I faced my childhood fears & FINALLY watched Beetlejuice (1988)

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[@bakerfresh]

Michael Keaton in Multiplicity, he makes clones of himself to help with his life...and they make a clone. 4 Michael Keaton with all differing personalities.

[@chanceneck8072]

Speaking of: You SHOULD play more Totk 😅 I've been following BarbarousKing's playthrough and it was a BLAST. 😊🥰👍

[@chanceneck8072]

​@@bakerfreshTell her more about the plot! 👍

[@jaikens2958]

Geena Davis is great in THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT with Samuel L. Jackson.

[@neptunusrex5195]

I also liked the Batman film Tim Burton directed…mostly because of Michelle Pfiefer as Catwoman. That shiny leather bodysuit with the whip and stilleto boots, very S&M vibe. To me teenage self, that… that was all kinds of great. 😂🤤🤤🤤

[@theaikidoka]

Catherine O'Hara screaming "I will go insane and I will take you with me!...'K?" was hilarious. She has incredible comedic skills.

[@ctmdarkonestm]

she did a few episodes of Whose Line it it Anyway and fit right in with the improv comics

[@dylancole1910]

That was peak Moira vibes though😂

[@Robert_Douglass]

Catherine O'Hara is everyone's favourite Mom.

[@packedentertainment2866]

Schitt$ Creek confirms that

[@lfovah1287]

It's crazy when you think about it, that the person whose playing Beetlejuice is the same person who played Batman in 1989. That just shows how talented Michael Keaton is.

[@justinwoolsey4269]

Yep, Beetlejuice and Batman came out within a year or so of each other, really shows how good Michael Keaton is as an actor that he flipped from the creepiest creeper to ever creep to the big bad Bat

[@jndaley]

Too many people are sleeping on Michael Keaton. Mr. Mom was one of my favorite films back then.

[@adamdarmstaedter1256]

The lady who is Juno the case worker is also the grandma in Mars Attacks.

[@Rocket1377]

Not only that, but he currently reprising both of those roles.

[@WastedPo]

The Dream Team was another favorite in our house from that era.

[@ctakitimu]

Saying something 3 times shows intent and puts your will into it, and separates it from being something accidentally said

[@DanGamingFan2406]

This movie is so hilarious and scary at the same time, and Michael Keaton is an absolute riot as Beetlejuice.

[@scottalynch]

Ghost with the most, babe

[@Gregory.19037]

Winona Ryder was excellent in this film along with everyone else

[@dabreal82]

Nothing about this movie is scary... unless you're 6 y/o

[@Bob-vj2mu]

God bless Michael Keaton.

[@LadyDoomsinger]

Leave it to Tim Burton to make a comedy everybody thinks is a horror movie.

[@LordVolkov]

The wildest thing to come out of Beetlejuice was the cartoon spin-off, where Beetlejuice and Lydia are friends 😬 Not sure who watched this movie and thought 'Let's make this creeper villain the hero of a children's cartoon!'

[@ryantxbbq]

IDK who came up with it, but it was one of my fav cartoons 😅

[@eviljbrian]

And it was fun that Lydia would use a spell to transport herself to the Underworld and that she was accepted there. Though I know I should be wary, still I venture somplace scary, ghostly hauntings I turn loose: Beetlejuice, beetlejuice, BEETLEJUICE!

[@ddretnuh]

One of a handful of cartoons my sister and I were all in on, hmm… the original ghostbusters cartoon too, maybe we just liked ghosts

[@bakerfresh]

Haha, yeah. Crazy how that worked. 80s cartoons. Just do it! And it almost always worked. And.. look at now. They can't even make things work now since they try to modernize it, but progressivism works at the speed of science, so the field is always changing and competing with its own self?!?

[@ChurchNietzsche]

Beetlejuice was awesome!!

[@adamantyr]

Winona Ryder is so cute in this... for us teens in the late 80's, this was our first introduction to a goth girl. ("Woah... who is THAT? I'm in love!") David Harbour admitted in an interview that with this film and Heathers he had a massive high school crush on her.

[@DocDarkness]

We all had a crush on her. Much the same way so many people have a crush on Jenna now because of Wednesday.

[@jamescurfman3284]

@@DocDarkness 100%

[@Drake844221]

The thing I really grew up with was the Beetlejuice animated series, where he's... pretty much infinitely less of a villain, and much more of a friendly mischief-maker, who Lydia actively spends time with, both on Earth and in the afterworld. I was watching that long before I saw the movie.

[@Oz349]

There's an animated series of Beetlejuice where he and Lydia are best friends. It's wild 😁

[@LadyDoomsinger]

Much better than the movie, in my opinion. More wholesome.

[@Drforrester31]

I'm not sure if I really liked it as a kid, but I definitely watched it a lot

[@aternialaffsalot]

@@LadyDoomsinger i mean the series was for kids

[@LadyDoomsinger]

@darktitan6308 That it is better, or that it is more wholesome?

[@cjg8763]

@@Drforrester31 same for me. It was something to watch but aside from that very meh.

[@sergiol.aponte13]

Back in the 80s my kids were terrorized by Thriller (Michael Jackson). Just the first few chords would send them running through the house. 🙂

[@teamstone4639]

No, you're right. When I see older actors from that era, the idea that these people are gone pops in my mind too.

[@Hortonfantastic4]

I swear Winona Ryder made all us teens into journalers with her doing oral diaries in so many movies. Heathers was the most but here she is journaling away again (or first, not sure what movie came first but you get my point).

[@nodak81]

Winona had me busy jerking not journaling.

[@citydweller99]

As a goth kid...she was my spirit animal

[@idleoz21]

She was a journalist too in that Mr. Deeds remake 😂

[@strawberrysoulforever8336]

I think this was just before Heathers. She looks and sounds a little younger. It came out the same year (considering Heather Chandler states she is one and they're hanging out together).

[@supremedream1764]

Fun fact: Bill Murray, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams, Jack Nicholson, Robert DeNiro, and Christopher Lloyd were all considered to play Beetlejuice. Nicholson ended up being cast as Joker in Batman which was also directed by Tim Burton.

[@promontorium]

Geena Davis's best role in my opinion is in The Long Kiss Goodnight with Samuel L. Jackson. Underrated great movie. Another good movie she's in that most people have forgotten is Quick Change with Bill Murray.

[@DSkehan2004]

The actress who plays Juno was in Mars Attacks.

[@dthill96]

For an emo kid, this was a childhood classic. In 2020 I saw it in theaters and almost 🥺. Because it just embraces and is pro being weird. So excited for the sequel

[@VengefulPurity]

“Nice f*cking model! *honk honk*” 😂😂 always been my favorite part! Can never not bust a gut at that.

[@taun856]

When this movie came out my 5 year old nephew was watching it, and for months afterwards, he would go around and grab himself and say "Honk Honk!". It was both hilarious and embarrassing at the same time.

[@VengefulPurity]

⁠@@taun856😂😂 that is hilarious!

[@TheBlarggle]

Lydia Deetz isn't just "a" goth, she's THE goth.

[@DoubleBeezy]

The goth 😂

[@stingerjohnny9951]

The OG: Original Goth

[@bigsarge8795]

100 percent facts

[@LiirThropp2687]

Truth

[@nigeltrotter2886]

14:39- Third favorite part. Dinner dance scene. 21:38- Aww yeah, showtime! 21:47- My second favorite part. Carnival of Death scene. 24:27- My favorite part. The end credits dance.

[@evanreid6917]

Seeing Winona Ryder in beatle juice, and seeing her now as Joyce Byers in stranger things is crazy. Like she's so young in beatle juice and in stranger things she's a single parent, trying to raise to boys while helping to save the world.

[@timstackii]

Few road trips ago on our New England trip, i planned a detour through the town used in this movie. I surprised my wife by having the cd player timed so it was playing the theme just as we were pulling into town. Saw the buildings used for the hardware store and girls school, the uncovered bridge that was covered for the movie as well as the hill where the house was built for external shots.

[@lisascorp]

That was really cool 😎

[@SiLvErWaRe000]

Dude, you could totally pull off a Lydia costume for Halloween.

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

Danny Elfman did the amazing score/soundtrack to this movie and Michael Keaton is just superb in this, literally one of his career highlights. Can’t wait for the sequel

[@jeffcummer227]

Only Danny Elfman and Tim Burton could make Harry Bellefonte R.I.P. a goth icon.

[@nathancruz9172]

That’s next September.

[@ChurchNietzsche]

Then they team back up for Batman

[@tommcewan7936]

I'm sure the tuba player from that intro made a full recovery after a few weeks of bed rest.

[@adamskeans2515]

the same can be said of every soundtrack Danny Elfman did.

[@shawnlopez2317]

I was about 11 or 12 when this came out, and I remember having the biggest crush on Winona Ryder as Lydia, she's still a pretty lady today. Also, I remember really liking the 80s cartoon of this.

[@Apoctolyptic12]

My mom showed this to me at three years old and I was absolutley obsessed. A great movie for someone who wants to delve into horror but still be able to take it lightly. Glad you enjoyed the film. Funny enough there is finally a 2nd film in production!

[@Darkswordz]

The 90's Beetlejuice cartoon was amazing.

[@dekarejones4227]

I remember seeing this in the theater. It's still one of my favorites. Michael Keaton did so well in this movie that the character of Beetlejuice took on a whole life of its own.

[@Polymathically]

I was lucky enough to watch this as a kid back in the late 80s. So many fun ideas and creative visuals. I've had a thing for goth girls every since!

[@quieness]

I LOVED Beetlejuice as a child, the soundtrack of this movie was BOMB. Also the reason why i had a crush on Winona Ryder as a kid c':

[@lapelcelery42]

I used to have the soundtrack cd in my car. It's great driving music.

[@leftofpunk]

Catherine O'Hara is a treasure.

[@atomfallen2409]

Shes sally from nightmare before Christmas and sings sallys song on some live clips.its so beautiful

[@Narutoanime16g]

I love how creative this is and the music adds to it

[@jonathancunningham8739]

You've got to watch the Beetlejuice cartoon it is in a alternate reality where he is a good guy very enjoyable show and the art and animation of it beautiful.

[@Hamstar78]

Awesome that you finally watched Beetlejuice after many past suggestions! Its a great feeling to finally bury one of your childhood fears :) Not sure if you have seen Edward Scissorhands yet, if not you should definitely do it next or in the near future. Its a beautiful and wonderful film.. Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder

[@pantlessreactions]

13:59 he floats, creates instant scary face but changing his clothes confuses Cherry. Never change, Cherry!

[@clash5j]

I was in Australia about 20 years ago and the only person who got freaked out by a spider was our (Aussie) host. haha. He put a sock on, found that a spider had made it's home in it and totally flipped out. We Yanks had to shoo it out of the house because he wanted nothing to do with it😄

[@mikelundquist4596]

Australia has many deadly critters. Spiders and snakes and such.

[@Cheepchipsable]

@@mikelundquist4596 Drop bears, Bogans...

[@Miki4428]

Great reaction! If you want to watch another Geena Davis film. I would recommend The Long Kiss Goodnight with Samuel L Jackson. Also she stars in A League of Their Own with Tom Hanks! Both really good films in my opinion!

[@WolfPlaysGames2]

I love The Long Kiss Goodnight! I've never seen anyone react to it for some reason....

[@jamesmeechan6983]

​​​@@WolfPlaysGames2r Tbr Schmitt and you me and the movies have reacted to the long kiss goodnight

[@jrnsurlan405]

Earth Girls Are Easy,. With Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey & Marlon Wayans among others. Thelma & Louise, of course.

[@chanceneck8072]

Beetlejuice is actually my #1 all time favorite Michael Keaton performance.

[@jonmercano1138]

Betelgeuse is the actual spelling, after the star, but they figured it would market better spelled the other way Apparently the shooting script had Juno give a bit more info on Beetlejuice. He was “demoted to a Grade-6 malevolent spirit.” So him not being able to say his own name may be part of that. I remember hearing somewhere that it’s a real life myth of spirits not being able to repeat or remember their names, something like that. Otho was unintentionally exorcising Adam and Barbara. You can tell because they look like the souls in the room of lost souls

[@Johnny_Socko]

If I hadn't seen the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy TV series years before this, I wouldn't have known how "Betelgeuse" is pronounced. lol

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

​. I think it's pronounced beetlemeyet.

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

@darktitan6308 that was a typo It was supposed to be Beetlemeyer The Baldwin ghost miscalled him that. I thought it was funny enough to share with the class

[@SilentBob731]

I was fifteen when this came out and it was right in my wheelhouse. Brilliant, hilarious, dark, and weird as hell. It also began my never-ending crush on Winona Ryder. 😍

[@seansteyer8851]

Your cat has the Beetlejuice attitude just facing away from the camera!

[@ScorpionStrike7]

I saw the Beetlejuice musical a few weeks ago. It was such a blast

[@break_the_galaxy]

It's so good! I can't help but wonder what Tim Burton himself thinks of it.

[@Kyrrial]

I have never been more terrified in my life than as a kid watching this movie. Specifically, the dinner scene where they're possessed to sing "Banana Boat (Dayo)". I was probably around 4 years old as well. I had no problem with the rest of the movie, but I went into bawling hysterics and had to hide during that scene, and that association with the song meant I couldn't hear it at all without getting terrified for at least 10 years. I'm fine now and adore this movie, but how much that scene terrified me means that literally nothing has ever come close to scaring me since.

[@joeyc630]

One of my favorite classic horror comedies ❤😊

[@joeyc630]

How are you doing today?

[@sammylane21]

It's hard to believe Allen didn't get an "A" in math because it takes a lot of it to build a scale model of a town.

[@toddkes5890]

Maybe he developed the skills later? Ever had a difficult subject in school where you had one teacher who suddenly made the material 'click'?

[@croissantpower]

Not really

[@Accam570]

It was science he never got an A in, not math.

[@jmcsquared18]

This movie was designed in such a terrifying way, but the story and acting are hilarious. That is all due to the actors, especially Michael Keaton who made who was supposed to be a horror character named Betelgeuse into pure comedy gold.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

What a gem of a movie, it’ll go down as a classic. Truly unique and different, quirky, scary & funny, it has it all. What happened to creativity like that.

[@james.b.mcgill]

This was one of my childhood films that I watched over and over again. I was about 9 when I first saw it. I was about 14 when I got the "jerk off" motion joke.

[@williamcarbajal383]

Welcome to the Betelgeuse fold 😂 "Nice F--in model!" 😅

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

7:44 - 7:48/ Gotta defend my city from outside negativity! Born and raised in The Bronx. Good citizen of this fair borough since 1981. The deal is, despite being a merchant city with capital minded businesses thriving here as far back as the 1700's, it holds a dark distinction of also being a segregated city with many instances of racism and near financial destruction tearing this metropolis apart. And yet, 300 years later, we still stand. The British couldn't kill us all. The U.S. Government couldn't destroy us, though they've tried. Middle Eastern lunatics brought down our Twin Towers.... only to see a massive rebuild by locals and foreigners, alike. We're the greatest city on Earth. And I'm damn proud to survive it...❤

[@Matt-vv7fl]

I'm glad you liked this movie Mary! It's one of my favorites. There's generally 2 different groups when it comes to this movie. One group loves it and thinks it's hilarious and the other group doesn't get it and just thinks it's bizarre and dumb. Glad you're in the first group!

[@OldManRiv3r]

I have that same thing with thinking about how actors are dead now from older movies, but more specifically with animals

[@davidge5856]

Gina Davis got her start in a HILARIOUS movie called Fletch, with Chevy Chase. She has a small part in it, but she's GREAT. That led to The Fly (with Jeff Goldblum), where she was AMAZING; but that's an amazing movie all around. Their on-screen chemistry is ELECTRIC, and it's no surprise that they were married at the time (also appearing together in Transylvania 6-5000 and Earth Girls are Easy, but those aren't her greatest films). You will LOVE her in Thelma and Louise however (with Susan Sarandon; both actresses were nominated for Oscars for that film, which swept the awards with six wins including Best Picture and Best Director - Ridley Scott). She later married director Renny Harlin, who cast her in the lead in Cutthroat Island (a pirate movie worth skipping, although she's great in it, of course), and Long Kiss Goodnight (with Sam Jackson), where she briefly occupied the title of #1 Female Action Star in the World. THAT is one entertaining action spectacle where she plays a kind of female Jason Bourne with Jackson providing a non-stop stream of classic one-liners. She hasn't been on the big screen that much since - had to raise a few children - but she recently put in a very respectable performance in the TV series sequel to The Exorcist and Exorcist III called "The Exorcist" (first season, anyway, I think the second season followed different characters). And she was also quite good in Netflix' GLOW, which is another series you absolutely owe it to yourself to see - hilarious, dramatic, VERY loosely based on the actual Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, which was a popular show for a hot second in the 80's - although she was only a recurring character, not one of the leads. Anyway, she's ALSO a philanthropist and champion of women's equality in Hollywood, and even tried out for the Syndey Olympics, I believe. Worth checking out her contributions to cinema, but thanks for another great reaction/review!!!

[@daveautzen9089]

Such a fun film, glad you enjoyed it. This old man saw it in the theater back in the day and it was a blast then. I still enjoy it even after all these years.

[@DCFCfanatic]

I still can't believe that they made a Saturday morning cartoon from this movie. It featured Lydia and Beetlejuice going on adventures in the Neitherworld. They're best friends in the series. They loosely based it on the movie and it was produced by Tim Burton. Lydia is more upbeat and Beetlejuice is more of a prankster. He plays a lot of pranks on Lydia's parents and also on Lydia's pet cat. But the cat tends to get back from time to time.

[@jerryfick613]

Keaton joined the club of actors who played DC and Marvel characters when he played Toomes/Vulture in Spiderman Homecoming. It's not a huge part, but well performed.

[@kanjigarsectum1033]

I saw the sequel on Sunday and I loved it. In the past, just after this movie, part of the second one was made where they were going on vacation and the filming was cancelled. It was worth the wait for the second part

[@matthewfike4491]

I’m glad you enjoyed this.

[@focalized]

If Beetlejuice has his small head the whole sequel would be crazy. I hope they at least address it somehow. Him getting his normal head back some way at the start would be cool.

[@Tofushoots]

"Ah. Well... I attended Juilliard... I'm a graduate of the Harvard business school. I travel quite extensively." That scene always makes me laugh. The way he changes his voice and sounds so professional.

[@seangriffiths4967]

This is the first Tim Burton film I saw & I've loved pretty much everything he's made since then.

[@boppenheimer_00]

This was one of my favourite movies as a kid, my mom always covered my ears when Beetlejuice swore and kicked down the tree.

[@SES06484]

You have great timing Mary, a Twitch Livestream on my way to work and now a YT premiere for lunch!

[@everlastingpass1on]

Beetlejuice is one of the most imaginatively original films of all time.

[@garmisra7841]

Loved this when I saw it as a teenager, it was creepy/funny and Keaton is amazing as the manic title character. Elfman's score is perfection! Have you seen the Nightmare before Christmas?

[@rossheaton5173]

Hi Mary, I have been watching for all these years. And I am proud, keep being you!

[@rebeccamichael626]

Fun Fact: When Betelgeuse kicks the tree at 14:15, it wasn't supposed to fall over, and the line "nice f***ing model", was improvised.

[@JamesTillmanjimthegray]

there is a sequel with jenny Ortega as Lidia's daughter being worked on apperantly :)

[@bekindandrewind1422]

3:55 --- The dog worked for Jane.. With the Maitlands out of the picture, she sold their house...

[@TnT_F0X]

17:55 I dont know... I'd say that's the nicest room in the house.

[@xcmvp2007]

People looked at Michael Keaton in this and thought, "Yep! That's our next Batman right there!"

[@guitarman8462]

Catherine O' Hara got her start on SCTV. The Canadian version of Saturday Night Live.

[@sirrobin4394]

Bettlejuice taking out that aging spell with a golf swing is such a cool moment. Here it is about to erase the Maitlands forever and he just calmly reverses it like it was nothing. lol

[@richiecabral3602]

I was like 10 years old when this came out, so not as young as you were, and I probably wasn't as terrified, but it was definitely creepy AF! Those two songs, "Day-O" and "Jump in the Line" were performed by Harry Belafonte who actually just died like a couple months ago. He was an American singer/actor/activist that popularized Calypso music in the 50s and 60s, and was just a very suave, good looking, charasmatic guy that was very popular at a time when there was still segregation, and it was rare for a black man to get that kind of acceptance in popular culture. I forgot that Bob Goulet was in this. I'm barely old enough to know who Robert Goulet is, so there's no way that you know who he is, but he was an American/ Canadian singer/performer/actor that was popular in the 50s and 60s. I think his biggest claim to fame was winning a Tony for playing Lancelot in Camelot on Broadway. When I was a kid in the 80s though, he was kind of washed up, but he'd still perform all over, and older people still loved to go see him, and it started to become a running joke that he'd just get thrown in TV and movies for no reason as a caricature of himself as like a throwback to like an old washed up cheesy Vegas lounge act, or something. It'd be like, "Hey everybody, look! It's Robert Goulet!", and he seemed to not have an ego, and have a sense of humor about it, and would play along with the joke, even though he was kind of the butt of the joke, but just a very cool character. I still get a kick out of seeing him pop up in things for some reason, and when I've heard him interviewed, he seemed like a really great guy that didn't have illusions about his situation, but I'm guessing that right up until the end of his life, he was still happy to travel around and perform because he loved it, and was happy to have the gig even as crappy as it might've been sometimes.

[@bonchbonch]

I really hope the sequel can capture the same weird style of humor.

[@mdswish]

I saw this for the first time when I was 8 and it scared me too, so don't feel bad. Being older now though it's definitely become a classic you just have to dust off every few years and watch again. Glad you liked it!

[@nigeltrotter2886]

8:33- I loved that moment. She knows. She can see you. The Goth can see you. 9:46- I love that the dead is a business there and they got case workers and everything.

[@HEAVYMETALmovie1981]

This was a Tim Burton masterpiece and Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice he was crazy and absolutely hilarious. Fun fact: *A SEQUEL IS ON THE WAY!*

[@bigjoeofthe707]

This like other movies had a cartoon series based on this. That one had Lydia and Beetlejuice as friends with Lydia able to go into his world anytime she wanted.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

i probably would've been traumatized to see Beetlejuice at 4, but i was 8 so it was one of my FAVORITE movies. Lydia was my first human crush, definitely am into goth girls because of her.

[@break_the_galaxy]

Same lol. Her and Wednesday Addams were some of the earliest crushes I can remember having

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@break_the_galaxy yeah except Wednesday scared me a bit, would not want to play "is there a god" with her. XD

[@FreighttrainDaniel1225]

He add libbed the nice f@$@& model (honk honk) scene after the tree fell down

[@SevenEllen]

That part was cut out from UK releases, it was too strong language for children.

[@charlescallen460]

You’re awesome Mary! 🙂 This was a very cool reaction!

[@Echo4Bravo]

The first day with my brand new stepdad he took me to An American Werewolf in London 1981. I was just eight years old never seen anything like that. When that dude transformed the first time. My dad looked over at me and said you wanna go and I said yes.😂 I didn't realize I was clutching him. That s*** f me up.

[@RustyDust101]

If you want Geena Davis in a truly scary movie, together with Jeff Goldblum, try out "The Fly". But be ready for some really gruesome, scary horror scenes. That's definitely something for the Scary Cherry section.

[@Johnny_Socko]

Yes, I can't believe this hasn't been suggested more! Maybe people just don't want to traumatize poor Mary.

[@RustyDust101]

@@Johnny_Socko Yepp, that thing belongs in my personal trauma cupboard myself. I got it as soon as I could rent videos from VideoBuster back then. I was just too young when it came to the theaters. I watched it alone, at home, in the dark. Trust me, I didn't sleep well after that movie. Or rather, not at all that night.

[@DJHolte]

Love your channel, Mary! Just wanted to chime in about something that you may not have known about -- but I actually saw another KZbinr react to this movie and also didn't know about it -- it's the bit at the end when Beetlejuice gets his head shrunk. That was a common practice amongst some ancient tribes in the Amazonian rainforest area. The terms "head shrinker" & "shrink" (to refer to a therapist) and "head hunter" (to refer to someone who finds quality future employees for companies) both originated from this practice. After doing away with their enemy, these tribes would remove the skull from their head, sew together the lips, then boil and dry the head, all of which would help to shrink it down. According to Wikipedia, they believed that doing this would harness the spirit of their enemy and prevent them from avenging their death. So the person sitting next to Beetlejuice was meant to portray a Westerner who ran afoul of one of these tribes and got his head shrunk. The movie of course takes liberties with the tribesman sitting on the other side, portraying it as magic dust that shrinks the heads. Probably not the most politically correct thing to portray in pop culture, but that sort of thing really did happen (although the person was obviously not still alive when it happened, and their head was not still attached to the body). This was happening as early as the 18th and 19th centuries, and as recent as the 1930s, when the practice was outlawed by several countries in the region.

[@thomasfinnell9681]

I like Michael Keaton in everything he does; Mr. Mom, Gung Ho, Johnny Dangerously, Jack Frost, The Founder, Spider-Man Homecoming, White noise, etc. You should react to "Multiplicity", very funny movie.

[@TTM9691]

Geena Davis (and Susan Sarandon): Thelma And Louise. If you haven't seen that movie, then pop it on your list because I guarantee you're going to like that one. She also was in a good horror movie everyone reacts to: "The Fly". Also you can see her, Bill Murray and lots of other greats in the Dustin Hoffman movie "Tootsie", another one of the big comedies of the 80s. (I believe it was Geena's film debut)

[@YoureMrLebowski]

2:31 "... are deadly afraid of spiders and refuse to visit Australia because of it." correction: we are afraid of _deadly_ spiders and refuse to visit Australia because of it. a subtle but significant difference. 🙂

[@Yesnog05]

I also watched this when I was young (i believe i waa 5-6?) and my parents tried to use this movie as a way to teach me about death and the afterlife, but what it actually did was it got me interested in wierd-bizare and gothic horror at an early age lol. Beetlejuice is one of my top 5 favorite films of all time and im excited to see where the sequal will take it!

[@stevensauer8539]

As a nerdy gamer type back then before it was cool, I adored the line "I, myself *am* strange and unusual." Such a fun movie.

[@neckofthewoods24]

I think too about old things in movies but mostly animals that they’ve passed a long time ago. And you asked why the dog, it’s the realtors dog. It murdered them so she could get the house.

[@irktog5175]

RIP Harry Belafonte (the performer of the calypso songs) who passed a few months ago, a great artist and fighter for civil rights.

[@darcybrummett7004]

25:09 The only place where an Elvis sighting would be believable.

[@ScribbleScrabbless]

The long kiss goodnight is a must see

[@christopherwall2121]

Having seen _Carnival of Souls_ for the first time last Halloween, I can safely say that the first act or so of _Beetlejuice_ is basically a comedic version of that movie. So, everything about the Maitlands slowly realizing they're ghosts after dying in a car crash, that's the entirety of _Carnival of Souls_ So if you want something for your Halloween plans...

[@clarkmichaels822]

Sometimes a ghost walks past me and gives me goosebumps too. Then I close the door and the breeze stops.

[@sammylane21]

I think Merry Cherry already has seen it before but A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN is a Gina Davis lead film.

[@ragabashmoon1551]

What just dawned on me watching your rewatch, Lydia says that she read the Handbook for the Recently Deceased yet when Otto opens it, all the pages are blank. All the years and many times I have seen this movie, that just dawned on me.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

3:58 i could see a cat doing that. not a dog. the dog was framed.

[@Ghost8386]

RIP Carmen Filpi, Glenn Shadix, Hugo Stanger, J. Jay Saunders, Robert Goulet, Simmy Bow, and Sylvia Sidney. As a four-year-old in 1988, I saw the movie Beetlejuice for the first time.

[@nathan3252]

It still amazes me to this day that universal never thought to turn this movie into their own version of the haunted mansion ride. It screams dark ride but alas they thought the best idea was a cheesy stage show instead of a ride. Oh well.