A Senseless Compilation of Bad Special Effects

Rating: 4/10 (10 October 2013)

Some may say that you can't watch a 1988 film and expect it to be of the caliber of film that has been produced in the twenty first century. I would beg to differ, given that there are some 80's films (e.g. Dead Poets Society, Ferris Bueller's Day Off) that don't seem a bit outdated watching them in 2013. Despite the occasionally piece of quality film in the 80's, there were hundreds of horrendous movies produced in the decade, and Beetle Juice is no exception.
This early Tim Burton film has a talent for making any actor that steps on screen look like an idiot. Everybody seems to have a part that doesn't suit their styles. They either overly ham it up or are completely flat.
Also, there is almost no plot, and the whole movie makes absolutely no sense. I didn't even care what happened to the characters due to the fact that all the scenes prior to any moment that attempted to call itself climactic didn't have an ounce of logic to it. It was just plot-developing mayhem.
Alas, the special effects. What a joke. I caught myself periodically chuckling thinking that they must not be serious. One moment, we're inside a house, and the next we are outside in a world where painted cardboard marionette puppets fly through the air. Seriously? The effects in Star Wars were better than this. It was bad for even twenty years ago.
Don't waste your time watching this unless you are on a quest to watch the most utterly horrible films known to man.