]

@@animeknight8958 here's another fact to add about the film: Lydia was originally gonna have a little sister.

[@xenablossom4682]

@@sarahsims6164 A sister named Cathy.

[@animeknight8958]

@@sarahsims6164 2 other facts: 1. In the scene where Barb and Adam are in Juno's office after she learned that Beetlejuice escape the model, you can clearly see in the background a few dead people as it looks like they were looking at the audience just like how the audience is looking at the movie. 2. The reason why Lydia is wearing a red dress is based on the old rhyme "Married in white, you will have chosen all right. Married in grey, you will go far away. Married in black, you will wish yourself back. Married in red, you'll wish yourself dead."

[@supermellow1x265]

Tim Burton is a master at putting horror on the razor thin edge of kid and adult without going too far. He's found that wacky crazy balance that just makes him a genius in the genre. Truth is, kids like dark humor just as much as adults, I mean, how many kids do you know that DIDN'T bite the head off an animal cracker and laugh or make a joke about it? For me, not one, every kid I have ever met has done that at least once.

[@WafflePenguin36]

I think Gremlins is a good horror movie for kids despite people complaining the rating and how violent it was.

[@Youngtinman]

The fucks an animal cracker

[@jeremykegley1669]

@@WafflePenguin36 Fun Fact Originally Gremlin's was gonna be more violent and be Rated R because Joe Dante wanted a true horror movie but What's his name of Jurassic Park said let's only have a small amount of violence and make it PG so everyone can enjoy it!

[@WafflePenguin36]

@@jeremykegley1669 I have heard this before but still worth bringing up, yeah it’s pretty interesting

[@jamesmoyner7499]

What I love about this film is because of the inclusion of the songs “Jump in the Line” and “Banana Boat Song” it helped give a revitalization for the career of Harry Belafonte.

[@adsventuresome7511]

Ok I believe you

[@quentinparhiala9415]

me to

[@claymathewselevator8121]

I learned about him from The Muppet Show

[@sebastianemond5313]

I loved when 'Banana Boat' was brought back for Legends of Tomorrow, performed by Dominic Purcell and Victor Garber🤣🤣🤣

[@chasehedges6775]

Banana Boat is a classic.

[@fpshooterful]

I guess Doug NOT wanting Beetlejuice II is out the window.

[@averymerrick]

According to Michael Keaton, the Beetlejuice character was described to him by director Tim Burton as "having lived in every time period but no time period." Keaton used this as the jumping-off point to create the character with such features as a shock hairdo, mold make-up, and large teeth. He said that when he first showed up to the set as Beetlejuice, the crew was chanting: "Juice, Juice, Juice!" This got Keaton excited for his role.

[@nemopouncey3827]

they even had guy's dressed as Beetlejuice at universal studios. act like him too.

[@mandowarrior123]

That's clever, they really needed him hyped up and actors love attention

[@MisterCasket]

@@mandowarrior123 well, if someone DOESN'T like attention that person shouldn't be in front of a camera.

[@theawesomeman9821]

hard to believe that Keaton went from Beetlejuice to playing Batman.

[@solblackguy]

@@theawesomeman9821 Keaton has a very underrated range.

[@kadosho02]

Beetlejuice was a masterpiece. I remember seeing it on vhs at a friend's birthday party. That film stuck in my brain ever since.

[@patrickcharles6983]

When it comes to the question as to why the Maitlands look normal and not like ghouls, I view it as they're pure of spirit. The afterlife receptionist even said it's all very personal. The only reason they're not soaking wet(other than when they got home) is because even though they left the house, in spirit they are stuck in the same place. Especially with how much they hate what the changes Delia made to the house.

[@_Zephster]

I thought it changes with your body to an extent for example the Maitlands didn't stay wet like how the burn guy didn't stay on fire

[@patrickcharles6983]

@@_Zephster that's another way of looking at it. I more so was talking about how the other ghost show the signs of the what happened to them and how in the Maitlands case, in spirit they never left the house. It also depends on the person and how they lived. Beetlejuice looks rotten because he is, same with the afterlife workers, it also serves as a slight punishment since afterlife workers committed suicide("if i knew then, what i know now, I wouldn't have had my little accident.").

[@dredskl]

That does make more sense actually, I mean if they really haunted the place they died, they’d haunt the river

[@patrickcharles6983]

@@dredskl it's their strong attachment to the house that brought them home. it's like you said, if that attachment wasn't there, they'd be "in a van down by the river!"(sorry Chris Farley reference), I mean they'd be at the bridge or in the river.

[@gRinchY-op5vr]

Honestly I liked how normal they were next to all the other characters, both living and dead lol

[@Equ3strianGam3r]

I watched Beetlejuice countless times as a kid. My parents loved the movie and didn't seem to care that I wanted to watch it too. There are parts in the movie that are always going to be stuck in my head. The dinner scene with The Banana Boat Song and Lydia singing Jump in the Line with the ghosts of the Football team on the stairs for example. I also loved the animated series growing up although it never really made much sense to me why Lydia and Beetlejuice were suddenly friends. Maybe you could take a look at that too.

[@Demonslayer232]

To think that Winona Ryder would go from playing a teenage girl talking to ghosts in a movie from the '80s to a middle-aged mom talking to her son while he's trapped in another dimension in a 2010s-2020s series set in the '80s.

[@Kinos141]

I think the producers saw the irony too and made it happen.

[@radwolf76]

​@@Kinos141 Didn't they do pretty much the same with Sean Astin?

[@GBmovieluv]

I was surprised NC didn't say much about her character here when he has said in the past about how he doesn't like her acting much. I was wondering if it as the same view here or not

[@madhatterman01]

@@radwolf76 Also with Paul Reiser

[@monikorasort]

And don’t forget when she was committing murder and forging suicide notes with her psychopath boyfriend in ‘89!

[@ChildOfChaos07]

I've always adored the Maitlands. They were so down to earth and so lovable. My heart broke for them when they died and I was rooting for them when they returned home as ghosts.

[@coolnerdlll6053]

This is by far the weirdest movie Burton ever did, and I love it. "I don't think we survived the crash." "How did you guess?"

[@felicitykeane402]

I'm not your coach! He survived!

[@Mecharnie_Dobbs]

He said that after he got back from the bathroom. Had he noticed he was peeing ectoplasm?

[@UnprofessionalProfessor]

​@@Mecharnie_DobbsI figured he undid his fly to see his pigskin missing...or that it had been crushed into him so deep, that it protruded out of his wide receiver.

[@silverscarab8072]

So i saw this when i was 8 years old... after a pretty frightening evening (I was scared of the dark and was all alone walking home my mom actually recommended this film. It was super effective at calming me down because while creepy visuals were everywhere, I remember the tone always treated it as normal or kind of silly, so it never scared me and actually relieved me after a night where i was in tears terrified.

[@DrDolan2000]

Hey; whatever works!

[@AoiUsagiOtoko]

i was a REALLY anxious kid but i wasn't bothered by this movie for the same reason tbh, the tone was just so goofy i couldn't help but enjoy it-- and i had watched a LOT of the cartoon when i was younger lol

[@trinaq]

I really liked the theme of choosing your family, even if they're not biologically related to you. Adam and Barbara are like surrogate parents to Lydia, and they're definitely more attentive than Charles or Delia.

[@chasehedges6775]

“Family is all.” - Breaking Bad, probably

[@Omar-wq9dz]

That was also explored in Burton’s Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, with Willy Wonka at the very end

[@PandaMonium92827]

Cause nobody relates like dead people who know what happens when you lose what you love and don't get a second chance

[@rogue7723]

Yeah, that always grabbed my attention whenever I saw this. I _loved_ the scenes with Barbara, Adam and Lydia. That's kinda what disappoints me about the cartoon series, it's just about Lydia and Beetlejuice. I was hoping it'd be about the Maitlands, Lydia and Beetlejuice encountering and overcoming supernatural phenomena as a found family like in _Fairly Odd Parents_ or _Courage The Cowardly Dog_ or _Scooby-Doo._

[@louisduarte8763]

@@rogue7723 I guess they were too "normal" and "straight" for the cartoon? They had plenty of comedy to mine out of Charles and Delia?

[@DrDolan2000]

"Ghost House" is one of the most boring titles I've ever heard. It sounds like an '80s sitcom starring Casper the Friendly Ghost and his boring friends. Glad "Beetlejuice" won in the end Keaton's electric performance makes this movie; while being surrounded by Burton's whacky world designs, of course

[@vincemacek681]

'Ghost House' did get used as a title for a movie that lived down to its name. Rifftrax enjoys using the title like it was about a troublemaking fraternity house, the dean furiously crying out "Ghost *House!!!*"

[@wpeniche]

Probably why I hated “Ghost Dad” with Cosby lol

[@badasscomedy5126]

Ghost house sounds like a lazily put together Ghost Busters spin-off

[@geoffreyherrick298]

Agreed. He really carries this movie!

[@JBalmoreS]

The film has such a tight and simple story but hints at deeper themes and world views. Arguably the heart of the film is Lidia but having the Maitlands be the ghosts that are haunted by the living is such a radical idea too.

[@susanaalmeida593]

Man, I love the Freakshow Cinema series. It’s just so laidback and I love the idea of appreciating movies that are balls-to-the-wall weird and crazy since there’s honestly an art form to being weird and surreal. Doug should do an episode on Poultrygiest: Night of The Chicken Dead.

[@nataliehughes1020]

He should do Escape from Tomorrow that contains naked woman, blood and the father’s hallucinations. And even Gingerdead man movies for Nostalgia-Ween.

[@georgeeastwood6930]

He should do “Brazil” (1985) because it’s the only movie promised in the intro that he hasn’t reviewed yet (it’s represented by the baby-like mask with small eyes). I also hear it’s his favourite movie of all time, so I’m desperate for him to go into detail next time he does something for “Freakshow Cinema”.

[@funkyweapon1981]

I bought Poultrygeist directly from Lloyd Kaufman.

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

I think Rocky Horror Picture Show is also PERFECT for Freakshow or Nostalgiaween. It's the movie that launched Tim Curry's career, grew a cult following, got even a spiritual sequel (that wasn't that good) and influenced even ONE PIECE! There is an entire character who pretty much hijacks any episode they are in solely based in Doctor Frank-n-Further who was voice acted by Drag actors. (Emporio Ivankov)

[@susanaalmeida593]

All very good suggestions. I’d like to see Coraline and Robin William’s Toys be covered as well.

[@dillpickle987]

Just saw the sequel "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" yesterday, and man do they not skip a beat. Weird, wacky, and full of Looney Tunes style comedic timing. Yeah there are several subplots some would deem unnecessary but honestly I liked them as they gave everyone some sort of arc to follow along. A couple twists I did NOT see coming and a wonderfully bombastic climax. Totally worthy as a follow up to the original.

[@chasehedges6775]

This movie is an absolute classic and one of Tim Burton’s best.

[@Gzilla313]

While this is great, my favorite Tim Burton film is Mars Attacks!. It's just so weird lol

[@kenrickkahn]

@@Gzilla313 That movie is crazy and hilarious 🤣😆

[@PandaMonium92827]

Where he had the full spectrum of his imagination and unhinged creative control

[@jaranth]

It's also one of Danny Elfman's best soundtracks as well.

[@RealBradMiller]

@@Gzilla313 Watched it again when our internet was out for a few days, hadn't seen it since I was a kid. My how I enjoyed it even more!!

[@nickbecerra9580]

The musical is pretty interesting, it’s Beetlejuice but actually told from Beetlejuice and Lydia’s perspective instead of Adam and Barbara’s. Also the effects are also pretty underrated, nothing short of magic

[@h193013]

I saw it on tour and LOVED it. I was laughing so much in the audience.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

I think it’s a crime that Danny Elfman didn’t write it

[@Scarshadow666]

Love the Musical! It's kinda like a combination of the Beetlejuice movie and the animated TV series, while also making some character interactions/themes more interesting imo (like how Lydia and her family feel more closer and loving (imo) compared to the movie, all while actually addressing themes of grief). The slight changes in character dynamics made it refreshing to me! ^^

[@twistedyogert]

There's a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion called Betelgeuse. It's an unspoken rule in amateur astronomy to never repeat it's name three times. Unspeakable horrors will occur if you do so.

[@VegaNorth]

It’s based on a poem from 1903! Betelgeuse (the star) was the setting for Hell itself.

[@MephProduction]

16:40 woops , good job the teaser trailer looked awesome

[@GamingSaturnMoonManBoy]

I saw Beetlejuice on Broadway the summer of 2019 and I loved it. The effects were outstanding, Beetlejuice is in the show for more than 7 minutes, Alex Brightman who played Beetlejuice in the show made the performance his own and even got him a Tony Award Nomination for Best Leading actor in a musical, Sophia Anne Caruso who played Lydia was powerful and even got to meet her after the show. Beetlejuice I will say is a movie that is worth a Broadway musical

[@tyle3606]

There's a teen titans Beetlejuice episode with brightman, he is in multiverses voicing Beetlejuice, and helluva boss

[@PeachWookiee]

I love him as Fizzarolli!

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

I think it’s a crime they didn’t tap Danny Elfman to write it

[@GamingSaturnMoonManBoy]

@@nuclearcatbaby1131 Yeah there’s that but Eddie Perfect who did write the music wrote it very Danny Elfman-ish and it was fantastic

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

@@GamingSaturnMoonManBoy Danny Elfman said he’s tired of writing Danny Elfmanish music anyway. He wants to write music such that nobody would know it was him. Though he has a hard time escaping his own tendencies, like you can tell just from how he writes that he’s ADHD and that’s why his music is crack for ADHD people like me

[@alexanderklepp]

Glad to see him covering this film for Freakshow Cinema. This and Dark Toons are some of my favorite segments that Doug has introduced as it allows him to analyze cartoons and films in really cool ways.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

To quote late great Norm Macdonald and something i'm sure Beetlejuice will think a lot about is "I don't have any ego about it, but I find there's not a great work ethic in show business. A lot of people are in it to make money, and coming from stand-up, you have to work so hard because almost nothing works, and if you lose the audience for three minutes, you're dead."

[@dandelion8146]

I’ve been watching your amazing channel for several years now. I’ve suffered from major depression and anxiety for a long time and watching your videos (even ones I’ve seen multiple times) has helped me get through the darker days when I truly believed nothing else would make me smile. So as a fan and fellow Chi-towner, thank you to the entire Channel Awesome crew for being such a bright spot in my life. ❤

[@themaninblack7503]

This show kept me together when my Father died

[@LadyOnikara]

@@themaninblack7503 Same here.

[@andrealopriore9062]

What can I say? I freaking love Beetlejuice: "It's showtime!"

[@brandonprater4613]

Watched this as a kid, loved every minute of it & still do! Betelgeuse will forever be "the ghost with the most"! Too bad there was never a Betelgeuse/Ghostbusters crossover, I would've LOVED that!

[@Ironcabbit]

It would probably end with Betelgeuse and Venkman partnering on a con to rake in ridiculous amounts of money.

[@DracoMagnius]

That would have been amazing!

[@Aaron_Heininger]

Oh please don't give Hollywood any dumb ideas. All I know is I'm not watching anything new after attack on Titan ends. I'm done with modern stuff it just pisses me off when I see the crappy messages thrown it.

[@brandonprater4613]

@@Aaron_Heininger ✌️🥸 Sounds like someone needs a hug THIS big... 👻

[@Aaron_Heininger]

@@brandonprater4613 lol sounds like someone needs a life.

[@drewc981]

One of my favourite childhood movies for sure. "Nice fuckin model!" still cracks me up ever time. One of Keaton's best roles without question.

[@angelinacamacho8575]

On Disney Channel he says "nice freaking model!"

[@Jmrt_]

Mierda de maqueta!!

[@nine_tails137]

Fun fact: that scene is removed from TV Broadcasts of the movie. No seriously, I recall watching that movie on TV, and they completely skipped over that line, and instead cut straight to Barbra's hand fixing the model tree.

[@angelinacamacho8575]

@@nine_tails137 yup it wasn't until I streamed it where I heard the original line and it surprised me

[@nine_tails137]

@@angelinacamacho8575 I actually heard the original line the first time I watched the movie. It wasn't until I saw it airing on TV, saw Beetlejuice kick over the model tree, then cut immediately to Barbra fixing the tree that I thought: "Hey! where's the F-word scene?"

[@thesapphireone]

“Beetlejuice Clone”?! I personally feel that Stay Tuned, while not groundbreaking, is a heartfelt, funny and well-written movie, with a decent story, likeable characters, good acting, decent makeup effects,(Even if the CGI doesn’t hold up that great), bust-a-gut comedy, and it’s mad underrated!

[@averysmith2605]

Betelgeuse is actually not an error, it's just that Beetlejuice can't spell or say his name

[@favorites483]

Right before the film came out, I caught a Jack Horkheimer (Star Hustler/Gazer) astronomy clip on PBS where the red supergiant Betelgeuse was discussed and how the name can be best remembered by students if one thinks about squished bugs and the color of the planet. I then saw the movie ad shortly after and found that odd. I still never found that specific episode of Horkheimer afterwards.

[@titanic300000]

The reason it’s spelled beetleguese on the signs is because he’s not aloud to tell you his name, so he especially isn’t aloud to just make a sign with it spelled out

[@chayden153]

This was the first Tim Burton movie I had ever seen and I absolutely love it. The cast is perfect (Especially Winona Ryder as Lydia, Catherine O'Hara as Delia and of course Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice)

[@angelinacamacho8575]

That's why when I saw Winona in stranger things I thought to myself "don't worry kids she's got this" 🤣

[@chayden153]

@@angelinacamacho8575 oh gosh right?!

[@angelinacamacho8575]

@@chayden153 I also loved how in south park when they raid Tom Brady's house for his shit we get a small scene where we see the demegorgon look like a sand worm inside his his shit before he puts it in a jar.

[@nemopouncey3827]

remember when Beetlejuice was at universal studios? you'll see him running around the place.you could even get a picture with him.

[@shadejakva9367]

I saw this movie as a kid, too, and loved every moment of it and still do to this day. Great movie and really it is its own thing. I can only imagine the look on your grandmother's face when you greeted her upon arrival with that phrase and gesture at that age.

[@RYMAN1321]

Same here. I got the VHS of it for Christmas back in 2003 and it’s still one of my favorite horror comedies to this day

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

I never heard of the movie as a kid. I thought Beetlejuice was just a cartoon. I think I even knew there was a star called Betelgeuse before I knew there was a movie.

[@favorites483]

Saw it as a kid and had an instant crush on Winona Ryder.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I love how this film just feels so original which sadly you don't see that much in some newer films anymore and i wish we could see that more because it brings your film up so much more than what it could of been

[@KingRandor82]

just remember that, right around this time, Hollywood started going into a bleaker, grittier, "darker" direction, or on the flip side, just did movies about history. Most of the originality died shortly after this.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@KingRandor82 Fun Fact: the creator of the hit anime Soul Eater, said that Tim Burton is a big inspiration.

[@laradavenport903]

@@orangeslash1667 Where?? What links?

[@clownfromspongebob3979]

The Beetlejuice musical is one of the most chaotic, yet visually stunning shows out there

[@chance_ondriezek99]

This would’ve been perfect for this year’s Nostalgia-Ween

[@gamefan6219]

A little too early, don't you think?

[@petercastillo2752]

No, Beetlejuice is not a Halloween movie

[@sebastiantrias1529]

@@petercastillo2752 I see it only on Halloween.

[@supermikeychannel751]

I was gonna say, shouldn't they have saved this for nostalgia ween?

[@ShadyRK9]

He's just like the local stores. Already celebrating Halloween too early! 🎃

[@nelsonnoname001]

"I don't need to see that" Me: DO THE REVIEW... we will never have this recipe again

[@Markimark151]

Finally, I’ve requested Beetlejuice for the NC! I’m surprised that the sequel has been cancelled, because Tim Burton originally wanted a sequel until Batman was more profitable. Also I remember in high school we watched Beetlejuice and the whole class laughed at the honk honk scene!

[@KingRandor82]

I actually didn't SEE the "honk honk" scene until just a few years ago; apparently it was never in any of the edits I saw.

[@TheDisney1901]

It's back on apparently. Brat Pitt's Plan B is producing as with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but so far there's no word on whether or not Tim Burton is coming back.

[@Markimark151]

@@KingRandor82 it was edited on TV airings, we saw it on VHS and even the teacher didn’t know the f word was even in the movie!

[@Markimark151]

@@TheDisney1901 I don’t think it’s going well into production, without Tim Burton, it’s just a pointless sequel!

[@KingRandor82]

@@TheDisney1901 Burton really hasn't been on top of it lately; I'm skeptical...

[@joshuagorski9452]

Who else is here after the new trailer?

[@chestershipp]

@@joshuagorski9452 I’m here after the new new trailer

[@catofchaos]

I.m here after they put him in multiversus

[@TheCommenterDragon]

Ah Beetlejuice one of the greatest horror classics in history, it's truly a masterpiece Tim Burton is the greatest especially when it came to films like this one!

[@nsasupporter7557]

I wouldn’t exactly call it a horror movie 🫤 I know that it had a horror feel to it and the genre was “horror like.” But I wouldn’t call it a straight up Horror Movie

[@emmerzk93]

As my parents were very strict on what movies we were allowed to watch, I’m lowkey shocked that I was ever allowed to watch Beetlejuice, but we watched it together back in the day and I loved it! My parents recently went through a “what’s an older movie the younger kids haven’t seen yet” phase (there’s a lot of us, ok😅) and Beetlejuice was one of the movies they watched. I was again surprised by this cuz my parents are still super nitpicky about content and scary stuff, but they watched it together and the kids enjoyed it! It’s a little mind boggling but Beetlejuice has that sense of childlike imagination and sense of realness that’s still entertaining today, so much so that even my parents will dust it off now and then.

[@LucyLioness100]

God I love this movie. And it’s a PG movie with an F bomb in it 😂😂😂 Michael Keaton was perfectly cast here & works well opposite Alec and Geena as Adam & Barbara as well as Winona’s Lydia

[@johnnysparkle]

Nice f**king model

[@chayden153]

Oh definitely.

[@ryanmorejon5813]

Absolutely love this film too and everything that you said is 100% true to me ❤️👍

[@AuroDHikoshi]

@@TrivatorGaming I think you can have one use as long as its not about sex in anyway

[@quentinparhiala9415]

Me to

[@coffeecake9939]

One spin-off I kind of remember was a universal show. I think it ended back in 2018 but it ran for a while. It was called Beetlejuice's Graveyard Review. It was this weird 20-30 minute rock show with a bunch of classic monsters. I remember loving it a lot as a kid.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I love how one of the questions most people ask about this film on Google is: Is Beetlejuice OK for 7 year old?

[@therealCrazyJake]

I’d say it’s more of a movie to show your 10 year old, but you should probably stay in the room with them or somewhere nearby. But with everything given a PG rating before 2004, it’s all up to the parents’ discretion.

[@lainiwakura1776]

@@therealCrazyJake I usually take PG to mean okay for 10/11 and up unsupervised, for older movies anyway.

[@daisygiesbrecht7589]

The answer is YES.

[@wpeniche]

We were just built different back then.

[@joshmontemayor1212]

Since the movie's only PG, the answer is "Yes."

[@Pumpkinshire]

Beetlejuice “2” was amazing by the way

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Honestly this is the reason why i still get hopeful about PG films returning back to that edge because when they do oh man can you have a really good film

[@mosesborras3221]

How sensitive people are now I doubt it

[@kenrickkahn]

@@mosesborras3221 No, you let sensitive people control things.. stop letting people 4 or 5 people on Twitter control everything.. It's y'all fault for letting 5 people on Twitter control you all..

[@MandleRoss]

@@mosesborras3221 Studios really need to stop reading social media before/during/after production of movies and go back to the old model of "Here it is. We don't know or care about your opinion." Sure, it resulted in a spectrum of horrible to awesome, but that's better than always aiming for the middle-range like they do now.

[@mosesborras3221]

@@kenrickkahn I don’t use twitter don’t blame me blame the social media

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

PG is the new G basically.

[@Thesunmaid]

I remember watching this movie for the first time. My friend Doris and I were kids and we had just come back from a funeral for a girl we knew who died from a brain tumor. It was absolutely down pouring and we were both soaked when we got to my house. Doris was staying with us because both her parents were at work and she borrowed a pair of my pajamas so we could get into dry clothes. My mom had made chicken and potatoes for supper and she had rented us a couple of movies from the movie store..(yes I am old enough to remember VHS being the way you watched movies) And we watched ET which we had both seen before and Beetlejuice for the first time and we both loved this movie.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I'm just so glad Burton did decided to cast Winona Ryder, because say does such a amazing job as Lydia i'm even surprised there was even a 2nd guess not to cast her

[@strawberrysoulforever8336]

It's funny, the very next movie Winona Ryder starred in also had them wondering whether she was "pretty enough" to play the role. I'm glad they gave it to her, They had enough time trying to figure out who to give the male lead of that movie to (apparently Brad Pitt was a hot choice but they decided he was "too nice").

[@supersinger9000]

3:10, Wait, is that why Lydia's TV show in the sequel is called Ghost House? That's pretty clever.

[@Zusurumisha]

was looking for this exact comment! thought the same haha

[@geardog24]

"Is this a movie for kids?" Didn't stop them from turning it into a Saturday morning cartoon.

[@KingRandor82]

Along with Swamp Thing, Rambo, and Robocop

[@bemasaberwyn55]

THIS

[@hjspalenka]

Beetlejuice was one of my favorites as a kid, even though it also scared the crap out of me sometimes. I remember getting so mad when the old VCR ate the tape that when we decided to throw the VCR out, I got revenge by smashing it with a baseball bat.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Fun Fact about casting Lydia: Some of the other people who turned down the role of Lydia were Diane Lane, Brooke Shields, Molly Ringwald, and Jennifer Connelly

[@chayden153]

I can't see Molly Ringwald or Brooke Shields as Lydia

[@trisharaichatterjee2578]

As a person who used to live very close to Naperville. Streamwood specifically. I can say the charity that Mr. Doug Walker is the motivated is one close to my heart. We may or may have not adopted my first pet dog from this particular charity. However we did regularly do charity together. God bless their souls and many thanks to Mr. Walker for promoting them!

[@samythekay]

Finally Doug, after all these years you finally decided to make a video about the greatest movie ever made.

[@favorites483]

Unfortunately, Siskel and Ebert didn't see it that way....and I think that was the first time I started to question the critics.

[@knines6279]

This might not be true, but I think that the reason that Beetlejuice’s name is spelled wrong in the movie is so that if some reads it out loud, or reads it in general, they won’t summon him. I’m not sure thogh

[@englishatheart]

No, it's simply because most people don't know how to pronounce "Betelgeuse." So it was spelled phonetically.

[@brandonspain12345]

This movie was basically my Batman '89, and by that I mean this was the movie I felt like I was much older and mature to watch despite being 6 or 7. I knew it was dark, but cool. Even while something like Dora was on TV, I would get pissed and pop the VHS of Beetlejuice on instead. And the one I had was the "family cut" from the late 90s, I didn't get to hear the infamous "Nice fucking model!" line until I was a teenager and was shocked it was in the film. I thought it was a blooper. It would be cooler to also watch it on an October night because this was my Halloween movie I would watch besides Casper, James and the Giant Peach or Nightmare Before Christmas. I definitely feel like a sequel isn't needed, I thought the TV show was the true sequel and I really wanna watch the musical because I heard so much stuff and heard some of the songs.

[@nsasupporter7557]

Agreed, a sequel Is Unneeded. They really really need to stop messing with classic movies and leave them alone and let them be the classics they are. I would be willing to bet anything that if they did do a sequel (even with Michael Keaton) that it would SUCK BIG TIME. As most sequels do! They already made that mistake with so many other classic movies… Dumb and Dumber was another one. The original will always forever be one of the greatest comedies of all time, it helped put Jim Carrey on the map and made him a huge star. But they mistakenly made a sequel 20 years later in 2014 and it was a DISASTER! It was a complete slap in the face to the original 1994 film. Jim Carrey said that it was solely for the fans, but it was terrible. It never should’ve been made. So yes, I agree a Beetlejuice sequel would be totally unnecessary

[@louisduarte8763]

I remember Freeform playing this movie every October, leading up to Halloween, so that's how far the "Is this a movie for kids" argument has gone. Nostalgiaween's starting early! One of my favorites from when I was a kid, and it still is! I also watched the cartoon religiously (which a few people my age forgot existed, or thought they imagined it) when it was on Nick and Cartoon Network.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

So this is why Beetlejuice loves to dance with a Dancing Ballerina that is also a Hippo

[@ryanwhittier7314]

My parents showed me this movie when i was as young as 8. I don’t recall being scared of the movie at all, just fascinated. “Do you Lidia” and “don’t say the B word” are still phrases my dad and i occasionally say just as an inside joke and nod to the movie. It’s on par with National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation as one of those movies that’s very near and dear to my heart.

[@xBloodxFangx]

me and my friend reenacted the "Nice fucking model!" Scene all the time. We'd play that scene over and over and hop up on the stairs and do that same action along with Beetlejuice. My mom didnt care so long as we didnt actually say it, we just lip synced it and laughed.

[@Ironcabbit]

I was 10 the first time I heard that line in this movie and laughed myself stupid.

[@Myself-yf5do]

Everyone thinks that the sand worm was on Saturn, but juts because Beetle Juice mentioned it immediately after mentioning Saturn doesn't necessarily mean that's where it is. I always thought the sand worm's world was Hell, not Saturn. Besides, Saturn is a gas giant, not a solid planet anyway.

[@ManOfJustice21]

@@Myself-yf5do Saturn's moon

[@Myself-yf5do]

@@ManOfJustice21 Titan?

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

This just makes me want to see a group of Beetlejuice, Raoul Duke, Walter White and William "D-Fens" Foster it would be so awesome

[@the_vanish]

With the sequel now out, I hope that he does a comparison of tones between the two

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Fun Fact: The studio didn’t like the title Beetlejuice and wanted to call it House Ghosts. As a joke, Burton suggested Scared Sheetless and was shocked when the studio considered using it.

[@yesyesyesyes4923]

Uh, he says that in the video...

[@derekstronf1837]

I mean, if you spitball some jokes and one almost became a hit... I'd keep it in the back pocket for later

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

Always appreciated 2 factors of foreshadowing in this film, one obvious and the other more apparent with the passage of time. 1) The small ornament adorning Beetlejuice's carousel hat is Jack Skellington, who we would officially meet several years later in THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. 2) A more sadder aspect that is pretty much eye of the beholder territory. When the Maitlands encounter the room of lost souls, the events of 9/11 made me see the film in a different light. Granted, this film wasn't predicting the Twin Towers being destroyed. Just the idea that a person being obliterated in such a senseless act, and having their soul being in limbo is a creepy concept. Seeing the lost souls constantly rising, in future viewings, made me think of that sad day. To know that Tim Burton had this visual sense of the hereafter, albeit fictitious, always amazed me as I got older.

[@robpagenkopf5829]

My favorite Tim Burton movie. Ed Wood is great, and I’ll always love Batman ‘89, but Beetlejuice is just the best.

[@HandsomeSteveJacobson]

It's one of my favorites but I just love Batman 1989 the most

[@bobcatgoldthwait9150]

The first time I was on Letterman, I was, like, 20 years old, and I was on a show called 'Camping with Barry White Night.'

[@apollorock3r244]

2:31 Jack Skellington’s earliest appearance on Beetlejuice’s hat.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

The one thing i'm just so glad so many films did during this time was take risks and not be the norm and be darker because of that

[@Kelga80]

Beetlejuice is a great representation of that time. We watched so many things as children that we'd cringe showing kids today. I grew up with Beetlejuice (both the movie and the cartoon) and the Addams Family (the great 90's versions).

[@LadyOnikara]

My teacher was disturbed when she asked for suggestions from the class on what movie to watch next and I mentioned "Sister Act" because I had loved it when my parents and I watched it. They let me watch anything. My favorites were the Police Academy movies.

[@Vinthechad]

Beetlejuice is easily my favorite Tim Burton film ever created. The plot, the characters, the world building, the effects, everything about it just screams late 80's Tim Burton

[@chasehedges6775]

Same. It’s an absolute classic masterpiece.

[@GBmovieluv]

That is so cool how Doug met the visual effects artist of Beetlejuice at a Con

[@lexh.5225]

This movie gave me my first nightmare as a child (I dreamt the Beetlejuice snake jumped out of the bed and lunged at me). And at almost 40, not only is this still one of my favorite movies, but I just saw the musical for the first time for my birthday and I adored it! Still got the opening number stuck in my head!

[@aspieringnerd9073]

That speech Miss Argentina gives the couple is actually turned into one of the best songs in the musical!

[@gleek781]

MISS ARGENTINA: I was hot I went to parties a lot (spoken) Y'know? 😉 (sung) I was driving Lamborghinis Sipping super-dry martinis In the tiniest bikinis on a yacht

[@BlueEclipse2305]

This is one of those great films that always had me thinking about the law. I have so many questions that can never be answered

[@reconsoldier135]

Was my favorite movie when I was a kid and will always be Tim Burton’s masterpiece Edit: and the cartoon was hilarious and one of my favorite cartoons, up there with Animainiacs and X-Men

[@quentinparhiala9415]

me to

[@orangeslash1667]

@@quentinparhiala9415 Fun Fact: the creator of the hit anime Soul Eater, said that Tim Burton is a big inspiration.

[@tv_tim]

Man, I haven't thought about the Beetlejuice cartoon in YEARS. I loved the movie and was all about watching the cartoon show, it was one of my favorites as a kid.

[@kylekrudys63]

Since Roger Ebert just wanted a silly movie about a nice married couple fixing up an old house, maybe that's why Siskel and Ebert loved Chevy Chase's "Funny Farm" so much! BTW, Funny Farm came out the same year as Beetlejuice and Siskel and Ebert were in the minority of critics who liked it, although now it's considered by Chevy Chase fans as one of his best films!

[@radwolf76]

12-year-old me wanted to see this and no one else in the family was interested, so it ended up being the first movie I saw in theater by myself. My Mom dropped me off to go shopping at the mall down the street. (Which was a hell of a big thing in the pre-cellphone era.)

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I honestly wish this film would of had Beetlejuice do the who's on first joke it would of been perfect

[@chrismeulen8108]

would have*

[@Reshyrah]

Wonderful review! So nice to see a return to form for Nostalgia Critic.💗 Beetlejuice is one of my all-time favorite movies. There's just something about the film that keeps it from feeling dated. It's dark, mysterious and bursting with potential. So much so that it could've been too over the top but the performances of Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis help keep things in line. Also, Danny Elfman's soundtrack here is really well done.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

If only Beetlejuice had decided to snap into a Slim Jim

[@samuelbarber6177]

I love it in the climax, they make you think they’re gonna say “BeetleJuice” three times but then Geena Davis rides in on a sand worm like something out of Frank Herbert.

[@jasondouglas152]

I saw this at the theater in 1988. I was 6 , I'm still on the fence about how much I actually like it. I'm now 40, probably time to rewatch it. Can't believe Beetlejuice is 34

[@CrypticCharm]

who else watching this, straight after Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice never thought there would be a sequel, NC, and look where we are

[@ericasutton3147]

Beetlejuice is such a good movie. It’s one of my favorite Tim Burton movies next to Corpse Bride, FrankenWeenie 2012, and of course The Nightmare Before Christmas

[@apollorock3r244]

7:41 Fun fact: That memorable line was actually ad-libbed by Keaton since the tree prop wasn’t supposed to fall when he kicked. What he yelled at was at the set designer. Tim Burton loved that scene so much that he kept it in. XD Rewatching this for the sequel of this movie. XD

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

BeetleJuice would appear in the crowd of the Basketball event in Space Jam 2: A New Legacy. Even though I couldn't find him anywhere, I'll still take Dave Lee Down Under's word for it and believe him.

[@connorthompson8376]

I like that the Broadway musical has a song about how creepy Beetlejuice and Lidea are. 😂😂

[@gleek781]

🎵I can't believe some cultures think this kind of thing's alright🎵 😂

[@sabre1080]

I've seen this movie a million times since 1988 and I NEVER noticed the throw your voice gag was making Barbara say the line. Mind blown

[@flamrage3743]

Okay, this wasn't your first thumbnail for this video, but i freaking love the change you made lol.

[@AniFAE_Productions]

When Tim Burton worked for Disney, they should of let him Direct the Black Cauldron. Then it may of actually of been decent. I also agree that physical effects like stop motion, miniatures, animatronics and puppetry always look far more creepy and inventive rather than CGI. It is literally about the way it moves. always looks far creepier. Love your work Critic, especially the animation related reviews. I noticed Mok from Rock and Rule in the Freakshow cinema opening lol, I'd love to see a review on that film.

[@Dargonhuman]

Oh I want to live in the reality that has a Tim Burton's Black Cauldron! I literally can't even imagine what that would look like, but I'm sure it would be amazing.

[@SukiNoKoe]

@@Dargonhuman I'm reading the books right now and I definitely recommend them. Burton would love some of these quirky characters lol

[@Dargonhuman]

@@SukiNoKoe I'll have to find myself a copy then.

[@AniFAE_Productions]

@@SukiNoKoe I've not actually read The chronicles of Prydain books yet. I wonder how much of the source material Disney actually used for The Black Cauldron.

[@SukiNoKoe]

@@AniFAE_Productions it's...weird; they kinda took bits and pieces from two books and spliced them together. Doesn't do justice at all though :(

[@sideskroll]

So did you change your mind about the sequel? BTW, I TOTALLY disagree with you regarding Keaton back as Batman. He KILLED IT. And I would give my left nut for WB to get Burton and Keaton to make one last Batman film.

[@John_EMIYA_Miller]

Have you read the "Batman '89" comic? It's written by Sam Hamm, who was the screenwriter for Batman (1989); and as a sequel to Batman Returns, it gives us the Burtonverse versions of Two-Face and Robin. There's also a sequel comic (also by Sam Hamm) featuring Burtonverse versions of Scarecrow and (I think) Harley Quinn called "Batman '89: Echoes", and an interquel novel called "Batman: Resurrections" that takes place between Batman and Returns shortly after the Joker's demise that's coming out on November 5th. So, even though Keaton's Batman probably isn't going to be in future movies, the spotlight is definitely still focused on him.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Man this must be the weirdest trip to Detroit ever

[@RatedRKO269]

This is one of my favorite comedies. As a kid my parents let me and my younger sister watch and we watched the hell out of it and even loved the cartoon series. Of course like Ghostbusters, I got older, rewatched them and got SO many of the jokes that went over my head as a kid.

[@AllenHerns]

Beetlejuice is one of those movies you can see a hundred and sixty seven times and keeps getting funnier every single time you see it. Along with the cartoon series as well.

[@nsasupporter7557]

Yes, Beetlejuice is a classic movie that just gets better with time. But I Disagree about the animated series… it was corny as hell. As are most cartoon shows created from feature films. Another example are the animated shows from the Jim Carrey movies… Ace Ventura cartoon and the Mask cartoon. The Mask cartoon wasn’t bad, I guess. But the Ace Ventura one was corny, they even made a Dumb and Dumber cartoon show and it was so bad that it only lasted 1 season, if even that

[@natejamesr1081]

4:21 I guess Roger never saw The Money Pit from 1986. That's basically the same premise.

[@XI92_OFFICIAL]

Love the content Critic, ive been here for years and love watching the show! Keep up the great work Channel Awesome crew!

[@chasehedges6775]

Same here. Been a fan of his work since I watch his Neverending Story 2 review.

[@quentinparhiala9415]

so do I

[@coolnerdlll6053]

I dropped the channel after I realized how much I hated Untitled Review Show, but I still like to check in on NC. At this point I enjoy Critic more than Doug himself.

[@quentinparhiala9415]

@@coolnerdlll6053 how come you only enjoy the Nostalgia Critic then Doug himself?

[@chasehedges6775]

@@coolnerdlll6053 Doug himself is pretty awesome. Just don’t understand the hate from of these people.

[@ReneeSalono71013]

For Nostalgiaween this year, can you please review: * Secret Window * Scary Godmother 2 * Orphan (2009) * Old vs New - Carrie (1976) vs Carrie (2013) * Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) * Riding the Bullet * Coraline * Monster House * House of Wax (2005) * Friday the 13th (2009) * The Hellboy movies * Trick 'r Treat