By Variety | Created at 2024-11-25 14:33:37 | Updated at 2024-12-04 08:47:13
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Tim Burton’s scary good sequel, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” will soon haunt your house from your home screen.
The long awaited sequel is coming to Max on Dec. 6 after it released in theaters in September. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” did well at the box office, where it opened to $111 million domestically, which was the second highest debut in September ever. In total, it made more than $450 million at the global box office.
After 36 years, the return of the 1988 Halloween fan-favorite brought back the vindictively hilarious loverboy ghost, Beetlejuice, played by Michael Keaton; the gothic queen herself, Lydia Deetz, played by Winona Ryder; and Catherine O’Hara as Lydia’s stepmom Delia Deetz.
The sequel also introduced new faces like Jenna Ortega, who plays Astrid, the third generation of Deetz women; Monica Bellucci, who plays Beetlejuice’s ex-wife Delores; Willem Dafoe as the charmingly helpless Wolf Jackson; Arthur Conti as the boy-next-door, Jeremy Frazie; and an appearance by Danny Devito, among many others.
The premise of the new movie follows the three Deetz women as they return to the fictional village of Winter River, Connecticut. There, Lydia’s teenage daughter, Astrid (Ortega), accidentally opens a portal to the afterlife, forcing Lydia to follow after her and come face-to-face with her past – that being Beetlejuice.
Reviews were mostly positive for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” praising it as a nostalgic horror romp that stayed true to the acclaimed director’s signature style, with goofy, grotesque creatures cluttering the screen, optical illusion set designs, a banging soundtrack, and, of course, a stop-motion animation segment.
