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timespace coordinates: 1988 – 2024 Winter River, Connecticut

Beetlejuice (1988)

Beetlejuice is a 1988 American dark fantasy comedy horror  film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren based on a story by McDowell and Larry Wilson. The film stars Alec BaldwinGeena DavisJeffrey JonesCatherine O’HaraWinona Ryder, and Michael Keaton as the title character.

The first installment of the Beetlejuice franchise, the plot revolves around a recently deceased couple. As ghosts, they are not allowed to leave their house. They contact Betelgeuse, a sleazy “bio-exorcist”, to scare the house’s new inhabitants away. The film prominently features music from Harry Belafonte‘s albums Calypso and Jump Up Calypso. (wiki)

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a 2024 American dark fantasy comedy horror film directed by Tim Burton.

A sequel to Beetlejuice (1988) and the second film of the Beetlejuice franchise, the film stars Michael KeatonWinona Ryder, and Catherine O’Hara reprising their roles alongside new cast members Justin TherouxMonica BellucciJenna Ortega, and Willem Dafoe.

Set more than three decades after the first Beetlejuice, it follows Lydia Deetz, now a mother, struggling to keep her family together in the wake of a loss as the specter Betelgeuse returns to haunt her. (wiki)

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