38a. Beetlejuice

(43 points, 4 lists of 24, highest ranking: #4 Smoky)
Release date: March 29 1988
Directed by: Tim Burton
From IMDB: A couple of recently deceased ghosts contract the services of a "bio-exorcist" in order to remove the obnoxious new owners of their house.
My take:
What to say about Beetlejuice. This movie is just fun and creative, all mixed up in one cyclone of a performance by Michael Keaton. Everyone is good here, particularly Jeffrey Jones and Glenn Shadix, but this is the kind of movie that is intended to be dominated by the central title performance.
This is the reason that I wish Tim Burton would work with Keaton again, and not just beat the same old quirky performance out of Johnny Depp again and again.
Before Hot Topic was invented, Goth kids had it rough. They couldn't say "Bloody Mary" three times, that was too mainstream, the regular kids were all saying it. And the huge house their wealthy parents just moved into is SOOO lame. So call out "Beetlejuice" three times! And out pops... what happened when the Joker fucked the Genie from Disney's Aladdin and their kid was a referee.
Oh, and the first person to mention that guy who hangs around with Howard Stern gets a sandworm to the face.
What have we learned?
Stripes are slimming. Even on your head.
The afterlife was designed by that asshole middle management executive in the Lexus who cut you off in traffic the other day.
Michael Keaton is AWESOME!
I would watch an entire movie about Otho.
Winona Ryder stole my heart even before she bacame a kleptomaniac.
Goth kids were really into astronomy.
Because it is legally required by Internet law now that My Little Ponies enter every aspect of web life (including this list):
http://www.youtube.com/v/vYiuFkENQSAAnd because I didn't want it to be just ponies:
http://www.youtube.com/v/gNbS1DyOh8gRemake: Michael Keaton would definitely have to be Beetlejuice again, but I think Alfonso CuarĂ³n could direct a really interesting take on this.