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July 23, 2002
Beetlejuice
Comedy Horror A young couple die in a car accident, but they come back to their house as ghosts. Some time later another couple with their teenage angst-ridden daughter move into the house, and the ghosts want to get rid of them. Beetlejuice is a bio-exorcist, he advertises his services on the afterlife TV station, and saying his name three times calls him up. So ensues madcap action as the two couples try to exorcise each other, but eventually decide to live together in peace. This is typical Tim Burton, and has some very amusing sight gags especially when the action is in the afterlife. The special effects don't look very special anymore though, a bit like Ray Harryhausen on acid with stop motion plasticine modelling. Overall then, it's a bit hit-or-miss, and does suffer from it's bad special effects; it looked much better when it was first released. Michael Keaton as our eponymous villain is very good, in what must be one of his first starring roles, and the film is worth a watch just to see him. The story was a little confusing, and never adequately explained who Beetlejuice actually is! On a side note: Glenn Shadix, who plays Otho, turned up in Ally Mcbeal recently as her shrink looking much less chubby. AE0Posted by se71 at July 23, 2002 01:54 PM
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