Beetlejuice

A recently deceased couple finds themselves trapped in their own New England home and unwilling to share it with the new owners. When the living family settles in, the ghosts try to drive them away, but their efforts lead them to a strange and unruly intermediary who is supposed to help. What follows is a comic battle over a house that becomes increasingly chaotic as the supernatural intrudes on everyday domestic life.

Tim Burton directs this fantasy comedy, shaping the film around a clash between the dead and the living. Michael Keaton appears as Beetlejuice, the unpredictable figure the couple turns to for assistance, while Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis play the newly dead pair trying to reclaim their home. Catherine O'Hara and Winona Ryder are part of the family caught in the middle, with their presence helping anchor the film's escalating disorder.

Set in a suburban house with a distinctly gothic edge, the film mixes the ordinary rhythms of home life with the absurdity of ghosts, possession and the afterlife. Its tone is mischievous and darkly playful, with a Halloween-ready sense of unease running through the comedy. The result is a supernatural story that keeps its energy in the uneasy space between domestic squabbling and the bizarre.