Episode 113: Beetlejuice (1988)

Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! BEETLEJUICE!! We're summoning the juice demon and bio-exorcism expert in Tim Burton's classic, Beetlejuice (1988) starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin, and Catherine O'Hara. In this episode: Beetlejuice's wild journey from page to screen; calypso songs to get possessed to; goth legend Lydia Deetz; the importance of production design; how we'd haunt a house; and Tim Burton's enduring aesthetics (for better or for worse). Our recommendations: The Others (2001), Mars Attacks! (1996), Sleepy Hollow (1999) Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub