Death never felt so... alive.

Rating: 8/10 (9 February 2007)

My Take: Burton's wild imagination is painted all over the screen in this outlandish near-classic.
Say it once, say it twice, say it thrice. "Beetlejuice" is really one hilarious ghost comedy from director Tim Burton, it's also one of his funniest. It's full of laughs, jolts, weirdness and everything you want in one hilarious comedy of this kind. More? Well, just see it for yourself.
Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis stars a as typical Connecticut-living couple who die in a car accident and great trapped inside their house during the afterlife. But when their home is bought by a family of gimmicky New Yorkers, they mistakenly aid the help of "bio-exorcist" Beetleguese to scare their uninvited guest away.
It's both funny and scary, mainly because of Michael Keaton, who throws a lot of guffaws and jolts all in one package. Danny Elfman's weird music is fine and the lavish (and ghoulish) look at the afterlife is well-imagined and really "to die for".
Rating: **** out of 5.