The Weird Wisdom of Beetlejuice, 30 Years Later

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[@Artechiza]

What do you think about how this story plays with the construction of The Canterville Ghost? :o

[@bastionaudio]

What was SOO nice towads horror comedy classic, i a very proud of you

[@Reodhadh]

In community, the third time beetlejuice is mentioned, someone in his costume passes by on screen. kinda surprised to guys used the second mention of him in the show instead.

[@brandonlynn8747]

@@Reodhadh He was shown on the 3rd mention. I am kind of surprised he wasn't shown every 3rd time that he was mentioned though.

[@DarylAnnDeRoche]

The childless, deceased couple are better parents to Lydia than the living ones ever could be! It's sadly sweet.

[@ewaleokadia76]

The Maitlands wanted children BUT ended dying childless. So, they can be considered foster parents or spiritual parents.

[@markusallen102]

I could watch a show about this

[@randomanimefan0154]

@@ewaleokadia76 For some reason the "Fairly Odd Parents" came to my mind to this kind of portrayal and the "Fairly Odd Parents" surrounding Timmy Turner are way better parents then his actual parents like in this movie the ghosts are better parents than Lidia's actual parents...Do ya'll think that mister Hart got his inspiration from this movie to create the "Fairly Odd Parents"?...

[@ewaleokadia76]

@@randomanimefan0154 You know, that show could be inspired by "Beetlejuice". Somehow, movies inspire others to come up with a similar, creative themes😀.

[@JamesParker1998]

@@ewaleokadia76 I think there was a Beetlejuice cartoon, but it lacked Barbara and Adam.

[@hazydayz988]

There is a really power anti-suicide message in this as well.

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

I wouldn't call it anti-suicide. It wasn't meant to be that kind of message. Geena's character's statement was meant to be taken in the context of the film's events.

[@pegmay7209]

Not gonna lie. When I was a teenager, this DID save my life.

[@mariaantoniajosephajohanna]

They actually were originally gonna make Lydia commit suicide, but then basically everyone agreed that was a really bad idea.

[@mariaantoniajosephajohanna]

Instrumentality1000 Absolutely! Beetlejuice wouldn't be my favorite movie if they had kept that in...

[@wvu05]

@@ZiddersRooFurry There is some evidence in context that Betelgeuse may have also killed himself (the others who worked in the afterlife did), and his response when Lydia says she wants to kill herself is "Why?"

[@penelopegreene]

The only truly horrific moment in this movie is when the ghost couple tells Lydia that death solves NOTHING. You STILL have bureaucrats, boredom, jerks, pervs, and grifters after you...

[@ewaleokadia76]

That's Hollywood for you☺.

[@alexandraguardian9840]

@@ewaleokadia76 Also mythology. Heaven in Chinese Mythology was basically an imperial court.

[@poiserosie6493]

@@alexandraguardian9840 dude that’s hard.

[@alexnox4956]

I’m gonna get a book of the dead so I’m ready.

[@prmayner]

@@alexnox4956 I have one for the immortal, it's called the Bible.

[@Fyrebaugh]

The real villain is the real estate agent....

[@fredastarlight]

Matt Wyckoff true

[@StewardofAutumn]

Well capitalism....and the loss of history while it expands

[@jamesfair4023]

Jesse DuRona damn this makes me think. Is she really that vial that she would cause their deaths

[@salty8202]

Matt Wyckoff it’s free real estate

[@crislanvilla28]

lol

[@steph.li3]

As someone who has the biggest fear of death and would constantly get panic attacks in the midnight this movie truly helped into thinking that death shouldn’t be something to be afraid of.

[@adamska950]

That's... surprisingly sweet and beautiful.

[@eternapesadilla2355]

I thought this video was going to be about things that BeetleJuice said that turned out being very wise twenty years later.

[@emilinebelle7811]

I still have panic attacks about that.

[@jojocaitlin8508]

Right, this movie makes me feel like if I could spend the afterlife with the man I love I wouldn't mind it so much.

[@zoobly3]

Einstein's second law of thermodynamics states that everything that exists is made of energy. Energy is in the strictest sense incapable of death. Energy is in fact immortal, as it is in an eternal state of transformation. Our energy therefore doesn't die when our bodies inevitably fail us, it simply keeps doing the great cosmic boogaloo across the universe. All the great religions of the world knew this fundamental truth thousands of years ago, even though some of them seem to have forgotten it. Life is merely a black comedy, but a comedy nonetheless. As for my part, I will laugh not at the reaper when he comes for me, but with him. I might even challenge him to a game of chess!

[@squamish4244]

"In the book: Rule Number Two: the living usually won't see the dead.""Won't or can't?" "It just says won't. God, this book is so stupid."

[@seatspud]

What do you expect? It reads like stereo instructions!

[@shsldisappointment1334]

😏

[@halloweennerd8064]

Barb honey we're dead I don't think we have very much to worry about anymore

[@yeetrootthebeetroot3872]

@@halloweennerd8064 wait. So ur a lover of beetlejuice fans lmao

[@squamish4244]

It's a film so bizarre it should have been a mess. Instead it's a classic. Amazing. And it's rare to say that a film is truly unique (unique AND a classic!), but in this case, it's true, 30 years later.

[@melaniegarcia3158]

beetlejuice is like bohemian rhapsody. there is no specific genre it’s just all over the place and amazing

[@aggie5668]

this comment deserves more likes-

[@SpaceWizardCosplay]

So true. Both are their own thing and don't have / or fit into a specific category or genre.

[@hiiilolol]

i agree.

[@alim.9801]

Wouldn't Bohemian Rhapsody fall under the category of biopic? Even tho it is a mix?

[@babu357]

@@alim.9801 The song.

[@lydria_rae4318]

My name is Lydia and my name came from Beetlejuice.

[@Clleonie]

I named my cat Lydia after Winona Ryders character in Beetlejuice ❤️

[@robocop8569]

You should watch the musical!

[@bace914]

Sachi I think they mean they were named after the character

[@wolflint2746]

@Sachi no. I think McDowell meant that her parents named her that because of the movie

[@wolflint2746]

@Boxxeh yeah I do know it exists even before the film came out. and that's why I said "I think". but yeah, the parents just liked the name or for some sort of reason to name the op. either way, it's still a nice name.

[@GameplayandTalk]

This film holds up so well today.

[@jimm7098]

Well yes, that's because films had humor and heart and soul and creativity back then. None of those words apply to contemporary films.

[@TheOneLichemperor]

That's just not fair, Jim, and too broad a statement. There's still a multitude of creative individuals and teams out there creating great work.

[@jimm7098]

​@@TheOneLichemperor I respect your opinion, but I still disagree. None of the comedies today make me laugh, they are just too jaded. And really derivative. But I do respect your opinion. Maybe I just haven't seen the good movies.

[@TheOneLichemperor]

Tbh, most of the films that stand out in mind are indie - so that says a fair bit about the state of contemporary films. I adore films directed by Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz and, more recently, Baby Driver), and his work is pretty "mainstream" for want of a better word.

[@jimm7098]

@@TheOneLichemperor Cool. I agree totally that indie films are the best. And foreign films.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

I argue Lydia's mom is alive. Absence is also a theme. Absence as a never-was. You might think she would ask about her mom's afterlife. Since Lydia is alienated, she likely has that coming from all three parental figures.

[@pivinne5536]

that's brilliant! I think it could also be argued that an absent mother figure (specifically one that walked out) is why she resents Delia so much, and her unwillingness to connect with her at all.

[@thethrowawaythatstayed7055]

Lost Age Comics agree!

[@thethrowawaythatstayed7055]

Peony exactly. She doesn’t even want to give Delia a chance (not that Delia lets her) because she acts like she’s already been rejected in my opinion.

[@kieranhayag9107]

In the Broadway show, she's dead. I'm not sure if that's evidence for her being dead in the movie though because in the show, once they reveal that, Beetlejuice himself breaks the fourth wall and says "Such a bold departure from the original source material!".

[@taylorpresleyy]

In the musical it says hey mom dead mom

[@DeepEye1994]

I miss movies from the '80s and '90s with that grit, nowadays everything must be super-polished and shiny, but it makes it feel so sterile to me.

[@pyramidhead138]

they've turned superhero movies into stale, boring, lifeless flicks. they dont even take their roles seriously anymore. its like theyre only in it for the money these days

[@chillytoes1]

i know! why not show a movie that is actually drawn instead of always on the computer!! its such a lost art, and i love it!!

[@alancleland7231]

it's because they used film, that was the technology / format that was available to them at the time. you make a good point though - most films are a bit too polished, a bit too clean. effects driven films have their place , but they don't quite have the same impact as movies that had more practical methods of achieving special effects. i've studied photography, and i think some of the basic ideas would translate into film making - where things like the correct lighting is a key ingredient.

[@mikitz]

CGI used to be a tool for enhancing awesome scenes ever better (like in Batman Returns). It has turned into the go-to solution for half-ass movie makers void of any shred of imagination. If kids no longer have imagination, who expects artists to have it either?

[@ewaleokadia76]

There is no longer any imagination in Hollywood. Storylines are usurped by CGI, as someone in the comments mentioned. I have stopped going to the movies since there is barely anything that is for my tastes. The dark and hopeless run through many movies that aren't Marvel or whatever. For me, "Beetlejuice" will always have a place in my heart.

[@IsomerMashups]

I do want to say Beetlejuice probably has one of the most terrifying representations of an afterlife that I've seen. It's just life again, but endless, at the worst point of most people's lives.

[@wobble108]

"I'm the ghost with the most babe" Oscar winning performance I never get tired of watching his scenes in this film. Such a fantastic diverse actor who was robbed of the Oscar for birdman

[@DeathnoteBB]

“Family movie with ghosts” was a genre favorite of my childhood

[@kkibela]

The frighteners... Casper.. Does ghost count?

[@lavannyanair5619]

The Addams Family was my aesthetic 😂

[@fridakahlo4225]

@@lavannyanair5619 I second this :)

[@84blizzle]

Anybody remember the cartoon? PS. That scene where they resurrect them was the only scene that kinda disturbed me as a kid.

[@MysticalChicken]

I LOVED the cartoon when I was a kid (actually saw the movie after I'd started watching that--my aunt told me about it when I was about 13 and I was like "THERE'S A MOVIE?!"). The first fanfiction I ever wrote (on a typewriter! and before the word "fanfiction" even existed) was Beetlejuice-cartoon fanfiction. It was 25+ years ago so I don't remember the plot, but I do remember there was a part where Lydia asked Beetlejuice "do you read me?" and then Beetlejuice turned into a book. (... I was 12.) edit: although now that I think about it, I don't remember if BJ turned into the book or if he turned Lydia into a book, which would make more sense for the pun, but I've forgotten if the latter could happen in the cartoon's universe.

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

The word 'fanfiction' was in use from the 60's onward thanks to the Star Trek fandom. My aunt was one of the first Trek con organizers and I remember her telling me about all the 'strange but dedicated' fanficcers and Kirk/Spock shippers she'd run into.

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

Btw I love the 'do you read me?'/book pun. That's so perfectly BJ and Lydia.

[@MysticalChicken]

Well, before I'd heard the word, then :p (this was a few years before my family got a computer/internet)

[@84blizzle]

OhGoodAFarce Yes, the "do you read me?" pun is great. Hey, I was the same way as a kid. I had my own comics and I'd actually include the Ca and U.S. prices on the cover, and I'd have pages for ads with NBA Jam and Mortal Kombat lol. My dad used to bring me binders with blank pages and I actually had my own video games drawn out in them, but they were mostly rip offs of games like Mega Man and Castlevania.

[@Aqweius]

I don't see Barbara and Adam as assuming the role of Lydia's "true parents" by the end of the film but assuming a primarily role in a "it takes a village" model. By the conclusion of the film we see Lydia "blossoming" as a young adult; she's attending a private school in the nearby village, has friends, and appears happier (and more grounded) than throughout the entire film. Her parents have adjusted to living with the Adam and Barbara (it's damn big house after-all) and this blended pseudo-family benefits Lydia the most; she has accepted (and been accepted) by her real parents, as they seem content and are pursuing their interests, but has been adopted by Adam and Barbara (two friends and role models). She herself serves as the bridge that brought the living (Delia and Charles) and the dead (Adam and Barbara) together; they share a comedic tragedy through their thwarting of Beetlejuice and are a family. It's a quirky, gritty, yet great message for a macbre comedy.

[@davidjones8043]

@@thecoldglassofwatershow sorry you had to go through that. My family was fairly similar, parents divorced when I was 3 after lots of domestic violence and alcohol and drug use.

[@thisinhumanplace2037]

This is the first legitimate review of beetlejuice ive ever seen earned a subscribe

[@joselocalau123]

i remember watching this movie with my dad when i was little. I didn't understand a thing since i started watching it from the last quarter, but it still brings me this memory of being in a couch hugging my dad while he tried to explain to me why this movie was so genius. It feels like my entire childhood, which was filled with Tim Burton's movies because my dad was such a fan. Thank you for bringing this memories to me again!

[@joselocalau123]

Also, it would be amazing if you did a video on Big Fish!

[@KinGizzard]

JCV : I've cried every time that I've watched Big Fish. Every. Single. Time.

[@joselocalau123]

KinGizzard same

[@melikasims8699]

This comment is making me cry. My dad & I used to do the same thing.

[@arleedennis791]

You had a good childhood man.

[@benwasserman8223]

The biggest takeaway of Beetlejuice: never underestimate Mr. Mom's ability to play a crazed paranormal bio-exorcist OR Batman

[@majorramsey3k]

Or Vulture.

[@4ltimit1]

Ya mean bio-exorcist?

[@ethernetgirl2001]

Joseph Fox but does he?

[@4ltimit1]

That's why I ended it with a question mark. I forgot to put a smiley face. :)

[@fred21679]

...or birdman!

[@JakeCoasters]

Ugh, I really hope they don't remake this some day with crappy CGI

[@robertaviles8451]

Believe it or not but - There was supposed to be a sequel called BEETLEJUICE GOES HAWAIIAN ! Production was cancelled - thank God!

[@ell1012]

@@robertaviles8451 Oh yeah, I heard about that... is it weird that I kinda wanted to see it? XD

[@eek271]

Probably not. There's already a musical adaptation. (It's very different but it's still really good. They don't try to make it "realistic", and the designers did try very hard to honour the original)

[@gretasstolendreams2154]

You know they’re going to do it. It’s a lot easier to lazily remake someone else’s high quality film than to actually be creative and nobody knows that more thoroughly than 2020’s Hollywood.

[@octosquid48]

@@gretasstolendreams2154agreed

[@Hero_of_Legend]

"In Beetlejuice, there's no such statement" Actually, the movie does explain their situation to a fair degree. It's in the scene in the waiting room. The blue receptionist lady explains that they are required, seemingly as is everyone else, to spend 125 years on earth, in the house, before they can properly cross over.

[@ShirDeutch]

Not scary, huh? Tell that to my 6 year old self. He's curled into a ball in the corner of the room.

[@bathoryaria4127]

OMG when I was 6 I watched Beetlejuice so much my parents began to think something was wrong with me! I loved it! Not to mention I also had the cartoon when I was 6 - I was a freaking Beetlekid!

[@drankydrank1]

Indeed when I was 6 I loved it, watched it constantly. Cartoon too. The only thing that was really threatening in the whole movie, if you think about it, was the sandworms.

[@memo-fq3ps]

Tbh anything can be scary to a 6 year old. When I was little I couldn't even watch any of the Harry Potter movies because they gave me the creeps as a kid.

[@bluegenes801]

Again or still?

[@JoshuaRWorkman]

My 6 year old self loved this movie.

[@StephenSchaal]

I always loved this movie, I wish stuff like this could still be made.

[@thegamingdoggo9519]

Well I mean there's always the musical

[@aaronnantz1130]

No he means real films like this that have good humor in it like how we see that the dead isn't really horrifying its really the living thats bad. Tim burton always showed in his films that the goth isn't really bad peolle just misunderstood.

[@PatrickHogan]

Who cares about Batman? This was Michael Keaton’s greatest performance.

[@HAL-vm3wn]

Along with Birdman

[@Deep_Dish]

Multiplicity, Pacific Heights, White Noice, the one where he's on death row n needs the cops' son's blood or whatever, those were all great!!!

[@ananda_miaoyin]

Gung Ho.

[@AKilahVamp]

And dying young

[@Puppy_Puppington]

Wait who did he play lol. I liked him in Jackie Brown

[@mjszy1]

Even as a young girl when I watched this movie, the real estate agent made me so mad when she was so heartless about them not being able to conceive. Hands down my favorite movie and I find it funny how much Alec Baldwin hated the movie and thought it would kill his career.

[@kirstyshadowdancer5095]

I like to classify Buryons writing as Congenial Horror - ie horror that wants to be your friend and have a tea party with you.

[@erikas.6790]

oh, what a cute expression! If you don't mind I'll make this one my own. Thank you

[@kkibela]

Ooh existential horror?

[@clinte9897]

Wow 30 years since beetle juice. I'm getting old 😫

[@TDTRondas]

We aren't getting old... for the standars from we were children we ARE old

[@ewaleokadia76]

@@TDTRondas Nah! We aren't getting old! Our inner child is keeping us young☺.

[@taylorpresleyy]

I'm 10 in 2019 and I watched it but I myself am strange and unsusal

[@Jazmusique]

Feel ya

[@jasmineangie4652]

I can’t believe it’s been that long. I saw it when it came out in the theaters.

[@vicenteortegarubilar9418]

The warm and love of the horror visuals in this film and other movies from burton are really the thing that touched my childhood, really well made video I hope you could annalize other films like Big Fish and the nature of fiction or mars attack and the incredible deep meaning behind the tom jones cameo.

[@ZomboyProductionz]

Tim Burton meant a lot to my childhood as well. I grew up indulging in Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Beetlejuice!

[@cameronfield7313]

Don't forget Corpse Bride

[@TheWarrrenator]

The ghost story had been a long utilized narrative tradition before Beetlejuice, but what made this film unique is that is from the GHOSTS' POINT OF VIEW. And once we can see something from another point of view it becomes demystified. The film very much is a comedy just as much as Ghostbusters is a comedy that has similar themes, and whose success provided for such movies like Beetlejuice, that takes a lot of chances. Also the film pokes fun at the taboo of lampooning death in an objective sense which is different than the experience of grief. Accept for the hapless Jane, no one is mourning or missing the Maitlands or Beetlejuice or any of the deceased in the film and if that happens then you emotionally imbalance the film.

[@WillScarlet16]

"You could be visually inventive without having to make everything glossy, slick and computerized." Shame Tim Burton no longer knows that.

[@Mikej1592]

Beatlejuice was such a great movie, Is IS a great movie. I still randomly belt out lines from the movie. Sometimes without reason or prompting, just a few weeks ago I said his line about seeing the Exorcist 167 times and it had been decades since I saw the movie. I googled it and holy crap I was correct with remembering how many times he said in the movie. and every time I hear the Shake Shake Shake song I think of this movie and that ending scene where she floats up dancing. I can't believe its been 30 years.

[@mv5984]

And don't forget about the Day-O song! Burton created a lot of new Belafonte fans with Beetlejuice, its just the best

[@snuggles8955]

Yes i still quote it too!!

[@kkibela]

30 year!!!!!!!!!

[@skellymom]

This goth thanks you for your artful analysis. We certainly are not all permanently sad, angsty, or depressed.

[@sarahriddle7211]

ZombieMommy agreed. We simply are willing to see beauty in things that tend to be shied away from, and that is a powerful thing.💚

[@EvilNecroid]

@Charles Lee Ray love the name

[@yensid4294]

Loved this movie & Edward Scissorhands & Nightmare Before Xmas. Burton makes modern fairytales.

[@darbycheek2475]

yensid made not makes. those movies were nearly 30 years ago

[@shawnmacdonald9722]

Makes decent movies when there his own ideas, he completely butchers other peoples work. Other than the 1989 batman movie, he fucked up Planet of the apes and completely missed the point with Alice and Wonderland.

[@taylorpresleyy]

Then recked Charlie and the chocolate factory

[@serpentsepia6638]

@@shawnmacdonald9722 Yeah, all of his movies were terrible after James and the Giant Peach.

[@mosesappleby4357]

@@serpentsepia6638 that's Henry selick on a roald dahl story , nightmare before Christmas which was only based on a tim burton poem is also directed by Henry selick....they arent tim burtons Same as coraline......some people need to put some respect on henry selicks name.

[@MrKajithecat]

Perfect video. Its so weird but also inviting. I used to watch it as a kid and in a different tone it would of frightened me to the point I couldn't watch it. But Burton was able to have a warm tone that I could watch it as a small kid and not get too scared, just fascinated by the odd and weird. That's just inventive and skilled filmmaking.

[@Horror-Man]

Unbreakable. Unbreakable. Unbreakable. There. I said it three times. Now you've gotta do an episode on it. HA!

[@LilySaintSin]

But females are strong as hell!

[@memo-fq3ps]

I love that show

[@johnsnow1946]

@@memo-fq3ps I meant the movie by M. Night Shyamalan!!!

[@brinleymccully2123]

This totally makes me want to watch Beetlejuice again. Hopefully, it won't terrify me like it did when I was 6!

[@onwardmaster27]

That line for me really cuts so deep, when Lydia want to die to stop feeling lonely and Barbara tells her that "being dead doesn't make anything easier". We see it with the maitlands throughout the movie that after being dead they have to go through huge lines to get their turn, even in their own home they have to spook the people live peacefully. It's such a great message.

[@joey4track]

Masterpiece. Easily in my top 10 movies of all time.

[@jimm7098]

Totally agreed. Such a brilliant, creative film, Burton's best!

[@lloydrobert6182]

This presentation was simply beautiful. Came here from Larry Wilson's interview on Film Courage. Spent more than 3 hours on Beetlejuice, and loved every moment. Thanks for an insightful wrap up! 👍♥️

[@weirdguy7451]

Corpse bride talked about suicide and grief in a way kids could watch and we need to talk about it

[@bloodyrose1985]

I don’t know which character in Corpse Bride committed suicide, but the titular character was murdered. But yes...it shows a contrast between the Land of the Living looks dead and grey whereas the Land of the Dead is colorful and lively.

[@weirdguy7451]

@@bloodyrose1985 Victor was going to kill himself to be with Emily and Emily decided she loved victor too much to let him throw away his life to be with her

[@bloodyrose1985]

@@weirdguy7451 oh right! I forgot about that.

[@justin188541]

Give these ladies a Zag-Nut! Great retrospective on one of my favorite 80's movies!

[@alysaneblackwood]

One of my all time favourites thank you ladies!! Always love listening to your content but hearing your assessment made me realise why I always identified with Lydia so much growing up. A great reminder of an awesome classic.

[@gew393]

You ladies have quickly become my favorite KZbin channel. I love your work and look forward to your next video!!!

[@FelicityGemini]

Harry belafonte - the banana boat song and the scene at the table is the best scene in film till this day. practical effects and stop motion? amazing and so ahead of its time. i still wonder why BeetleJuice has two spelling to his name? its been 30 yrs, im literally dying to know!

[@theoriginalsache]

One is phonetic. (Beetlejuice.) The other is the spelling of the star he's named after. (Betelgeuse is a red supergiant, one of the brightest stars in the sky, and is located in the constellation of Orion. If you ever look up at Orion, look for the red star. That one is Betelgeuse.)

[@dateraped.1323]

Because people will read it correct and buy the movie

[@anidleteen]

Betelgeuse is his actual name Beetlejuice is a play on how the Maitlands struggled to say his name and Lydia's game of charades with him

[@ivandovranic1001]

"Please, they're dead, it's a little late to be neurotic."

[@stars.are.blind_955]

This movie still one of my all time faves

[@FumblsTheSniper]

The mom in the first movie is EASILY one of my favorite female actresses. She plays the lead in a movie called “Cutthroat Island” and portrays on of the best Hollywood style pirates ever.

[@xxshino123]

Y'all make the best analysis! Definitely deserve to have as much subs as Cinefix.

[@nefariousvii5255]

Make that, almost 32 years.. I missed Beetlejuice. Thank you for bringing it back to us, really.

[@pinklemonhearts]

I think one of the biggest reasons the scene with the exorcism is suspenseful because its happening during a sequence of scenes where Lydia herself is being exploited herself, and by her OWN FAMILY. They use HER pictures, tell HER to bring the ghosts downstairs, have HER act as their 'translator' for the ghosts but whenever she tries to tell them what the Masons want or what the living shouldn't do, they ignore her. As you watch you grow more frustrated with how out of control yet used Lydia is becoming.

[@jessica2575]

I think your video is great! However I believe Coco’s positive portrayal of death is based in Mexican culture where death discussed more openly. In Mexico death is not as feared because you live on in your family. The movie was so faithful to Día de los Muertos, I don’t think it’s fair to credit that to Beetle Juice.

[@SuperLovehp]

jessica2575 i think they're just trying to say that it opened up the discussion and allowed other films like coco to be widely spread and popular in mainstream society

[@jessica2575]

SuperLovehp I think that statement is more fair, but I still don’t agree with it. I think Coco is successful because family is a shared value that everyone can relate to. I personally don’t see a lot of similarities between Coco and Beetlejuice. But I do think your claim makes more sense than how I first understood the video.

[@earthbjornnahkaimurrao9542]

American culture seems to shy away from talking about death. I think this is why some people like myself get obsessed with it. Its so obviously something that needs to be talked about but most people dont want to. I loved beetlegeuse and almost any other movie that tried to look at death and the afterlife. Now many years layer i think i have a much healthier view of death than most people.

[@jessica2575]

stellvia hoenheim kk thanks for the advice

[@themaninthebox4906]

Agreed 200% with you

[@ScarlettAlexandraS]

Your channel never ceases to impress me! I adore this film, and this channel! Keep them coming! Xoxoxox

[@Moviefan2k4]

"Beetlejuice" remains one of my favorite movies, and I'm not even that big into the Gothic genre. But its the performances and writing that drive this story, more than the effects...and I think that's how more movies should be nowadays.

[@AnnaPresman]

My favorite childhood movie. I'm really scared they'll try to remake this and give it the ghost busters treatment. I hope it would never happen.

[@thehightable5995]

Bettlejuice, Bettlejuice, Bettlejuice! Great video girls. I love your take on Burton's work.

[@smaakjeks]

That's not how you spell his name! RAWR angry fanboy rawr :b

[@thehightable5995]

Smaakjeks K I know 😁.

[@smaakjeks]

I'll allow it this once. Friday innit.

[@TheSaiyanPrincess89]

O Mestre Das Artes Místicas Don't you mean Beetlejuice? WTF is "Bettlejuice?"

[@5winder]

*Betelgeuse

[@stingerjohnny9951]

I love the scene where Lydia said she wants in (as in to die) and Beetlejuice honestly asks “why” in a genuinely perplexed tone. The musical actually added context to this by establishing that BJ was “born dead” and never got a chance to spend time in the living world. Hence his desire to go into the living world. It’s a classic case of each of the two characters seeing greener grass on the other’s side of the wall.

[@ChrisLeeW00]

The music by Burton's go to composer Danny Elfman really sells that whimsically sinister tone.

[@Ami_E_Bowen]

Did anyone else notice, that driving the point home that the Maitlands are now Lydia's parents Lydia wears a black and white tartan skirt that goes very well with Adam's black and white large squared gingham flannel.

[@dateraped.1323]

Sand worms am I right?!

[@thegamingdoggo9519]

Roars in sand worm

[@growlinghands4696]

My brother used to mock my depression via Lydia ("I am alone. I am UTTERLY alone."); joke was on him but I identified with her teenage drama and loved her anyway (I was 17 when Beetlejuice came out).

[@coolout5207]

"beetlejuice paved the way for coco to make death less scary" wow. that sure is A Take

[@edwardsholty7959]

Yours is a very perceptive analysis of this beloved flick. You have revealed an insight to Tim Burton that I had been unable to grasp. Thanks. The Old Guy (77 yrs.)

[@RobAGabor]

My whole life is a darkroom. One, big, dark room.

[@KMakoENVtuber]

Rob Sheehan then turn the lights on ya dingus!

[@count-countess8464]

I sleep in a coffin

[@BenBlackEquinoxEngelhard]

This was the first movie my mom ever bought on VHS. I've loved it ever since. IMHO a true masterpiece.

[@britshell]

Contemporary design is literally the worst, so yeah I can see that.

[@InmortalAngel1]

9:15, also, I think Lydia represents the innocence of a child while the parents are the greedy adults

[@bobholland9924]

I still have a copy of that on my shelf in DVD

[@Basedbateman97]

i've just found one in my Dad's old loft. i'd turn on the old TV and saw it while i was working in there... it felt good. he passed away 2 weeks ago and it made me feel like a child again, his TV was always playing the Garage with old movies :)

[@bobholland9924]

@@Basedbateman97 sorry about your dad I just lost my mom back in February

[@Basedbateman97]

@@bobholland9924 you have my condolences aswell, but i feel we both Can agree on that movies from the late 80's and until the 2000's had a certain charm... it's wonderfull to venture back if you feel a bit down :)

[@josephrcase]

Stumbled across this on suggested videos. Was not disappointed. Well done.

[@luizpalombini3425]

Brilliant review! Thanks Susannah and Debra! You nailed it!

[@ShawsOwn]

This was like an amazingly well written video essay. Every point had an example to back it up, the flow from subject to subject brought it all together (and felt like an important life lesson, and there were even citations (with the German cinema e.g.). This got a subscribe and a rewatching, with a whole new appreciation, of Beetlejuice. Thank you for making my day.

[@coadmiller5010]

Yeah, I agree with a lot of the people here saying this is some of Burton's best... I found both of his Pee Wee movies highly entertaining when I saw 'em in the theater in the '80s... His stop motion animations Nightmare before Christmas, Coraline, and of course, Edward Scissorhands also great, but later Burton projects that also started Johnny Depp, such as Charlie and the chocolate factory, and Alice in Wonderland, were truly abysmal, imo... I agree though, a Beetlejuice remake would be a bad idea, but a proper sequel, if it included Michael Keaton and (jeez, senior moment brainfart, can't remember the actresses name that played Lydia!).. just heard it a few minutes ago, too...) Sequel could be something quite good!..

[@coadmiller5010]

Yeah, I agree with a lot of the people here saying this is some of Burton's best... I found both of his Pee Wee movies highly entertaining when I saw 'em in the theater in the '80s... His stop motion animations Nightmare before Christmas, Coraline, and of course, Edward Scissorhands also great, but later Burton projects that also started Johnny Depp, such as Charlie and the chocolate factory, and Alice in Wonderland, were truly abysmal, imo... I agree though, a Beetlejuice remake would be a bad idea, but a proper sequel, if it included Michael Keaton and

[@mimix6853]

Beetlejuice is my favorite movie and i'm happing it's getting more recognition

[@thegamingdoggo9519]

I have never actually seen the movie I only listened to the musical

[@gracereads2917]

Tim Burton is a category all on its own. But there's mini ones within it. Early Burton, like Batman and Beetlejuice, Stop-Motion Burton like Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride and then there's New Burton with Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, pale faces, blonde blue-eyed girls in blue dresses, funny coloured things and all the CGI musical madness.

[@darlenetroise7079]

All time favorite movie, I can recite every word...and I feel old now 😔

[@Man_Ray78]

My all time favorite childhood movie. One of the few that's not outdated in 2019.

[@ZomboyProductionz]

Incredible video. Favorited. I love Tim Burton and I aspire to create the type of terrifying innocence that he does. This movie is definitely in need of a rewatch from me!

[@im19ice3]

i saw this movie as a child and i did feel fear but mostly confusion, it's very counter-intuitive and i think that's a good thing

[@frosch6532]

Love this movie love this channel 🙌🏻😘💕💕

[@louisnguertin]

Thanks for this little trip down memory lane. I loved this movie as a pup and still watch it from time to time. Good times :-)

[@dessfred]

I always loved that movie. Still my favorite from Tim Burton.

[@hollandaise84]

This has been my favourite movie since I was a kid and now I love it even more.

[@danielthechskid]

I love this movie so I looked up the filming location. Fun fact: the road with the covered bridge (that was only covered for the movie) doesn't even lead to their house so they wouldn't have ever crossed it in the first place. Go to East Corinth, Vermont in Google Earth. The bridge in question leads Northwest out of town as Chicken Farm Road. The hill that the house was on is Southwest of town. At the South end if you are Northbound there is a fork in the road which leads to either side of the river, the East fork Village Road goes to town, the West fork Jewell Lane turns into a driveway that bends back west to a farm. If you look closely at the aerial view you can see a ghost (pun intended) outline of where a driveway used to be which leads South from said farm. This is the driveway to the house in the movie. The bare patch of ground between the ghost driveway and the trees to the east is where the house stood. More specifically the coordinates of where the house was are: 44° 3'39.26"N 72°13'29.28"W

[@DrineThePoet]

This movie remains a favorite...in fact I just watched it again. Definitely a part of my collection. Lydia has the life she needed now and the deceased couple always wanted a child and they have their space in the house-beautiful.

[@vaylonkenadell]

What a wonderful analysis. Thank you for this.

[@markoblanko8377]

My kids are 5, 6, 10 and they watch this over and over; they love it! Just like we did back in the day.

[@MrJasonshores364]

Beetlejuice is one of my top five favorite movies.

[@Shockeye00]

You know how I'm getting old? As much as I've loved this movie since the day it came out, this was the first time I laughed at the "ghosts being neurotic" line.

[@strawberry5097]

anyone watching this because of the musical? It’s so damn good

[@thegood9]

This was one of those once in a lifetime movies that just had the perfect combination of actors, script, director, and SFX/DOP, & producers that is rarely equaled. Just a perfect film.

[@TanisC]

Great analysis! You girls are the BEST!!

[@lisalynnn]

I named my youngest daughter Lydia party because of the character, Lydia, in this movie. I loved it as I was growing up. It was back in the VHS days and we wore out a couple of tapes from watching them so much.

[@Krystalwatchesvideos]

YES! This was my favorite movie as a kid! All you 80's kids, like my comment! :)

[@madisonwaycaster9832]

Beetlejuice is perfect and now I have to go rewatch it.

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

Bizarre whimsical, there’s Tim burton for ya.

[@shaunmcewan5940]

Once again, you guys nailed it. I am super-crushing on everyone involved in the production of this video, but I am actually old enough to say I watched this movie the first week it was released in theaters ;)) How many times I have watched since then I cannot tell you, I am a Literature Professor, not a mathematician, I don't have enough fingers and toes to count that high...

[@alatuzn]

Why’d the end make me tear up :(

[@RedZeshinX]

This was actually a surprisingly insightful analysis, never really considered whether or not the movie had any depth. Well done!

[@summonerstripclub4840]

the movie is great & the cartoon was my childhood I love it oml

[@almavela4607]

Great video. I still feel sad when I recommend Tim Burton movies to friends who haven't watched them and they tell me that the characters look creepy. I remember I used to be scared when I was a little kid, but honestly, most Tim Burton movies make me feel warm inside. I love the messages and the characters. Even when they can look scary, you fall in love with them.