Beetlejuice
- Release Date
- March 30, 1988
- Director
- Tim Burton
- Cast
- Alec Baldwin , Geena Davis , Annie McEnroe , Maurice Page , Hugo Stanger , Michael Keaton
- Runtime
- 92
- Main Genre
- Comedy
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Writers
- Michael McDowell , Larry Wilson , Warren Skaaren
- Tagline
- In This House... If You've Seen One Ghost... You Haven't Seen Them All.
Summary
After Barbara and Adam Maitland were killed in a car crash, they find themselves trapped as ghosts in their beautiful New England farmhouse. Their peace is disrupted when a yuppie family, the Deetzs, buy their house. The Maitlands are too nice and harmless as ghosts and all their efforts to scare the Deetzs away were unsuccessful. They eventually turn to another ghost 'Beetlejuice' for help.
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