Keaton absolutely carried this whole movie. His ad-libs and over the top behavior was the heart of the film.
@MurderMostFowl2 жыл бұрын
There was plenty to love about the movie besides Keaton, but he certainly was the MVP of the cast. It wouldn’t have been the same with anyone else as the “villain.”
@0g0dn02 жыл бұрын
It was originally going to be Sam Kinison
@josephmarino3102 жыл бұрын
Hey, give some credit to Winona's otherworldly beauty 💕
@Viking_Luchador2 жыл бұрын
Since Alec Baldwin looks like a completely different guy in the movie, I can enjoy it without thinking of the baggage he's accumulated over the years.
@tintinismybelgian2 жыл бұрын
@@josephmarino310 I can see that...🤔
@MacabreQt8882 жыл бұрын
The dinner scene is possibly one of the greatest movie scenes ever. That scene is so good
@righty-o35852 жыл бұрын
Facts! Everytime I hear Harry Belafonte I think of Beetlejuice!
@Andy-dk3dx7 ай бұрын
My favorite scene the best ❤
@lexuscoleman44885 ай бұрын
Keaton playing Batman AND Beetlejuice is astonishingly versatile. Well done that man!
@hetaera3418 Жыл бұрын
He was also Jack Frost.
@andreacarrera85784 ай бұрын
"if I knew then what I know now, I wouldn't have had my little 'accident.'" So many iconic lines
@mliterature2 жыл бұрын
My sister used one of those handbooks as her wedding registry!
@michaelflammer36222 жыл бұрын
Your sister is awesome
@cow6irl6992 жыл бұрын
That's the coolest thing!
@MammaKush882 жыл бұрын
If someone told me Keaton was to play Bettlejuice, I wouldn't have believed he could pull it off. But having seen it, he plays it SO well!
@rachelmckitterick Жыл бұрын
I was ten years old when I saw this movie in the theater, my dad took me. He was a big time movie buff, he just loved going to the movies. He always thought Michael Keaton should have gotten an Oscar for this role.
@lapislazarus88992 жыл бұрын
Good on dad, peace to the man
@jombiejuss6 ай бұрын
My father used to spend his summers in East Corinth, Vermont and owned the land that led up to the bridge that the Maitlands crashed off of. When they were filming, they had to block any traffic to the road that connected to the bridge. My father offered to collect and deliver the mail to the people on that road. In appreciation, he and my brother (who was visiting on that day) were invited to lunch with the director, cast and workers. He reported everyone was very nice and outgoing. As you point out, there was no covering to the bridge, so one was built for the movie. After filming, the filming company offered to repair the bridge and leave it for the town, but surprisingly, they turned them down (of course, Vermont is well known for their covered bridges). Never understood that.
@davidadams85465 ай бұрын
The people sitting near Juno’s office, I just thought it was the waiting room… Which really makes sense! As we well know the deceased had to wait forever for their appointments.
@Minimojojoy2 жыл бұрын
I just find it funny beuacracy is a thing in the afterlife
@GrosvnerMcaffrey Жыл бұрын
I loved how the people that were dead were scary looking yet they seemed approachable even likeable. Like the headhunter from the waiting lobby.
@The_Wendigo2 жыл бұрын
“I feel a little….flat”
@Reprodestruxion2 ай бұрын
I NEVER wanted to imagine anyone else as Beetlejuice....until you said Sam Kinnison. That would have been EPIC🤣
@IMDARKFIRE0073 ай бұрын
This movie was such a huge part of my childhood, as was the cartoon. I rewatched it a couple years' back with my wife, who hadn't seen it growing up, and we were both like, "parents let their kids watch this?!" Different times. If you haven't listened to the musical soundtrack, I'd highly recommend it. The main memorabilia I have comes from the musical, which I got to see in April when Broadway reopened (my wife got us tickets for my birthday in November 2021 for April 2022). It is amazing! I've got the souvenir program and a t-shirt that's purple tye-dye with 3 black juice boxes across it, each with a neon green beetle. The musical gives Beej a backstory, and a lot more time center-stage. And the sandworms are still there!
@citrinedragonfly Жыл бұрын
Same! One of my ALL time favorites!!
@LoLifeIsForever-hl2nm6 ай бұрын
@@Eet_Mia I'm pretty sure I was 9-10 when it came out on VHS and we rented it. My brother could do the "I've seen the Exorcist 167 times" speech when he was 5. To be fair, we usually saw it on TBS with the worst things cut out.
@citrinedragonfly4 ай бұрын
@@Eet_Mia I don't disagree. I'm only saying that was how my parents viewed things at the time. I wouldn't show my niblings any media without consulting their parents first. I don't have kids of my own, so I don't know what age I'd deem it appropriate to watch certain things, but my siblings are very savvy about what they expose their kids to, and I defer to them.
@citrinedragonfly4 ай бұрын
The "Denmark" Beetlejuice poster is actually the German Beetlejuice poster and it has written Lottergeist (skanky ghost) on it, which merely is a wordplay on Poltergeist (same in German, because this the language it originated from). The subtitle reads: ..."because recently deceased lives longer" (literally, thus grammatically incorrect), i.e. "...because being recently deceased makes you live longer". On the design I agree, but it still made me watch it in cinema for more than 25 times And It Kept Getting Funnier Every Single Time I Saw It! 😉
@TheCoffeeFiend2 жыл бұрын
Is was headed for the comment to write this, thanks for doing my job 😅 greetings from Denmark
@MikaelGreveNielsen2 жыл бұрын
Same 😊 The danish title and catchfrase was “De spøjse spøgelser - Du raller af grin på dødens rand”. Something like “The funny ghosts - you rattle of laughter on the edge of death”. But a play on words “spøjs” is close to “spøjelse” (ghost). Because danish movieposters had a habit of making really weird titles.
@juliestreitpilegaard64112 жыл бұрын
I see what you did there. Lol
@zakkmylde17122 жыл бұрын
@@juliestreitpilegaard6411 yes.. like Total Recall -> Total Hukommelse. .
@steenbronkegmail12 жыл бұрын
I actually kind of like the scary face!
@vaiapatta83132 жыл бұрын
I found it strange but I also loved the fact that beetlejuice merch was prominently displayed at the Halloween store this year and many others. I almost thought there was a remake out or something with how available things were. Still charming after all these years.
@shawnberry7602 жыл бұрын
Universal Studios had a Beetlejuice house as part of it's Halloween Horror Nights this past year.
@writerpatrick2 жыл бұрын
It actually did just get a remake. A Broadway remake. And it was goooood!!!
@CosplayCore2 жыл бұрын
I hope to all the gods that they don't reboot this film. There were talks, but it just won't work. I think they were considering a sequel of some kind though. No one can replace Keaton (real name Michael Douglas 🤣) as Beetlejuice though. It's as iconic as RDJ as Iron Man.
@dudebandit832 жыл бұрын
I was excited abt this as well AND the trick r treat Sam items!!!!
@girleyreds11-112 жыл бұрын
@@girleyreds11-11 best Halloween movie ever. I wish they'd make a sequel (trick r' treat)
@purebloodnovacks87792 жыл бұрын
I got the high def version a while back. I was impressed by the smoke coming out of Juno’s neck when she smokes. There were a lot of details the were missed in the VHS version.
@bonzotheoriginal2 жыл бұрын
What surprised me in the movie is how polar opposite the character Baldwin plays compared to his real personality, almost made me believe that he had compassion lol
@L_E_L_0_U_P Жыл бұрын
The Hollywood crowd are, by definition, actors & actresses. That's how the convince us that they are worthwhile human beings.
@alvincash32303 ай бұрын
Definitely a gateway film for new horror fans. I love ghoulish make up effects and stop motion animation. Juno, the caseworker, is my favorite character.
@wstine792 жыл бұрын
Juno was great...my husband and I named our dog Juno after her.
@delilasloan89142 жыл бұрын
"What's wrong?" "We're very unhappy." "What did you expect? You're dead!"
@Viking_Luchador2 жыл бұрын
He was a Tour Guide at a museum, which is why he knows so much about different time periods and such
@rogue131313132 жыл бұрын
Perhaps he did live through the Plague, but then attended Harvard as a ghost? And haunted the museum, learning about everything in it as well! haha 600 years as a ghost, ya gotta keep yourself busy somehow, right?
@jedironin3802 жыл бұрын
The mysterious thing Beetlejuice says when you pulled the string is "Woah! Almost lost my head." It actually says it right there on the box right below the string.
@FFVison2 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1981 and the fact that this starts with a warning for children is HILARIOUS. The ghost with the most was the movie and a cartoon. The studio just said, “ deal with it!!! “
@Hillary921262 жыл бұрын
Beetlejuice is one of my all-time favourites! Thank goodness for Geffen's and Burton's influences. Their collective efforts made it something with wider appeal! The so called B-movie special effects add to the charm... cgi would've over cooked it
@kurthartle54732 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing, I love this movie. (Say it three times!)
@aaronburratwood.69572 жыл бұрын
I totally agree about if it was cgi.
@sepiatonecoma2 жыл бұрын
Except CGI wasn't a major thing, so this is a non argument
@Viking_Luchador2 жыл бұрын
@@Viking_Luchador that’s very helpful; thanks.
@JCSuperstar7772 жыл бұрын
@@Viking_Luchador The reply took something Minty said into account. You're correct about the time period and no cgi as we know it now. It's all good - still a fantastic film
@kurthartle54732 жыл бұрын
Michael Keaton really was the movie… The other actors in the scenery… Was really a backdrop in posturing for how wonderful he was.
@BeeKeeper372 жыл бұрын
Nah. His performance was awesome, but the whole cast was great.
@dreamlandnightmare Жыл бұрын
The artwork for the Handbook for the Recently Deceased is almost as iconic as the poster art but no one really talks about its origin or what inspired the look. It reminds me of book covers from the 1920s, I could almost envision it on a Fitzgerald novel. Anyone know more about the Handbook?
@SpecterTracy Жыл бұрын
I know it reads like stereo instructions..but i jest..i want to read this book so bad. I loved the cover.
@DelilaSloanАй бұрын
I always thought that the stop motion special effects were an absolute aesthetic choice, as it's exactly the sort of thing Tim Burton does so very well. Figured it was just part of the Burton effect.
@cerealfreakonline6 ай бұрын
The "Denmark" poster is actually the German version. I remember it from when I watched Beetlejuice when it was released on VHS. "Lottergeist" doesn't mean Poltergeist. "lotter" translates to something like slacker, idler, loafer, loiterer or no-good.
@axelvetter2 жыл бұрын
Thanks I was wondering what lottergeist means
@melly14322 жыл бұрын
Juno said he's over 600 years old, so maybe what was meant by "he's lived in every time period" is that, in each time period, he tricked someone living into marrying him, just like Lydia. He probably kept dying or killing himself each time.
@RazorChrist2 жыл бұрын
like loki
@AshTheDuke Жыл бұрын
So by that math, if you take the year the movie came out as the same year the film takes place in and subtract it by Beetleguese’s age, that would mean Beetleguese was born in 1388.
@hunterolaughlin Жыл бұрын
I have always loved Beetlejuice and for a while wished that a sequel would come to life but I realized that even if they made a second one there really isn't a place to start for a story line and most likely wouldn't hold a candle to the magic and creativity of the original and if one day someone gets the bright idea to remake it I would not be too excited because you just can't beat that performance
@ashleymiskell73362 жыл бұрын
😂
@710moose810 ай бұрын
Unfortunately they are in the works to making Beetlejuice 2 becuz Hollywood cant think of anything original anymore and are starting to remake everything over again including Back to the Future. :(
@elektrawinchesterbarnes7 ай бұрын
Even though Beetlejuice wrapped up nicely and all of its threads closed...it would be very easy to make a sequel. Not that I want them to but there is so much we don't know about Beetlejuice's world. Just on that premise alone one could find their angle. Here are some ideas that show some potential... 1. They could do a Beetlejuice origin story and even use Michael Keaton as "The Ghost With The Most." 2. Given the time between the first film and now they could totally reboot the franchise. 3. You could do a story focused on Beetlejuice fighting against the undead bureaucracy. One that could feature many families instead of just the one. They could all be his collateral damage. 4. You could do a film focusing on Delia as an adult. In that you could show a very angry and vengeful Beetlejuice trying to destroy her life. As much as I like the Beetlejuice franchise I hope that it stays unspoiled as an American classic. Not every great performance needs as encore. Unfortunately, Hollywood doesn't understand that and will likely run this once venerable franchise and run it into the ground.
@Sinn01005 ай бұрын
Beetlejuice is a perfect movie from the 80's! I love everything about this movie! I enjoyed this video, you have a lot of information about the movie, I didn't know! It was cool seeing all the memorabilia you have of Beetlejuice! Great Job! Thanks for the watch!
@80sutopia682 жыл бұрын
My band mates and I watched Beetlejuice every night for (at least) 14 days, bringing nearly 200 band supporters (groupies/friends) for the last week, and being greeted by the cinema owner with free popcorn. We also kept the movie in Cinema #1 for the whole two weeks (maybe more, my memory is shot). $0.02
@MatthewHarrold2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for revisiting one of my favorite movies. In the United States, most rentals also came in sturdy plastic cases. Only retail store bought copies came in the cheap cardboard boxes.
@DannyColeman2 жыл бұрын
Props for having excellent choice in cartoon series as a kid! They were my favs as well (along with the 1990s Ninja Turtles). Also: as of a few years ago, the Beetlejuice cartoon series is available for purchase in the USA; it's for sale at Walmart right now, as a matter of fact, as I saw it there just recently.
@ijnfleetadmiral Жыл бұрын
It's official, Who's ready for Beetlejuice 2!?!?!
@Parasite_Eve_17762 жыл бұрын
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️
@sunnygirl523Ай бұрын
Me
@bridgetclement296823 күн бұрын
Actually, when Bettlejuice gives the Maitlands his CV, everything he said about himself is true...for Michael Keaton. So he wasn't lying...sort of. This is according to IMDB.
@RamosLupin2 жыл бұрын
They came out with a "Monster High" set with the daughter of Beetlejuice and Lydia Deetz in her photographer outfit...they has been doing a lot of WB horror collector dolls from that series, even some Stephen King ones.
@LaDracul2 жыл бұрын
I cannot in any universe imagine Sammy Davis Jr. in this role.
@TrashPanda51502 жыл бұрын
Man I miss the old school toy figures I would get so excited when I would see all the different ones at the store.. good memories
@randallsavage135 ай бұрын
My grandfather was a funeral director, and this movie has been a favorite since I saw it as a teen in the theater. I was also Red Wedding Dress Lydia for 2018, the 30th anniversary of the release. 🖤
@tdsollog2 жыл бұрын
Lydia will always be my first crush
@Viking_Luchador2 жыл бұрын
Was it shoplifted??
@SansoHumar2 жыл бұрын
Tim Burton used to rock. A Jim Jarmusch level American director. This flick was as great as Tremors and Willow and Labrynth and Ghost Busters and Gremlins and Indiana Jones. Love it.
@galacticwarlock22712 жыл бұрын
@Tiffany Sollog A big part of my record collection is comedy. If you get a laugh from macabre humour, here's a couple recommendations for you to check out: --(single skit from 1973) "Ajax Mortuary" by Hudson and Landry, where a guy is calling a funeral parlour to arrange services for his dead brother --(full Warner Bros album from 1959) "Spike Jones In Stereo: A Spooktacular In Screaming Sound!" Can't go wrong with great dark humour, impressive stereo effects (for its time!), with lots of help from cartoon voice actor Paul Frees. Stereo records were only available for a year before this LP came out, and though Warners made phenomenal stereo sound, this the only memorable WB album before they signed The Everly Brothers. It wasn't until The Beatles' 1967 Sgt. Peppers LP that stereo mixing was used so effectively again! (Extra factoid: "Coloratura" singer Loulie Jean Norman is the female on this album. That's her "coloratura" singing on the original Star Trek TV theme!)
@djhrecordhound43912 жыл бұрын
If they make another Beetlejuice, which could still work (but the window is closing), it would NEED to be a prequel... set the movie entirely in the Neitherworld. It would revolve around Beetlejuice first arriving in the Neitherworld and having to deal with all the insanity, maybe he gets his first assignment and it deals with having to scare off someone (which is how he learns his tricks of the trade). There could be a villain of course, Juno and other iconic characters from the first movie, characters from the cartoon series in live action, a visit to Dante’s Inferno Room, and in the end he escapes all the bureaucracy to create his own company. We find out his origins, see him in his living form, see why he hates Sandworms, and the big grab would be getting to see the Neitherworld fully realized and fleshed out. They would definitely need to keep the look and feel of the first movie, use stop motion again, and most importantly take inspiration from the cartoon for the look of the Neitherworld. If they could bring back Burton and do the movie this exact way, I guarantee it would be a massive hit and maybe even get people back in theater seats. I’d call the movie “Beetlejuice: It’s Showtime.”
@82pythons852 жыл бұрын
It's currently in development 🙌
@marvellbgry6 ай бұрын
Loved everything Beetlejuice as a kid. Still remember being 7or 8 and being freaked out by the guy with the shrunken head in the waiting room.
@caneyebus Жыл бұрын
It might or might not hint at Beetlejuices true identity, but it's interesting to note he is credited as Betelgeuse in the actual credits. In the original script, he was meant to be an middle eastern man like you said in the video, and Betelgeuse happens to be an Arabic word meaning "The Giant's shoulder." However, it's also interesting to note that Saturn seems to be linked to the netherworld in some way, and it's likely that the stars and planets themselves play into the lore of Beetlejuices world somehow, but not based particularly on any real world religious-equivalent beliefs about stars. In a deleted scene, Mr. Maitland is seen running across a literal clock that controls time, so it may be that the world of Beetlejuice is just meant to be taken at a surreal level only. As for the tour guide thing, I just interpreted it as like many of his other costumes, a visual gag (a guide to the Maitlands), and to show how cartoonishly mischievous he actually is. It's likely he could have actually somehow experienced many time periods as a dead person, and could still have lived through the black plague, while also still probably being a lie to "sell himself." We may never know truly who he was, but he definitely is a conman through and through.
@watertommyz2 жыл бұрын
It's spelled that way inside the movie itself on the TV commercial when Keaton's acting like a car salesman or whatever. Nicely done
@The_Infamous_Boogyman Жыл бұрын
The elites worship saturn.
@krazykuz13cmc5 ай бұрын
Wait, I heard it stood for "armpit of the central one," which ultimately ended up inspiring his moldy-ness or something?
@Wendy_O._Koopa3 ай бұрын
I think the tour guide outfit was donned by Beetlejuice to give Adam and Barbara the sense that they could trust him to give them a tour of the afterlife and/or their town model he was currently occupying. Like when he wanted Adam to think they were “simpatico”, or like-minded, he magically donned the same outfit Adam was wearing. I don’t think it was a glimpse into who he was when he was alive, so much as it was part of the deception to try to win Adam and Barbara over so he could perform the “bio-exorcism” and use them for his own purposes. …Just my opinion, of course.
@bendyparanormal2 жыл бұрын
just showing his snake oil salesmanship side. ya mean.. it's showtime
@grahamfisher54362 жыл бұрын
Interesting! Take a peek at the 1985 David Lee Roth "California Girls " video on KZhead and his YOUR GUIDE costume, could this be the inspiration for Beetlejuice's TOUR GUIDE outfit? Thoughts????
@bobbyb97632 жыл бұрын
i have a theory about him after watch this video. That may of been him when he die. The last time. I think he never told a lie about his past. He actually did it all . He has lived many lives via the marriage loophole. it never said out right. What happens to a ghost who get married but we can guest from the ending . they get a second life. That being said. He may of married mortals a few time.
@blackgriffinxx2 жыл бұрын
@@blackgriffinxx good theory
@sberryscake2 жыл бұрын
I think you are correct on the guide outfit theory
@sberryscake2 жыл бұрын
Still one of my favorites. My 7 year old son was Beetlejuice this past Halloween! BTW U.S. rental VHS tapes were also in plastic 😉
@lisagannon83912 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love Beetlejuice ❤ Also any movie of Tim Burton. Thanks for sharing these facts, it's entertaining to learn new things. 👌
@harleyhex60972 жыл бұрын
OMG I love Beettlejuice! I remember watching the cartoon as a child while my mom did my hair getting ready to go to preschool. Never gets old.
@kerichobani71982 жыл бұрын
I was 18 when I saw Beetlejuice in the theater and I was a goth (alternative) and into photography so i really loved it 🤩
@paty79622 жыл бұрын
I have a Beetlejuice minifigure with a brick built sandworm, a "Handbook For The Recently Deceased" party pack & some Back To The Future comics. I also love the Beetlejuice soundtrack.🙂
@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety2 жыл бұрын
I’ve got the handbook too
@shanehumberstone52622 жыл бұрын
I think the ‘guide’ outfit that Beetlejuice wears at first is just to make Adam and Barbara feel comfortable with him as he’s their guide into the afterlife.
@MosesVenegas2 жыл бұрын
I ABSOLUTELY ❤LOVE❤ YOUR BETTLEJUICE COLLECTION!!!😀👍👌
@vickylau3631Ай бұрын
I love this movie and Michael Keaton is one of my favorite actors. He was once a stand up comedian. Rest in peace Glenn Shadix
@Jman4172 жыл бұрын
Can't get enough of Beetlejuice!!!!!🤩🤩🤩
@robertbarnum14852 жыл бұрын
BeetleJuice helped me understand things about myself and my way of handling grief and anxiety of what comes after life and give it comfort/comedy. I don’t believe many people understand just how much impact movies have on many people and give them “feels”/ type of “inspiration” in life.
@missystarr9752 жыл бұрын
100% agree with you about Beetlejuice - I've lost count of the amount of times I've watched it and for the record, I'd just like to say I'm extremely jealous of your collection
@ianoag2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the revisit and deeper dive into the lore. “Vermont, New England?” If I may kindly correct that the New England reference is just a directional collection of states such as the Midwest or the South and not an official district.
@rcschmidt6682 жыл бұрын
I fondly remember seeing this in the theater and loving it. Nobody can make weird charming like Tim Burton.
@palaceofwisdom94482 жыл бұрын
Fantastic film. I was lucky to see it in theaters. It came out the same time as Little shop of horrors which I also saw in the movies.
@cirella10642 жыл бұрын
The animated Beetle Juice and the Real Ghostbusters were some of my best childhood memories.
@itrasheditgood6 ай бұрын
He's almost like the most chaotic neutral in a sense? Where he's not one element, but multiple elements all wrapped up in one psychotic, intelligent, hilarious package! 😁😈💖 Well done Minty!
@crystalizeddreamer62722 жыл бұрын
I love Beetlejuice it's such a fun movie and I love Michael Keaton he was perfect in the role
@lisafields34032 жыл бұрын
I hope you do more part 2 episodes and include some of your collection in the episode. Great video! I did not know some of these facts.
@kimmycraft60552 жыл бұрын
Minty has an amazing movie memorabilia collection, I'm always impressed!
@joejoe56732 жыл бұрын
Bill Moseleys ChopTop is one of my all time "fav" characters along side Beetlejuice, never knew there was an inspiration connection!
@Deseko2 жыл бұрын
I actually have that Beetlejuice cartoon Boxset here in the US. I forgot how I got it, but I bought it specifically so my daughter can see it. She loved it so much and became a fan of the cartoon and rewatched it over and over. She loves dark themed things since my wife and I are the same in this.
@AntonXul2 жыл бұрын
I own it, too. Totally available on the states.
@GurlAnachronism2 жыл бұрын
All these years the one thing I’ve always wanted to know was what face did beetle juice do to scare them 😂
@Lungshot420 Жыл бұрын
Your love for the subject is what makes this video great. I assumed he died during the plague and attended business school as a ghost. Probably around the time he got married before. Maybe that was his first attempt to escape. We need a prequel XD
@Innomen3 ай бұрын
I have a "Handbook for the Recently Deceased" billfold wallet! My Boyfriend got it for me for my birthday one year and I've had it ever since! I wish I could share a picture of it on here! We also got to meet Vee Neil when we went to our local Horror Con last year! We were so honored to meet her. 🖤
@ashtinulrich772 жыл бұрын
"The Beetlejuice/Ghostbusters Spookafied Hour" should be a thing.
@thefantasticretroreviewer39412 жыл бұрын
Keaton does yell like Sam Kinnison. I could just hear Sam's voice with "YOU BUNCHA LOSERS! YOU'RE WORKING WITH A PROFESSIONAL HERE!"
@technomage6736 Жыл бұрын
Hands down one of my all time favorites!! I know absolutely every line in that movie, lol.
@ameliashostak4764 Жыл бұрын
Minty convinced Beetlejuice that he was the Ghost with the most.
@sethkaicer3192 жыл бұрын
I’m not a huge Tim Burton fan boy but I would know fairly quickly that he is a great investment in the movie game. Love the alternative movie posters. I would change NOTHING about this movie! Keaton never fails to impress me.
@kimrice3942 жыл бұрын
Basically the studio saw him as a controllable Terry Gilliam
@Reprodestruxion2 ай бұрын
Apparently, they're working on a sequel. Also, that "barn like structure" was put on that bridge to make it look like an old covered bridge.
@Razgriz8510 ай бұрын
One theory I've heard about who Beetlejuice is, revolves around some facts that he mentions. In particular, that harvard business school comment. 1908 is right around the time when seances were in fashion for people to perform. There are historic records of both Victorian and Edwardian people gathering around trying to commune with the dead. Now, we know that he's gone to great lengths to try to shake off the spirit world. It's entirely possible that he was summoned during one of these seances, and took control of someone, who in turn graduated Harvard. What's more, he could have then gone on to fight in, and die (sorta die, host dies) in WW1, which would put him right back at square one. Thus he avoids being exorcized, and gets more and more interested in leaving the spirit world. That allows him to have been around both times.
@KibuFox5 ай бұрын
It's theory time! 😉: Having seen this movie an unaccountable amount of times, I've developed my own theory of who, or what Beetlejuice actually is. I'll try to give this clue list as much order I can, but Beetlejuice is pretty chaotic so... as far as when he "lived," as mentioned he seems to be able to have lived at any time as well as no specific time; it's actually more helpful to give more attention to what Beetlejuice (says he) does or reacts during the different events he's experience throughout time. i.e., the Black Plague he had a pretty good time during that! He also mentions that he travels quite extensively, and that he has seen "The Exorcist" about 167 times and it keeps getting funnier (every time he sees it.) All these mentioned factors can easily indicate Beetlejuice to be demonic or of demonic nature. His general appearance (to me) hints at an executed prisoner. Then there is his relationship with Juno... a name, as well as the character, being associated with a position of authority, either bureaucratically or divinely. Beetlejuice is said to have started out as Juno's assistant, but started doing things he shouldn't and becoming more and more brazen and arrogant before finally opposing the system altogether. Keep going down this Hell-hole and remember the quote, "Speak of the devil, and he shall appear." There is also an alternative to this idea/saying, that being if someone mentions the devil (or says his name) 3 times, only then will he appear. My last bit is in his name itself: "Beetlejuice," very similar to "Beelzebub," aka "The Lord of the Flies;" and Beetlejuice, during the film, does persuade a fly to approach near Beetlejuice only for the ghost with the most to catch and eat the fly. So, my theory is that Beetlejuice is an incarnation of Lucifer/Satan. 🙃🤔🤨😈🙀😲🥺😁
@skyden241952 жыл бұрын
Beetlejuice could not have been an executed prisoner. Beetlejuice had to have committed suicide. In order to become junos assistant, a civil servant, you have to commit suicide; which is proven by Otho, and again by the beauty pageant winner who becomes the secretary and says she "wouldnt have had her little accident" while showing her slit wrists. Juno can be seen with smoke rising from a slit in her throat as she smokes. She must have done this to become a civil servant.
@WonkaWillE2 жыл бұрын
Maybe that's the thing with Beetlejuice, we're not meant to know his origin.
@SonOfTheDawn5152 жыл бұрын
@@WonkaWillE Yeah, he's probably not an executed prisoner, per say, but if he was a version of Satan then, one, he wasn't alive in the first place; it would actually mean he was created as an angel who "committed suicide" by attacking the throne, but failed, was captured then "executed" by being hurled into the depths of Hell. It's just a matter of perspective, and basically a humorous intended theory idea based on biblical and theatrical comparative observations.
@skyden241952 жыл бұрын
@@SonOfTheDawn515 indeed. My theory is just that: a theory... a observational idea of what Beetlejuice could represent. Not so much that he is, but ,more of a kind of pattern he falls in.
@skyden241952 жыл бұрын
@@WonkaWillE I always assumed the hole in her throat was from throat cancer. Like she had a box there at one point. I like your idea much better.
@weganmerner70142 жыл бұрын
At timestamp 5:38 If it has not already been mentioned here or previous video of Beetlejuice, Sammy Davis Jr. had already starred in a movie as a demon, Poor Devil in 1973, who was trying to be promoted from the furnace room to a full-fledged demon. It was kind of like the Twilight zone, Cavender Is Coming: Season 3, Episode 36 (1962), where an guardian angel was trying to get a promotion by helping Carol Burnett.
@LaGaspa2 жыл бұрын
Chop top is awesome. Bill did such a good job on that roll. I can't believe I hadn't seen it before you pointed out the similarity between the two.
@funfromabove97282 жыл бұрын
Personally, I've always considered the best explanation for Beetlejuice to be neither a ghost or demon, but a poltergeist since poltergeists are bizarre entities created entirely in the 'in-between' realm of the living, dead, divine, and diabolical from clairvoyants with psycho-kinetic capabilities repressing conflicted emotions. Poltergeists also seem to possess immense capabilities, which gradually increases in power the more they screw with the living. Not like human ghosts who want to frighten you away from their old personal property, or like demons who seek to torture you. Yes, poltergeists can be dangerous, but they seem more mischievous than evil. I feel like this would be the most plausible explanation for Beetlejuice, and would also validate the cartoon's lore of him being born entirely in the Nether World.
@Britton_Thompson14 күн бұрын
Beetlejuice just might be my favorite movie and score of all time! I have the Kenner toys and pull string doll from my childhood. I'm 35 and a stay at home mom. My daughter also loves Beetlejuice. I'd love to have the vinyl to listen to while I do mom chores but because I am myself strange and unusual 🖤
@BrittBerryStrawberry2 жыл бұрын
I can still remember holding that talking Beetlejuice toy in my hands at Kay-Bee toys when it came out. Mom definitely refused to buy it for me. Doubt I would have kept it in the box though.
@Dr.Quarex2 жыл бұрын
Also it is VerMONT, not VERmont. I know no Australian would ever have a reason to know this. Haha
@Dr.Quarex2 жыл бұрын
I gotta be honest I always loved Beetlejuice as a kid. I've always liked stop motion effects.
@brownmuta75372 жыл бұрын
This movie is a great part of my childhood, I've watched it so many times with mom and my brother when I was a kid even now as an adult, one of my favorite movies of all time.
@1084erickАй бұрын
I LOVED both Beetlejuice the movie & the cartoon, as a kid, & still do!! I had no idea that there was an action figure of the cartoon version, of Beetlejuice. I just remember the movie tie in Beetlejuice figures, some of which I had. I also don't remember the talking Beetlejuice, either. Minty, your house is so cool!! There's classic movie memorabilia everywhere!!! I must own that box set of the Beetlejuice animated series!! If they ever decided to remake Beetlejuice, which I hope they don't, they should probably go with that original dark script.
@brandonpage70872 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I also loved both the film and the cartoon.
@goodoldbubba66202 жыл бұрын
I like the movie but I LOVE the cartoon! The cartoon is my favorite animated series!!! Also yes, there is a brand new Beetlejuice animated series figure set. I’m hoping to get my hands on the new Beetlejuice and Lydia soon!
@CosplayCore2 жыл бұрын
Also, you can find that box set at Amazon and Walmart. My particular copy is one of the prerelease models. :)
@CosplayCore2 жыл бұрын
Strangely enough , it was a good cartoon.
@jameskernan48482 жыл бұрын
Beetlejuice is one of my favorite movies from the 80s. As a kid I laughed so hard and enjoyed it so much, I watched it around Halloween almost every year. Plus to this day I still love Danny Elf man’s theme for the movie, it’s totally unmistakable. I remember walking into a Spirit Halloween store once and heard it start up. I looked at my best friend who was with me, grinned and “Beetlejuice, cool!” Lol
@justhereforkicks82082 жыл бұрын
I loved Hot To Trot as a kid. I had no idea the name of it until now. Haven't seen it since the early 90's. Thanks
@darnellleake4054 ай бұрын
An absolute legend. This movie is the symbol of youth. A perfect era of masterful movie making. The greats!
@christinalynn81432 жыл бұрын
Your Beetlejuice memorabilia collection is admirable, thank you for sharing it!
@JJJinks2 жыл бұрын
I love the fact that you are doing “the more facts” because I can watch multiple videos on the same topic”. I love your Chanel please keep it up.
@markvonwald94282 жыл бұрын
Thank God for the story line of this film, although a little strange it was a pure classic. A fun one to watch and a movie you long since remember. 🙂
@christinalynn81432 жыл бұрын
Michael Keaton is my favorite actor because of Beetlejuice and Batman. I have a Beetlejuice backpack and Beetlejuice overalls but I need more stuff, obviously. Anywho, thanks for making these videos 🖤
@supposedhumanmars2 жыл бұрын
The animated series is available in the US. Amazon has it. I actually bought it myself back in 2015.
@JCole782 жыл бұрын
I bought mine at Walmart
@PRINCESSVADER2 жыл бұрын
I have it too but I forget where I bought it but you can find it in the US. A quick search though shows it can be bought from Walmart and Target
@rvd832 жыл бұрын
I got mine from Amazon last year.
@JesterX20992 жыл бұрын
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! 😂
@MrJamiez2 жыл бұрын
Biggie Smalls, Biggie Smalls, Biggie Smalls...
@onlyfromadistance73262 жыл бұрын
I have a very early memory when I must've been only 3 years old of my parents or grandparents buying me some Beetlejuice toys at K-Mart or some other store that doesn't exist anymore. I had several Beetlejuice variants, his car, and the grave playset (which is one of the best toys I ever had). Possibly Adam Maitland too. Fantastic toys. Beetlejuice would have to be on my top 10 list of movies, and it holds up as an adult. Watch it every year.
@GiantBoarMonster2 жыл бұрын
MY FAVORITE MOVIE!!!!!! I CAN NOT WAIT TILL PART 2 COMES OUT!!!!❤️
@crystalhughes17832 жыл бұрын
Great addition to the original Beetlejuice top 10, Minty! Great collection, too! Keep at it, brother!
@HornetKingOfficial2 жыл бұрын
We actually had both the cardboard and the stiff book-like casing for vhs in the USA. Not sure why, but both were available for purchase at the same price
@trent_king2 жыл бұрын
okay now did you really have to include the most traumatic movie moment of my childhood, large marge? was genuinely haunted for years and you just had to go and trigger my ptsd. thanks a lot
@lindsey.13 Жыл бұрын
Amazing video! Thank you for your vivid detail.
@datruph6532 жыл бұрын
It’s funny, the Maitlands die in an car accident while driving a Volvo and they’re considered very safe cars even in the ‘80s
@aaronburratwood.69572 жыл бұрын
technically, they were killed by a dog, which is why they became ghosts...sounds weird, but true. suicides and murder victims become ghosts in this universe
@Torgo-and-the-Lucifer-Cat2 жыл бұрын
This movie still holds up today!! And will never age! Beetlejuice is one of the few classic films with no sequels and no remake! THANK GOD!!! The film still stands on its own!! And that's one of the many reasons why this movie is so special!
@AubreyTheKing2 жыл бұрын
Shh, don't jinx it.
@baldeagle52972 жыл бұрын
@@baldeagle5297 You're right!! I seriously apologize! 😔🙏 lol Forget I said that!
@AubreyTheKing2 жыл бұрын
@@AubreyTheKing Too late. kzhead.info/sun/h9adcruOamOcpKs/bejne.html
@baldeagle52972 жыл бұрын
Sorry to burst (or bust) your bubbles...a sequel is in the works... not sorry.
@RamosLupin2 жыл бұрын
@@baldeagle5297 😔
@AubreyTheKing2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite lines in Beetlejuice has to be..."I've come for your daughter Chuck!" The line perfectly encapsulates who and what Beetlejuice is. He is chaos, an enigma, a playful spirit with an edge. He isn't good...he isn't evil...he is the essence of freedom uncapped or without restraint. This is why the character struck a chord with people all over the world and still continues to entertain 35 years later. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice...;)
@Sinn01005 ай бұрын
Minty has come up on those views! Good job man! Keep it up, it's always great to get off of a late shift to enjoy one of your posts! Much love man from Virginia!
Keaton absolutely carried this whole movie. His ad-libs and over the top behavior was the heart of the film.
There was plenty to love about the movie besides Keaton, but he certainly was the MVP of the cast. It wouldn’t have been the same with anyone else as the “villain.”
It was originally going to be Sam Kinison
Hey, give some credit to Winona's otherworldly beauty 💕
Since Alec Baldwin looks like a completely different guy in the movie, I can enjoy it without thinking of the baggage he's accumulated over the years.
@@josephmarino310 I can see that...🤔
The dinner scene is possibly one of the greatest movie scenes ever. That scene is so good
Facts! Everytime I hear Harry Belafonte I think of Beetlejuice!
My favorite scene the best ❤
Keaton playing Batman AND Beetlejuice is astonishingly versatile. Well done that man!
He was also Jack Frost.
"if I knew then what I know now, I wouldn't have had my little 'accident.'" So many iconic lines
My sister used one of those handbooks as her wedding registry!
Your sister is awesome
That's the coolest thing!
If someone told me Keaton was to play Bettlejuice, I wouldn't have believed he could pull it off. But having seen it, he plays it SO well!
I was ten years old when I saw this movie in the theater, my dad took me. He was a big time movie buff, he just loved going to the movies. He always thought Michael Keaton should have gotten an Oscar for this role.
Good on dad, peace to the man
My father used to spend his summers in East Corinth, Vermont and owned the land that led up to the bridge that the Maitlands crashed off of. When they were filming, they had to block any traffic to the road that connected to the bridge. My father offered to collect and deliver the mail to the people on that road. In appreciation, he and my brother (who was visiting on that day) were invited to lunch with the director, cast and workers. He reported everyone was very nice and outgoing. As you point out, there was no covering to the bridge, so one was built for the movie. After filming, the filming company offered to repair the bridge and leave it for the town, but surprisingly, they turned them down (of course, Vermont is well known for their covered bridges). Never understood that.
The people sitting near Juno’s office, I just thought it was the waiting room… Which really makes sense! As we well know the deceased had to wait forever for their appointments.
I just find it funny beuacracy is a thing in the afterlife
I loved how the people that were dead were scary looking yet they seemed approachable even likeable. Like the headhunter from the waiting lobby.
“I feel a little….flat”
I NEVER wanted to imagine anyone else as Beetlejuice....until you said Sam Kinnison. That would have been EPIC🤣
This movie was such a huge part of my childhood, as was the cartoon. I rewatched it a couple years' back with my wife, who hadn't seen it growing up, and we were both like, "parents let their kids watch this?!" Different times. If you haven't listened to the musical soundtrack, I'd highly recommend it. The main memorabilia I have comes from the musical, which I got to see in April when Broadway reopened (my wife got us tickets for my birthday in November 2021 for April 2022). It is amazing! I've got the souvenir program and a t-shirt that's purple tye-dye with 3 black juice boxes across it, each with a neon green beetle. The musical gives Beej a backstory, and a lot more time center-stage. And the sandworms are still there!
Same! One of my ALL time favorites!!
@@Eet_Mia I'm pretty sure I was 9-10 when it came out on VHS and we rented it. My brother could do the "I've seen the Exorcist 167 times" speech when he was 5. To be fair, we usually saw it on TBS with the worst things cut out.
@@Eet_Mia I don't disagree. I'm only saying that was how my parents viewed things at the time. I wouldn't show my niblings any media without consulting their parents first. I don't have kids of my own, so I don't know what age I'd deem it appropriate to watch certain things, but my siblings are very savvy about what they expose their kids to, and I defer to them.
The "Denmark" Beetlejuice poster is actually the German Beetlejuice poster and it has written Lottergeist (skanky ghost) on it, which merely is a wordplay on Poltergeist (same in German, because this the language it originated from). The subtitle reads: ..."because recently deceased lives longer" (literally, thus grammatically incorrect), i.e. "...because being recently deceased makes you live longer". On the design I agree, but it still made me watch it in cinema for more than 25 times And It Kept Getting Funnier Every Single Time I Saw It! 😉
Is was headed for the comment to write this, thanks for doing my job 😅 greetings from Denmark
Same 😊 The danish title and catchfrase was “De spøjse spøgelser - Du raller af grin på dødens rand”. Something like “The funny ghosts - you rattle of laughter on the edge of death”. But a play on words “spøjs” is close to “spøjelse” (ghost). Because danish movieposters had a habit of making really weird titles.
I see what you did there. Lol
@@juliestreitpilegaard6411 yes.. like Total Recall -> Total Hukommelse. .
I actually kind of like the scary face!
I found it strange but I also loved the fact that beetlejuice merch was prominently displayed at the Halloween store this year and many others. I almost thought there was a remake out or something with how available things were. Still charming after all these years.
Universal Studios had a Beetlejuice house as part of it's Halloween Horror Nights this past year.
It actually did just get a remake. A Broadway remake. And it was goooood!!!
I hope to all the gods that they don't reboot this film. There were talks, but it just won't work. I think they were considering a sequel of some kind though. No one can replace Keaton (real name Michael Douglas 🤣) as Beetlejuice though. It's as iconic as RDJ as Iron Man.
I was excited abt this as well AND the trick r treat Sam items!!!!
@@girleyreds11-11 best Halloween movie ever. I wish they'd make a sequel (trick r' treat)
I got the high def version a while back. I was impressed by the smoke coming out of Juno’s neck when she smokes. There were a lot of details the were missed in the VHS version.
What surprised me in the movie is how polar opposite the character Baldwin plays compared to his real personality, almost made me believe that he had compassion lol
The Hollywood crowd are, by definition, actors & actresses. That's how the convince us that they are worthwhile human beings.
Definitely a gateway film for new horror fans. I love ghoulish make up effects and stop motion animation. Juno, the caseworker, is my favorite character.
Juno was great...my husband and I named our dog Juno after her.
"What's wrong?" "We're very unhappy." "What did you expect? You're dead!"
He was a Tour Guide at a museum, which is why he knows so much about different time periods and such
Perhaps he did live through the Plague, but then attended Harvard as a ghost? And haunted the museum, learning about everything in it as well! haha 600 years as a ghost, ya gotta keep yourself busy somehow, right?
The mysterious thing Beetlejuice says when you pulled the string is "Woah! Almost lost my head." It actually says it right there on the box right below the string.
I was born in 1981 and the fact that this starts with a warning for children is HILARIOUS. The ghost with the most was the movie and a cartoon. The studio just said, “ deal with it!!! “
Beetlejuice is one of my all-time favourites! Thank goodness for Geffen's and Burton's influences. Their collective efforts made it something with wider appeal! The so called B-movie special effects add to the charm... cgi would've over cooked it
I was thinking the same thing, I love this movie. (Say it three times!)
I totally agree about if it was cgi.
Except CGI wasn't a major thing, so this is a non argument
@@Viking_Luchador that’s very helpful; thanks.
@@Viking_Luchador The reply took something Minty said into account. You're correct about the time period and no cgi as we know it now. It's all good - still a fantastic film
Michael Keaton really was the movie… The other actors in the scenery… Was really a backdrop in posturing for how wonderful he was.
Nah. His performance was awesome, but the whole cast was great.
The artwork for the Handbook for the Recently Deceased is almost as iconic as the poster art but no one really talks about its origin or what inspired the look. It reminds me of book covers from the 1920s, I could almost envision it on a Fitzgerald novel. Anyone know more about the Handbook?
I know it reads like stereo instructions..but i jest..i want to read this book so bad. I loved the cover.
I always thought that the stop motion special effects were an absolute aesthetic choice, as it's exactly the sort of thing Tim Burton does so very well. Figured it was just part of the Burton effect.
The "Denmark" poster is actually the German version. I remember it from when I watched Beetlejuice when it was released on VHS. "Lottergeist" doesn't mean Poltergeist. "lotter" translates to something like slacker, idler, loafer, loiterer or no-good.
Thanks I was wondering what lottergeist means
Juno said he's over 600 years old, so maybe what was meant by "he's lived in every time period" is that, in each time period, he tricked someone living into marrying him, just like Lydia. He probably kept dying or killing himself each time.
like loki
So by that math, if you take the year the movie came out as the same year the film takes place in and subtract it by Beetleguese’s age, that would mean Beetleguese was born in 1388.
I have always loved Beetlejuice and for a while wished that a sequel would come to life but I realized that even if they made a second one there really isn't a place to start for a story line and most likely wouldn't hold a candle to the magic and creativity of the original and if one day someone gets the bright idea to remake it I would not be too excited because you just can't beat that performance
😂
Unfortunately they are in the works to making Beetlejuice 2 becuz Hollywood cant think of anything original anymore and are starting to remake everything over again including Back to the Future. :(
Even though Beetlejuice wrapped up nicely and all of its threads closed...it would be very easy to make a sequel. Not that I want them to but there is so much we don't know about Beetlejuice's world. Just on that premise alone one could find their angle. Here are some ideas that show some potential... 1. They could do a Beetlejuice origin story and even use Michael Keaton as "The Ghost With The Most." 2. Given the time between the first film and now they could totally reboot the franchise. 3. You could do a story focused on Beetlejuice fighting against the undead bureaucracy. One that could feature many families instead of just the one. They could all be his collateral damage. 4. You could do a film focusing on Delia as an adult. In that you could show a very angry and vengeful Beetlejuice trying to destroy her life. As much as I like the Beetlejuice franchise I hope that it stays unspoiled as an American classic. Not every great performance needs as encore. Unfortunately, Hollywood doesn't understand that and will likely run this once venerable franchise and run it into the ground.
Beetlejuice is a perfect movie from the 80's! I love everything about this movie! I enjoyed this video, you have a lot of information about the movie, I didn't know! It was cool seeing all the memorabilia you have of Beetlejuice! Great Job! Thanks for the watch!
My band mates and I watched Beetlejuice every night for (at least) 14 days, bringing nearly 200 band supporters (groupies/friends) for the last week, and being greeted by the cinema owner with free popcorn. We also kept the movie in Cinema #1 for the whole two weeks (maybe more, my memory is shot). $0.02
Thanks for revisiting one of my favorite movies. In the United States, most rentals also came in sturdy plastic cases. Only retail store bought copies came in the cheap cardboard boxes.
Props for having excellent choice in cartoon series as a kid! They were my favs as well (along with the 1990s Ninja Turtles). Also: as of a few years ago, the Beetlejuice cartoon series is available for purchase in the USA; it's for sale at Walmart right now, as a matter of fact, as I saw it there just recently.
It's official, Who's ready for Beetlejuice 2!?!?!
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Actually, when Bettlejuice gives the Maitlands his CV, everything he said about himself is true...for Michael Keaton. So he wasn't lying...sort of. This is according to IMDB.
They came out with a "Monster High" set with the daughter of Beetlejuice and Lydia Deetz in her photographer outfit...they has been doing a lot of WB horror collector dolls from that series, even some Stephen King ones.
I cannot in any universe imagine Sammy Davis Jr. in this role.
Man I miss the old school toy figures I would get so excited when I would see all the different ones at the store.. good memories
My grandfather was a funeral director, and this movie has been a favorite since I saw it as a teen in the theater. I was also Red Wedding Dress Lydia for 2018, the 30th anniversary of the release. 🖤
Lydia will always be my first crush
Was it shoplifted??
Tim Burton used to rock. A Jim Jarmusch level American director. This flick was as great as Tremors and Willow and Labrynth and Ghost Busters and Gremlins and Indiana Jones. Love it.
@Tiffany Sollog A big part of my record collection is comedy. If you get a laugh from macabre humour, here's a couple recommendations for you to check out: --(single skit from 1973) "Ajax Mortuary" by Hudson and Landry, where a guy is calling a funeral parlour to arrange services for his dead brother --(full Warner Bros album from 1959) "Spike Jones In Stereo: A Spooktacular In Screaming Sound!" Can't go wrong with great dark humour, impressive stereo effects (for its time!), with lots of help from cartoon voice actor Paul Frees. Stereo records were only available for a year before this LP came out, and though Warners made phenomenal stereo sound, this the only memorable WB album before they signed The Everly Brothers. It wasn't until The Beatles' 1967 Sgt. Peppers LP that stereo mixing was used so effectively again! (Extra factoid: "Coloratura" singer Loulie Jean Norman is the female on this album. That's her "coloratura" singing on the original Star Trek TV theme!)
If they make another Beetlejuice, which could still work (but the window is closing), it would NEED to be a prequel... set the movie entirely in the Neitherworld. It would revolve around Beetlejuice first arriving in the Neitherworld and having to deal with all the insanity, maybe he gets his first assignment and it deals with having to scare off someone (which is how he learns his tricks of the trade). There could be a villain of course, Juno and other iconic characters from the first movie, characters from the cartoon series in live action, a visit to Dante’s Inferno Room, and in the end he escapes all the bureaucracy to create his own company. We find out his origins, see him in his living form, see why he hates Sandworms, and the big grab would be getting to see the Neitherworld fully realized and fleshed out. They would definitely need to keep the look and feel of the first movie, use stop motion again, and most importantly take inspiration from the cartoon for the look of the Neitherworld. If they could bring back Burton and do the movie this exact way, I guarantee it would be a massive hit and maybe even get people back in theater seats. I’d call the movie “Beetlejuice: It’s Showtime.”
It's currently in development 🙌
Loved everything Beetlejuice as a kid. Still remember being 7or 8 and being freaked out by the guy with the shrunken head in the waiting room.
It might or might not hint at Beetlejuices true identity, but it's interesting to note he is credited as Betelgeuse in the actual credits. In the original script, he was meant to be an middle eastern man like you said in the video, and Betelgeuse happens to be an Arabic word meaning "The Giant's shoulder." However, it's also interesting to note that Saturn seems to be linked to the netherworld in some way, and it's likely that the stars and planets themselves play into the lore of Beetlejuices world somehow, but not based particularly on any real world religious-equivalent beliefs about stars. In a deleted scene, Mr. Maitland is seen running across a literal clock that controls time, so it may be that the world of Beetlejuice is just meant to be taken at a surreal level only. As for the tour guide thing, I just interpreted it as like many of his other costumes, a visual gag (a guide to the Maitlands), and to show how cartoonishly mischievous he actually is. It's likely he could have actually somehow experienced many time periods as a dead person, and could still have lived through the black plague, while also still probably being a lie to "sell himself." We may never know truly who he was, but he definitely is a conman through and through.
It's spelled that way inside the movie itself on the TV commercial when Keaton's acting like a car salesman or whatever. Nicely done
The elites worship saturn.
Wait, I heard it stood for "armpit of the central one," which ultimately ended up inspiring his moldy-ness or something?
I think the tour guide outfit was donned by Beetlejuice to give Adam and Barbara the sense that they could trust him to give them a tour of the afterlife and/or their town model he was currently occupying. Like when he wanted Adam to think they were “simpatico”, or like-minded, he magically donned the same outfit Adam was wearing. I don’t think it was a glimpse into who he was when he was alive, so much as it was part of the deception to try to win Adam and Barbara over so he could perform the “bio-exorcism” and use them for his own purposes. …Just my opinion, of course.
just showing his snake oil salesmanship side. ya mean.. it's showtime
Interesting! Take a peek at the 1985 David Lee Roth "California Girls " video on KZhead and his YOUR GUIDE costume, could this be the inspiration for Beetlejuice's TOUR GUIDE outfit? Thoughts????
i have a theory about him after watch this video. That may of been him when he die. The last time. I think he never told a lie about his past. He actually did it all . He has lived many lives via the marriage loophole. it never said out right. What happens to a ghost who get married but we can guest from the ending . they get a second life. That being said. He may of married mortals a few time.
@@blackgriffinxx good theory
I think you are correct on the guide outfit theory
Still one of my favorites. My 7 year old son was Beetlejuice this past Halloween! BTW U.S. rental VHS tapes were also in plastic 😉
I absolutely love Beetlejuice ❤ Also any movie of Tim Burton. Thanks for sharing these facts, it's entertaining to learn new things. 👌
OMG I love Beettlejuice! I remember watching the cartoon as a child while my mom did my hair getting ready to go to preschool. Never gets old.
I was 18 when I saw Beetlejuice in the theater and I was a goth (alternative) and into photography so i really loved it 🤩
I have a Beetlejuice minifigure with a brick built sandworm, a "Handbook For The Recently Deceased" party pack & some Back To The Future comics. I also love the Beetlejuice soundtrack.🙂
I’ve got the handbook too
I think the ‘guide’ outfit that Beetlejuice wears at first is just to make Adam and Barbara feel comfortable with him as he’s their guide into the afterlife.
I ABSOLUTELY ❤LOVE❤ YOUR BETTLEJUICE COLLECTION!!!😀👍👌
I love this movie and Michael Keaton is one of my favorite actors. He was once a stand up comedian. Rest in peace Glenn Shadix
Can't get enough of Beetlejuice!!!!!🤩🤩🤩
BeetleJuice helped me understand things about myself and my way of handling grief and anxiety of what comes after life and give it comfort/comedy. I don’t believe many people understand just how much impact movies have on many people and give them “feels”/ type of “inspiration” in life.
100% agree with you about Beetlejuice - I've lost count of the amount of times I've watched it and for the record, I'd just like to say I'm extremely jealous of your collection
Thanks for the revisit and deeper dive into the lore. “Vermont, New England?” If I may kindly correct that the New England reference is just a directional collection of states such as the Midwest or the South and not an official district.
I fondly remember seeing this in the theater and loving it. Nobody can make weird charming like Tim Burton.
Fantastic film. I was lucky to see it in theaters. It came out the same time as Little shop of horrors which I also saw in the movies.
The animated Beetle Juice and the Real Ghostbusters were some of my best childhood memories.
He's almost like the most chaotic neutral in a sense? Where he's not one element, but multiple elements all wrapped up in one psychotic, intelligent, hilarious package! 😁😈💖 Well done Minty!
I love Beetlejuice it's such a fun movie and I love Michael Keaton he was perfect in the role
I hope you do more part 2 episodes and include some of your collection in the episode. Great video! I did not know some of these facts.
Minty has an amazing movie memorabilia collection, I'm always impressed!
Bill Moseleys ChopTop is one of my all time "fav" characters along side Beetlejuice, never knew there was an inspiration connection!
I actually have that Beetlejuice cartoon Boxset here in the US. I forgot how I got it, but I bought it specifically so my daughter can see it. She loved it so much and became a fan of the cartoon and rewatched it over and over. She loves dark themed things since my wife and I are the same in this.
I own it, too. Totally available on the states.
All these years the one thing I’ve always wanted to know was what face did beetle juice do to scare them 😂
Your love for the subject is what makes this video great. I assumed he died during the plague and attended business school as a ghost. Probably around the time he got married before. Maybe that was his first attempt to escape. We need a prequel XD
I have a "Handbook for the Recently Deceased" billfold wallet! My Boyfriend got it for me for my birthday one year and I've had it ever since! I wish I could share a picture of it on here! We also got to meet Vee Neil when we went to our local Horror Con last year! We were so honored to meet her. 🖤
"The Beetlejuice/Ghostbusters Spookafied Hour" should be a thing.
Keaton does yell like Sam Kinnison. I could just hear Sam's voice with "YOU BUNCHA LOSERS! YOU'RE WORKING WITH A PROFESSIONAL HERE!"
Hands down one of my all time favorites!! I know absolutely every line in that movie, lol.
Minty convinced Beetlejuice that he was the Ghost with the most.
I’m not a huge Tim Burton fan boy but I would know fairly quickly that he is a great investment in the movie game. Love the alternative movie posters. I would change NOTHING about this movie! Keaton never fails to impress me.
Basically the studio saw him as a controllable Terry Gilliam
Apparently, they're working on a sequel. Also, that "barn like structure" was put on that bridge to make it look like an old covered bridge.
One theory I've heard about who Beetlejuice is, revolves around some facts that he mentions. In particular, that harvard business school comment. 1908 is right around the time when seances were in fashion for people to perform. There are historic records of both Victorian and Edwardian people gathering around trying to commune with the dead. Now, we know that he's gone to great lengths to try to shake off the spirit world. It's entirely possible that he was summoned during one of these seances, and took control of someone, who in turn graduated Harvard. What's more, he could have then gone on to fight in, and die (sorta die, host dies) in WW1, which would put him right back at square one. Thus he avoids being exorcized, and gets more and more interested in leaving the spirit world. That allows him to have been around both times.
It's theory time! 😉: Having seen this movie an unaccountable amount of times, I've developed my own theory of who, or what Beetlejuice actually is. I'll try to give this clue list as much order I can, but Beetlejuice is pretty chaotic so... as far as when he "lived," as mentioned he seems to be able to have lived at any time as well as no specific time; it's actually more helpful to give more attention to what Beetlejuice (says he) does or reacts during the different events he's experience throughout time. i.e., the Black Plague he had a pretty good time during that! He also mentions that he travels quite extensively, and that he has seen "The Exorcist" about 167 times and it keeps getting funnier (every time he sees it.) All these mentioned factors can easily indicate Beetlejuice to be demonic or of demonic nature. His general appearance (to me) hints at an executed prisoner. Then there is his relationship with Juno... a name, as well as the character, being associated with a position of authority, either bureaucratically or divinely. Beetlejuice is said to have started out as Juno's assistant, but started doing things he shouldn't and becoming more and more brazen and arrogant before finally opposing the system altogether. Keep going down this Hell-hole and remember the quote, "Speak of the devil, and he shall appear." There is also an alternative to this idea/saying, that being if someone mentions the devil (or says his name) 3 times, only then will he appear. My last bit is in his name itself: "Beetlejuice," very similar to "Beelzebub," aka "The Lord of the Flies;" and Beetlejuice, during the film, does persuade a fly to approach near Beetlejuice only for the ghost with the most to catch and eat the fly. So, my theory is that Beetlejuice is an incarnation of Lucifer/Satan. 🙃🤔🤨😈🙀😲🥺😁
Beetlejuice could not have been an executed prisoner. Beetlejuice had to have committed suicide. In order to become junos assistant, a civil servant, you have to commit suicide; which is proven by Otho, and again by the beauty pageant winner who becomes the secretary and says she "wouldnt have had her little accident" while showing her slit wrists. Juno can be seen with smoke rising from a slit in her throat as she smokes. She must have done this to become a civil servant.
Maybe that's the thing with Beetlejuice, we're not meant to know his origin.
@@WonkaWillE Yeah, he's probably not an executed prisoner, per say, but if he was a version of Satan then, one, he wasn't alive in the first place; it would actually mean he was created as an angel who "committed suicide" by attacking the throne, but failed, was captured then "executed" by being hurled into the depths of Hell. It's just a matter of perspective, and basically a humorous intended theory idea based on biblical and theatrical comparative observations.
@@SonOfTheDawn515 indeed. My theory is just that: a theory... a observational idea of what Beetlejuice could represent. Not so much that he is, but ,more of a kind of pattern he falls in.
@@WonkaWillE I always assumed the hole in her throat was from throat cancer. Like she had a box there at one point. I like your idea much better.
At timestamp 5:38 If it has not already been mentioned here or previous video of Beetlejuice, Sammy Davis Jr. had already starred in a movie as a demon, Poor Devil in 1973, who was trying to be promoted from the furnace room to a full-fledged demon. It was kind of like the Twilight zone, Cavender Is Coming: Season 3, Episode 36 (1962), where an guardian angel was trying to get a promotion by helping Carol Burnett.
Chop top is awesome. Bill did such a good job on that roll. I can't believe I hadn't seen it before you pointed out the similarity between the two.
Personally, I've always considered the best explanation for Beetlejuice to be neither a ghost or demon, but a poltergeist since poltergeists are bizarre entities created entirely in the 'in-between' realm of the living, dead, divine, and diabolical from clairvoyants with psycho-kinetic capabilities repressing conflicted emotions. Poltergeists also seem to possess immense capabilities, which gradually increases in power the more they screw with the living. Not like human ghosts who want to frighten you away from their old personal property, or like demons who seek to torture you. Yes, poltergeists can be dangerous, but they seem more mischievous than evil. I feel like this would be the most plausible explanation for Beetlejuice, and would also validate the cartoon's lore of him being born entirely in the Nether World.
Beetlejuice just might be my favorite movie and score of all time! I have the Kenner toys and pull string doll from my childhood. I'm 35 and a stay at home mom. My daughter also loves Beetlejuice. I'd love to have the vinyl to listen to while I do mom chores but because I am myself strange and unusual 🖤
I can still remember holding that talking Beetlejuice toy in my hands at Kay-Bee toys when it came out. Mom definitely refused to buy it for me. Doubt I would have kept it in the box though.
Also it is VerMONT, not VERmont. I know no Australian would ever have a reason to know this. Haha
I gotta be honest I always loved Beetlejuice as a kid. I've always liked stop motion effects.
This movie is a great part of my childhood, I've watched it so many times with mom and my brother when I was a kid even now as an adult, one of my favorite movies of all time.
I LOVED both Beetlejuice the movie & the cartoon, as a kid, & still do!! I had no idea that there was an action figure of the cartoon version, of Beetlejuice. I just remember the movie tie in Beetlejuice figures, some of which I had. I also don't remember the talking Beetlejuice, either. Minty, your house is so cool!! There's classic movie memorabilia everywhere!!! I must own that box set of the Beetlejuice animated series!! If they ever decided to remake Beetlejuice, which I hope they don't, they should probably go with that original dark script.
Agreed. I also loved both the film and the cartoon.
I like the movie but I LOVE the cartoon! The cartoon is my favorite animated series!!! Also yes, there is a brand new Beetlejuice animated series figure set. I’m hoping to get my hands on the new Beetlejuice and Lydia soon!
Also, you can find that box set at Amazon and Walmart. My particular copy is one of the prerelease models. :)
Strangely enough , it was a good cartoon.
Beetlejuice is one of my favorite movies from the 80s. As a kid I laughed so hard and enjoyed it so much, I watched it around Halloween almost every year. Plus to this day I still love Danny Elf man’s theme for the movie, it’s totally unmistakable. I remember walking into a Spirit Halloween store once and heard it start up. I looked at my best friend who was with me, grinned and “Beetlejuice, cool!” Lol
I loved Hot To Trot as a kid. I had no idea the name of it until now. Haven't seen it since the early 90's. Thanks
An absolute legend. This movie is the symbol of youth. A perfect era of masterful movie making. The greats!
Your Beetlejuice memorabilia collection is admirable, thank you for sharing it!
I love the fact that you are doing “the more facts” because I can watch multiple videos on the same topic”. I love your Chanel please keep it up.
Thank God for the story line of this film, although a little strange it was a pure classic. A fun one to watch and a movie you long since remember. 🙂
Michael Keaton is my favorite actor because of Beetlejuice and Batman. I have a Beetlejuice backpack and Beetlejuice overalls but I need more stuff, obviously. Anywho, thanks for making these videos 🖤
The animated series is available in the US. Amazon has it. I actually bought it myself back in 2015.
I bought mine at Walmart
I have it too but I forget where I bought it but you can find it in the US. A quick search though shows it can be bought from Walmart and Target
I got mine from Amazon last year.
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! 😂
Biggie Smalls, Biggie Smalls, Biggie Smalls...
I have a very early memory when I must've been only 3 years old of my parents or grandparents buying me some Beetlejuice toys at K-Mart or some other store that doesn't exist anymore. I had several Beetlejuice variants, his car, and the grave playset (which is one of the best toys I ever had). Possibly Adam Maitland too. Fantastic toys. Beetlejuice would have to be on my top 10 list of movies, and it holds up as an adult. Watch it every year.
MY FAVORITE MOVIE!!!!!! I CAN NOT WAIT TILL PART 2 COMES OUT!!!!❤️
Great addition to the original Beetlejuice top 10, Minty! Great collection, too! Keep at it, brother!
We actually had both the cardboard and the stiff book-like casing for vhs in the USA. Not sure why, but both were available for purchase at the same price
okay now did you really have to include the most traumatic movie moment of my childhood, large marge? was genuinely haunted for years and you just had to go and trigger my ptsd. thanks a lot
Amazing video! Thank you for your vivid detail.
It’s funny, the Maitlands die in an car accident while driving a Volvo and they’re considered very safe cars even in the ‘80s
technically, they were killed by a dog, which is why they became ghosts...sounds weird, but true. suicides and murder victims become ghosts in this universe
This movie still holds up today!! And will never age! Beetlejuice is one of the few classic films with no sequels and no remake! THANK GOD!!! The film still stands on its own!! And that's one of the many reasons why this movie is so special!
Shh, don't jinx it.
@@baldeagle5297 You're right!! I seriously apologize! 😔🙏 lol Forget I said that!
@@AubreyTheKing Too late. kzhead.info/sun/h9adcruOamOcpKs/bejne.html
Sorry to burst (or bust) your bubbles...a sequel is in the works... not sorry.
@@baldeagle5297 😔
One of my favorite lines in Beetlejuice has to be..."I've come for your daughter Chuck!" The line perfectly encapsulates who and what Beetlejuice is. He is chaos, an enigma, a playful spirit with an edge. He isn't good...he isn't evil...he is the essence of freedom uncapped or without restraint. This is why the character struck a chord with people all over the world and still continues to entertain 35 years later. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice...;)
Minty has come up on those views! Good job man! Keep it up, it's always great to get off of a late shift to enjoy one of your posts! Much love man from Virginia!