Beetlejuice Film Review

Horror sequels are not a new thing with there being alot more sequels to horror films then there are sequels to none horror films. However most of those sequels usually come out a year or two after the release of the first film and yet there's a new sequel coming out next week with the first film coming out in nineteen eighty eight and so then join me as I review the film that helped to make Michael Keaton , Winona Ryder and it's director Tim Burton house hold names with the film in question being called simply just "Beetlejuice" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when the recently deceased couple Adam and Barbera Maitland discover a new family is moving into there home they set about trying everything that they can do to get the family out of there house. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about thew actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good with the plot of this film being simple but delightfully so and where as having a simple plot would usually be a bad thing for a film to have in this case it's something that oddly works in the films favor as the film is all about being zany and anarchic and having a deep , dark and complicated plot would get in the way of the film being nothing more then none stop fun with the plot of this film also being fresh and different as no film before or after this film has had a set up quite like this one which does make this film feel unique as well with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Alec Baldwin as Adam Maitland , Geena Davis as Barbara Maitland and Jeffrey Jones as Charles Deetz. Also starring in this film is Catherine O'Hara as Delia Deetz , Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz , Sylvia Sidney as Juno , Robert Goulet as Maxie Dean , Dick Cavett as Bernard , Glenn Shadix as Otho Fenlock , Annie McEnroe as Jane Butterfield , Tony Cox as The Preacher , Jack Angel as The Voice of The Preacher and Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that;s actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With all of this films actors turning in some really good and funny performances as well with the best actors in this whole entire film being Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz , Catherine O'Hara as Delia Deetz and Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse as while all of the other actors tat are in this film do indeed turn in soke really performances in this film it's those three that really capture the spirit and tone of the film perfectly with there performances also being the most fun performances as well and that s something that really does allow them to turn in some really good performances in this film with the acting that's in this film also really being helped by the fact that the script for this film is just so good that all this films actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Doing the effects for this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Visual Concept Engineering. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the effects that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual effects that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good with this film making some really good use of practical and stop motion effects with this films use of stop motion being really creative and inventive and it really does go to show you that Tim Burton really did know how to be creative at this point in his career with all of this film practical effects not only looking good but also holding up really really well with all of this films effects looking alot better then CGU ever will ad CGI gets dated very quickly where as with practical effects they very rarely if ever age in a negative way and when there done right like they are in this film they age like fine wine in that they only get better with age with alot of this effects adding to the charm of this film as this film has a very handmade look to it with this films effects reflecting that look as they do look cheap but cheap in a good way.

To be frank this film really does gave some really good characters with nearly all of the films characters even the ones that your meant to hate having something likable about them. Like for example Maitland's even tho they are yes trying to get another family out of there house there doing so because of the fact that to them this house is perfect the way that it is where as Delia is trying to change everything that they loved about the movie and speaking of Delia even tho she is ignoring her daughter with the same thing also being true for Charles as well it's not because of the fact that she's a bad parent because when it really matters there both there for there daughter but rather it's because of the fact that there both busy and that's really it and even Lydia is someone that is just trying to get her parents attention but at the same time she's also stopping them from working as well which does eventually drive her into the arms of Beetlejuice who is basically just a con man but at the same time he also just wants to be loved and hes meant to be someone that were not meant to like but that really does go to show you that all of this films character do have something likable about them thus making it easier for us the audience to form some sort of connection to those characters and it also makes those characters seem alot more really well rounded as well.

For what is basically a kids film this film really does earn it's PG rating as there are alot of really mature scenes in this films. On top of there being some really creative scares as well alot of which are things that PG films made today would be to afraid to include for one reason or another and yet that's exactly what the PG rating was made for so that parents could actually be parents and give there kids guidance and yet even with that in mind the film does go over the top with those moments nor does it really cool attention to those moments with alot of the films more mature moments coming in the form of jokes that are said by the titular Beetlejuice who also give us some of the films more creative scares and there all things that this character would say and do as this character just doesn't care what others think about him and just does whatever it is that he wants to do and isn't afraid to just be himself and because of that that does mean that were going to get alot of more adult themed jokes from this character and alot of really creative and scares from this character as well and it's those things that make the character alot of fun to watch as well and while the character really doesn't appear fully on screen for at least forty five minuets the film somehow has those type of mature jokes and decent scares even without him being shown all that much n the film itself.

Even tho this film is listed as being a comedy film it's also a horror film with the film itself having some really good and creepy scares. While none of this films have any gore in them what makes them creepy is the fact tat there really creative scares like the fact that Beetlejuice can pull his face off to scare people at will and the fact that the end of the table scene several hands come out of the plates to attack the guests those are all really creative scares and there all scares that work really well as half of this films main characters are dead and they would there for no how to do something like that and because of the fact that the film does include moments like that it does go to show you that the makers of this film really did understand these characters and this world and it's during those moments that we get to see how dark Tim Burton can be as you need to be a really dark person to pull of some of this films scares and yet somehow make light of all of  them and that;s something that this film does really well and alot of that does come down to the fact that Tim Burton was a really talented director who was rebelling against the man of Hollywood where as now he basically is the man and there for has no one to rebel against but with that being said tho alot of this films scares aren't as good as they really could have been and really could have been alot of more darker then what they were but given that this is comedy it's understandable that this films jokes weren't all that dark either.

Now then this film has / had a exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty two minuets and six seconds. Which is a solid running tome for this film to have as the film really does have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that large amount of running time but at the same time tho due to the fact that this film really does have a short amount of running time it does mean that none of the characters can get much in the way of actual character with alot of the development that the characters do indeed get coming out of nowhere and not really feeling earned where as if the film did have a slightly longer running time even by five or ten minutes then all of this films characters can get characters development that really does feel earned and comes at a more natural pace but for some strange the makers of this film chose to give this film a shorter running time despite the fact that they have enough plot to really cover a little bit longer of a running time which would have allowed them to have that earned character development and to have that big dramatic moment with Lydia really feel earned instead of coming out of nowhere but I will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that;s actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that;s actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With this film having alot of painfully funny moments init with alot of the films funny jokes coming from Beetlejuice himself which is something that does make sense as alot of his stuff was ad-libbed on set and all of it works because it fits in with his character perfectly and while he odes get alot of the films really funny jokes the best joke in the whole entire film does of course have to the Day-O table scene as while on paper it's no a funny what makes the joke work is the fact that it's so random and comes out of nowhere that we the audience really can't help but laugh at it as it really is just such a weird scene that it oddly works really well enough for this film and in this films favor as well and that;s also the case for alot of this films jokes as well and because of that is the fact that alot of this films jokes really do work really well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this film is just so good that you really can see why this film not only spawned a very successful animated series but also a stage musical and really oddly enough a crossover episode with Teen Titans Go and all it does is make you wonder just how good Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is going to be as well as this film really did set the bar pretty high in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very review well does earn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Beetlejuice fandom wiki page , Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images really simply because Google Images actually really has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and really plus pretty  much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images really were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we really do end this review as we really always do with really our one and really true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.