Starring: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Arthur Conti, Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe
OUR RATING: ★★★☆☆
Story: Fantasy horror comedy sequel directed by Tim Burton. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) centers on the Deetz family, who after an unexpected family tragedy, return to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia’s (Winona Ryder) life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid (Jenna Ortega), discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened. With trouble brewing in both realms, it’s only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice’s (Michael Keaton) name three times and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.
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Lydia: The living, the dead. Can they coexist? That’s what we’re here to find out. My name is Lydia Deetz, and welcome to Ghost House.
Lydia: Confronting the unknown. Conquering your fears. There’s nothing harder.
Delia: I think I’ve cried all the water out of my body.
Astrid: When you’re all on your third kid and second divorce, we’ll see who gets the last laugh.
Delia: I’ve lost my horny handyman.
Delia: [to Astrid] Well, you’re free to reject your inheritance when you’re living high off a tree hugger’s salary.
Beetlejuice: You know, Bob, long distance relationships can be difficult. Especially when one of you is dead and the other is ignoring you for thirty years.
Jackson: [shows him a photo of Delores] Recognize this puss?
Beetlejuice: Never seen that chick before in my life. Or afterlife.
Beetlejuice: Well, wouldn’t be the first woman who wanted to kill me. And kind of hard to kill a dead guy.
Lydia: Death is hard.
Astrid: Yeah, sometimes I think life is harder.
Astrid: [to Lydia] It’s ironic, isn’t it? You can apparently see any random ghost for your s**tty TV show, but the one ghost that actually matters to me you can’t see at all.
Beetlejuice: [in Italian] Hey, I’m into some freaky s**t myself. But even I have my limitations.
Astrid: Ghosts aren’t real. Only gullible people believe that kind of crap. Unless you’re trying to pay the bills, right, Mom?
Astrid: [quoting Dostoevsky] “Pain and suffering are always inevitable.”
Lydia: Adam and Barbara Maitland. They’re not here anymore.
Astrid: Why? They find a better house to haunt?
Lydia: No, we found a loophole, and they moved on.
Astrid: How convenient.
Rory: [to Lydia] I know this is a big step for you. But in the words of Dr. Glickman, I’m going to give you the push you need. Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice.
Beetlejuice: You two kids need to get in touch with your inner child. Mine’ll be along in just a jiffy.
Beetlejuice: Everybody says he’s got my eyes. Personally, I don’t see it.
Lydia: That was you stalking me.
Beetlejuice: Hey, if stalking means trying to remarry the love of my life, well, I’m guilty as charged.
Lydia: Where’s Rory?
Delia: Supermarket. Swapping out the candy I bought for carrot sticks. Because Rory loves to fun-suck everything. Even Halloween.
Lydia: The closest we ever got to Disney was when Astrid dressed as Cinderella’s dead mom.
Beetlejuice: The Juice is loose.
Lydia: You want me to marry you!
Beetlejuice: I thought you’d never ask.
Lydia: How do I know that you’re going to keep your word?
Beetlejuice: [as he catches on fire] I swear on my dead mother’s soul. Yikes!
Beetlejuice: [to Lydia] We’re like Bonnie and Clyde, you and me. Without the bullet holes.
Jackson: [to Bob] Let me tell you how this is going to go. Your shriveled lips will start flapping, or I’ll crack your itty-bitty skull like a goddamn walnut.
Beetlejuice: I think it was Dostoevsky who said, “Later, f***er!”
Rory: You. You’re that thing from my dream.
Beetlejuice: Well, I’m really more nightmare material. But, thanks.
Beetlejuice: [to Delores] It’s me, not you. You know, honey, I’ve been going through a lot of changes lately. Kind of a mid-afterlife crisis, I guess.
Lydia: [to Beetlejuice] Look, I’m sorry things didn’t work out between us, but the six hundred year age gap was a little bit much for me.
Beetlejuice: Should have got married in Vegas.
Lydia: I want to thank all you Ghosties out there, for all your support over the years, but this is my last show. I have spent so much time talking to the dead, it’s time I started living. I want to make memories with the people I love rather than be haunted by them later.